Name: Sweet Chilli Sauce
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 13 min
Ingredients: 5 large red chillies; 125 ml (½ cup) water; 100 g (3½ oz) white sugar; 4 Tbsp Chinese Rice vinegar or ordinary clear vinegar; pinch of salt

Sweet Chilli Sauce is one of those ubiquitous sauces sold in bottles or jars as either Chinese or Thai. It is what it say – sweet and not spicy, so the chillies used are usually the milder variety. But of course, that doesn’t mean that you can’t make it sweet and spicy!

When I was growing up in Singapore, this was often served as a dip with savoury snacks in the afternoons. It’s still one of my favourite nostalgic indulgences. Fantastic as a dip with spring rolls and prawn crackers but also makes a great base or topping for little canapés. See the Amuse-Bouche and Canapés page for ideas.

Sweet Chilli Sauce

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Course: Sauces

Cuisine: South East and East Asian

Keyword: chilli, chinese, sauces

Prep Time: 3 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 13 minutes

Servings: Makes 1 small jar

Calories: 81kcal

Author: Azlin Bloor

Ingredients

5 large red chillies5 large red chillies
125 ml (½ cup) water125 ml (½ cup) water
100 g (3½ oz) white sugar100 g (3½ oz) white sugar
4 Tbsp Chinese Rice vinegar or ordinary clear vinegar4 Tbsp Chinese Rice vinegar or ordinary clear vinegar
pinch of saltpinch of salt