Sweet Chili Sauce
Sweet and spicy sauce perfect for spring rolls, dim sum and stir fries. There are several bottled versions of this sauce in the store but making it at home gives you control over added sugar, stabilizers and additives plus you probably already have all the ingredients and it takes all of 10 minutes to cook! Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped mild chilies (about 10-12 )
- 2 Thai chilies or very hot pepper (red, finely chopped)
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 thumb ginger (minced)
- ½ - ¾ cup raw cane sugar (100g-150g)
- ⅓ cup water
- ⅓ cup distilled vinegar
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon tapioca starch dissolved in 3 tablespoons of water (see note)
Instructions
- Add water and vinegar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil rapidly.
- Add sugar, chilies, garlic, ginger, and salt and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add the dissolved tapioca starch or corn starch. If using tapioca starch simmer and stir till the grains dissolve about a minute. Corn starch will thicken sauce almost immediately. Take off heat and cool completely.
Notes
½ tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons of water can substitute tapioca starch, cornstarch thickens very quickly so be careful. Sauce will keep in the refrigerator for at least 2 weeks.