Chili Sauce Versus Sriracha

Both chili sauce and sriracha sauce are spicy condiments both have a sweet, vinegary, and spicy base.

They both have savory and spicy ingredients.

The two sauces are often used interchangeably

Sriracha sauce is made from a mixture of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar, and salt.

Sriracha gets its heat from red jalapeños peppers.

The sauce is only moderately spicy.

Sriracha sauce has the consistency more like America’s other favorite condiment, ketchup.

Whereas chili sauce is made from Ketchup, Granulated Sugar, Brown Sugar, Rice Vinegar, Red Chili Flakes, and Garlic.

Sriracha sauce is a bit sweeter than the chili sauce.

Has more of a pronounced garlic flavor and is a bit thinner than the chili sauce.