Rat's Tavern Recipes

sauces & dips  ·  no. 43

Sweet Chilli Sauce

makes 1 jar

ingredients:

sauce:

  • 130g rice vinegar
  • 175g water
  • 115g sugar
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1½ tsp fish sauce (or soy)
  • ½ tsp cayenne powder

chilli:

  • 60g sambal oelek (or 2 tsp chilli flakes)

to thicken:

  • 4 tsp cornflour (10g)
  • 2 tbsp water

directions:

  1. add the vinegar, water, sugar, garlic cloves, fish/soy sauce, and cayenne into a pot. if using dried chilli instead of sambal oelek, add it also.

  2. heat over medium heat while stirring to dissolve the sugar. increase the heat to medium-high and bring it to a boil. let it simmer for about 2 mins. add the sambal oelek and mix through.

  3. let it cook for a few mins until it's slightly thickened (4-5 mins). mix cornflour with a small amount of water to dissolve and then add to the sauce and simmer for a min until glossy.

  4. allow to cool to room temp and store in the fridge.

notes:

keeps for a month in the fridge.

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