Sweet Chili Sauce Recipe
This Sweet Chili Sauce recipe combines fresh red bell pepper, bird’s eye chili, and garlic into a balanced, homemade spicy-sweet condiment that’s perfect as a dip or topping.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 24 servings 1x
- Category: Sauce/Condiment
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian
- Diet: Halal, Vegetarian
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 1 big red bell pepper or any mild/sweet red pepper (seeds removed, chopped coarsely)
- 1–2 pc Bird’s eye chili (chopped coarsely, or chili flakes)
- 1 small yellow onion (chopped coarsely)
- 6 cloves garlic (chopped coarsely)
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp potato starch/ corn starch
- 2 Tbsp water
Instructions
- Cut out the top parts of the chilis.
- Put the bell pepper, bird’s eye, onion, garlic, and water in a blender or food processor. Pulse several times to cut the spices in to tiny pieces but do not let it turn into paste.
- Transfer content to a pan. Add sugar, salt, and vinegar. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook until sugar and salt are dissolved. Turn the heat to low.
- Dissolve potato starch in water and add this to the pan. Cook while stirring constantly until sauce thicken a bit. Turn heat off, remove from heat and let it cool down. Do not over cook as it will go on to thicken as it cools down.
- Serve as dip or transfer to a jar and refrigerate for up to 4 weeks.
Notes
- Do not over cook as the sauce will thicken further as it cools down.
- Refrigerate sauce for up to 4 weeks.
Keywords: Sweet chili sauce, homemade chili sauce, spicy sweet sauce, Asian dipping sauce, easy chili sauce
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