I googled an image of the Huy Fong chili sauce but it's not even
slightly what I'm looking for. Lan Chi chili paste with garlic looks
perfect (did you find it for me or did I find it myself?); but the
brand isn't widely distributed, so I wrote the company to see if they
sell it in this area.

In the mean time I learned that Whole Foods sells Thai Kitchen Roasted
Red Chili Paste ($2.99) and Molly Stone sells plain chili paste in a
tube. I'll probably take the path of least resistance add my own
garlic. I would have added more anyway. At least I found chili
paste.

Thanks a million!

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Aug 27, 12:32*pm, sf > wrote:
> I googled an image of the Huy Fong chili sauce but it's not even
> slightly what I'm looking for. *Lan Chi chili paste with garlic looks
> perfect (did you find it for me or did I find it myself?); but the
> brand isn't widely distributed, so I wrote the company to see if they
> sell it in this area.
>

Lan Chi hard to find? We used to buy it all the time. The Huy Fong
Sambal Oelek is pretty good for chili pastes -- we use it ourselves,
but it has no garlic. Lee Kum Kee make a chili sauce with garlic, but
it's not a paste.

sf wrote:
> I googled an image of the Huy Fong chili sauce but it's not even
> slightly what I'm looking for. Lan Chi chili paste with garlic looks
> perfect (did you find it for me or did I find it myself?); but the
> brand isn't widely distributed, so I wrote the company to see if they
> sell it in this area.
>
> In the mean time I learned that Whole Foods sells Thai Kitchen Roasted
> Red Chili Paste ($2.99) and Molly Stone sells plain chili paste in a
> tube. I'll probably take the path of least resistance add my own
> garlic. I would have added more anyway. At least I found chili
> paste.
>
> Thanks a million!
>
Well, the offer remains open. I use the Thai stuff and like it a
lot, but it is not at all like the Lan Chi product. The former is
kind-of sweet and has fish sauce and shrimp in it. I have never
seen the Molly Stone chili paste. Note that Lan Chi also contains
oil and salt--it isn't straight chili paste.

I am going out but I don't know whether I'll hit a WF tonight. I
will try to remember to pick some up when I am next there though.
Unless they stopped carrying it within the last month or so,
there should be no problem.

I latch onto this topic, because I could find the paste and
started using it before the chili-bean products became available.
I think some of the older Chinese cookbooks specify this
product--which was many steps up from the cayenne or red pepper
flakes that were used for heat prior to that.

--
Jean B.