Little Fat Boy, Frankie Gaw, Releases Chili Crisp Ketchup with Fly By Jing

On July 31st, Frankie Gaw, @littlefatboyfrankie, teased that he is releasing a product in stores and now it’s here! With the Asian Condiment world in disarray, from the Great Sriracha Recession to the Banana Ketchup Blockade, Frankie Gaw’s Chili Crisp Ketchup brings harmony to the AAPI kitchen!

Gaw has become an internet sensation through his series on turning American Classics Asian! Frankie is a product designer who became enamored with cuisine when he started going to his grandmother’s house to learn the recipes that he loved growing up. As his cooking skills developed, he started adding his own flair, from flavoring to even handcrafting the dishes he would use to plate his latest creations. Now, he has revolutionized an American staple and released Chili Crisp Ketchup with Fly By Jing.

The internet sensation has also released his own cookbook, First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese-American Home. The cookbook features generations of recipes modeled after the traditional flavors from home, infused with his own experiences while growing up in suburban Seattle. The amalgamation of Gaw’s trials with food and of life is seen in this collection, from how to fold dumplings to “How not to come out to your Asian Grandma.” The cookbook has been hailed as ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR by Bon Appétit, Los Angeles Times, and Epicurious, and can be purchased here.

The first recipe was developed when he wrote First Generation, where he crafted a variety of ketchup, including a teriyaki ketchup and a caramelized scallion ketchup. In true Fat Boy fashion, he ultimately wanted to spice it up and elevate the American staple by adding an Asian element to bring condiments out of their regular, degular mundanity. Ketchup is no easy sauce to overthrow, but combining it with the Asian household staple like chili crisp alongside a flavor titan like Jing Gao and Fly By Jing. Frankie shared that ketchup is originally Asian in origin, with roots in China and Southeast Asia, kê-tsiap, but was colonized by the western world. Now, Gaw is making moves and reclaiming the sauce!

Consistently inspired by his grandmother, Gaw worked with Adam Eastburn to pay homage to the grandmas and aunties who are immortalized on spice jars and chili oils. But of course, with an American twist, his own Taiwanese grandma with a cowboy hat proved to be the perfect mascot for his Chili Crisp Ketchup. The product is on sale through Fly By Jing and can be purchased here for a limited time! The product can be bought a la carte, but they do offer packages including one with Fly By Jing’s Original Sichuan Chili Crisp and another with the same oil, a tote bag, and free shipping!