As Amarillo Shortage Ends the Question is Does it Taste the Same?

When I made the trip to Market Street at the end of last week I did what I always do. I took a trip down the aisle that used to be home to my favorite sauce. The Huy Fong Hot Chili Sauce. I always had a bottle in my refrigerator.

Until I couldn't. A shortage due to a lack of peppers for the recipe caused it. It not only ended the chili paste that I loved but it also kept the sriracha shelves bare too. So it was a surprise to me when I went recently and it was back on the shelf. It had been a long year of hunting and being disappointed.

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They never took the signs down. They just left the shelves empty. So we had hoped one day it would be back. When the sriracha came back in November I noticed a difference in the taste. It was just a little bit sweeter.

I was hoping that this would not be the case with this chili paste that I had been waiting forever to have back to pour on my chicken fried rice. This is supposed to be a spicy sauce. So having a hint of sweetness would not be good.

I patiently waited for my to get chicken fried rice like I do every Tuesday from Thai Arawan. I could not wait to get home and try it out.

I add a lot to my rice. I just do. When I am in the restaurant I end up using the whole container on my food. I do the same thing at home. I like it spicy and I would be the first to know if the taste of this new sauce is different.

I am happy to report that I did not taste any sweetness like I did with the sriracha. This was very good news when I told my daughter who also loves this sauce. I love that this one sauce I have been missing so much is the one sauce that I don't notice a difference.

It is still spicy. It still makes me happy to pour as much as I can on my dinner. So here is to many years of this Huy Fong Chili Paste staying on the shelf. It was a long year.