Question: what is the difference between hot sauce and sriracha?
Answer: Sriracha IS, in fact, hot sauce. ... Sriracha has a lot more going on. It's composed of chili, garlic, sugar, salt, distilled, vinegar, potassium sorbate, sodium bisulfate, and xanthan gum. It's also far thicker than its distant cousin, Tabasco sauce, and more accurately resembles a thin ketchup.