Saturday, January 11, 2025

Sweet Chili Sauce

If you can handle the heat of a full-on chili sauce, here's a spicy, yet sweet sauce you should try. 
 
Use it:
Pour over strips of cooked chicken and layer with peppers and lettuce for a fresh wrap filling.
 
Mix with a dash of vinegar, lemon juice, honey and garlic as a marinade or dressing.
 
Drizzle over a selection of nuts and lightly roast on a baking tray for 15 minutes, turning occasionally. Ta daa…a Sweet Chili snack!
 
Pour over prawns for the last couple of minutes when pan frying for spicy prawns that make a perfect summer starter.
 
Add a generous dollop to cooked new potatoes for an alfresco accompaniment with bite!
 
Use as a dip for crisps, celery, carrots…or whatever takes your fancy.
 
Spread on toast and top with cheese before grilling for cheese on toast with a difference!
 
Mix a few tablespoons with cream cheese before stirring into pasta.
 
Pour over salmon fillet and cook in a foil bag for 20 minutes, for fish with real flavour!
 
Mix with Real Mayonnaise for a Sweet Chili Mayo that makes an ideal topper for veggie burgers! 
 Homemade Sauce Recipes
 
Ingredients: 
 
½ cup sugar 
 
¼ cup rice vinegar 
 
¼ cup water + 2 tbsp water 
 
1 ½ tbsp garlic, minced 
 
½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes 
 
½ tsp sriracha is a type of hot/ chili sauce made from a paste of chili pepper, distilled vinegar, pickled garlic, sugar and salt
 
1½ tbsp flour 
 
½ tsp salt 
 
Directions:  
 
1. Combine the sugar, rice vinegar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring the ingredients to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Add the garlic, red pepper flakes and sriracha. 
 
2. Whisk the flour and two tbsp of water together. Slowly whisk in the sugar and the vinegar, then bring to a boil again and reduce to a simmer until the sauce has thickened. This should take about five to seven minutes. Let cool before serving.

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