How to make the best homemade sweet chili sauce recipe. It is simple, quick, and easy to DIY and so tasty! It's sweet and spicy and you will love to put it on everything from chicken to shrimp to salmon and even french fries, kabobs, and stir fry!
We used sambal oelek for this dish. It is an Asian staple made from ground red chili peppers in a vinegar sauce. We have grown to love it ever since using it in a General Tso's Chicken recipe last year. I think it's the perfect pepper source for this sauce. I have heard that you can find this at some bigger grocery stores and at Asian groceries, but we just buy ours on Amazon. It's not too expensive and very easy to find without driving around.
How to Make the Best Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce
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Recipe
Sweet Chili Sauce
How to make the best homemade sweet chili sauce recipe. It is simple, quick, and easy to DIY and so tasty! It's sweet and spicy and you will love to put it on everything from chicken to shrimp to salmon and even french fries, kabobs, and stir fry!
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup water divided
- ⅔ cup rice vinegar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons ginger freshly grated
- 5 cloves garlic
- 2 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sambal oelek
- 1½ tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons of water
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients except cornstarch in a small saucepan. Whisk together.
- Bring sauce to a boil, stirring frequently. When the sugar has all dissolved, stir in the cornstarch slurry. Stir until blended, then cook for 1-2 minutes more.
- Cool sauce to room temperature, then pour into an airtight jar and store in the refrigerator up to a week.
Notes
We used sambal oelek for this dish. It is an Asian staple made from ground red chili peppers in a vinegar sauce. We have grown to love it ever since using it in a General Tso's Chicken recipe last year. I think it's the perfect pepper source for this sauce. I have heard that you can find this at some bigger grocery stores and at Asian groceries, but we just buy ours on Amazon. It's not too expensive and very easy to find without driving around.
Makes about 2 cups of sauce. Store in the refrigerator up to a week.
Nutrition
Serving: 2tablespoons | Calories: 57kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.002g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 0.05g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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