Huy Fong's sriracha sauce ( sih-RAH-chə; Thai: ศรีราชา, pronounced [sǐːrāːtɕʰāː] ⓘ; Vietnamese: Tương Ớt Sriracha), also referred to as sriracha, cock sauce or rooster sauce due to the rooster on its label, is a brand of sriracha, a chili sauce that originated in Si Racha, Thailand. The sauce is produced by Huy Fong Foods, a California manufacturer, and was created in 1980 by David Tran, a Vietnamese immigrant to the US from Vietnam.
Some cookbooks include recipes using this brand sauce as their main condiment. Huy Fong sriracha can be recognized by its bright red color and its packaging: a clear plastic bottle with a green cap, text in Vietnamese, English, Chinese (in traditional top-to-bottom, right-to-left script), and Spanish, and the rooster logo. The logo refers to the Year of the Rooster in the Vietnamese zodiac, as David Tran was born in 1945. The green cap and rooster logo are trademarked, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office considers "sriracha" a generic term.
