The Best Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce

This Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce is sweet, tangy and so easy to make. Serve it with your favorite fried seafood, egg rolls, or chicken dish. This recipe is also easy to make and takes a good 5 minutes to put together. Just combine the ingredients and bring to a boil. I guarantee that you will have the best-tasting sweet chili sauce you have ever made, all from scratch!

SWEET CHILI SAUCE INGREDIENTS

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Rice Vinegar – Any brand will work. I have also used apple cider vinegar in a pinch on a few occasions.

Pineapple juice – Adds a sweet and tangy flavor to the sauce making it downright addicting.

Sambal oelek – If you can’t find this, look for roasted red chili paste which is sold in most grocery stores.

Ginger– I like using freshly grated ginger, but you can also use pre-grated ones found in typical grocery stores.

Sugar -granulated sugar, but cane sugar or brown sugar also works too

Soy sauce– Any brand will work in this recipe.

Garlic – 1 tsp of fresh garlic

HOW TO MAKE SWEET CHILI SAUCE

Follow these simple steps to make homemade Sweet Chili Sauce:

1. Make the Sauce – Place all of the ingredients in a saucepan except for the cornstarch slurry. Mix it well to combine, then bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Allow the mixture to cook for 2-3 minutes, then stir in the cornstarch slurry. Continue to stir until the mixture is thickened, then turn off the stove and remove it from the heat. The mixture will continue to thicken as it cools.
2. Serve – Serve Sweet Chili Sauce with whatever you like! My favorite and one of the most common appetizers to serve this sauce with is Coconut Shrimp 🙂

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Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce

Recipe by Jamie Tryon

5.0 from 1 vote

Course: AppetizersCuisine: Asian, ChineseDifficulty: Easy

Servings

8

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

Cooking time

15

minutes

A sweet and tangy delicious sauce you can pour on anything!

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Ingredients

• 1/3 cup rice vinegar

• 1/4 cup pineapple juice

• 1/4 cup sugar

• 1/2 cup water

• cornstarch slurry (1/2 tbsp plus 1 tbsp cold water)

• 1 tbsp sambal oelek 0r roasted red chili paste

• 2 tsp ginger, minced

• 1 tsp soy sauce

• 1 tsp garlic, minced

Directions

• Place all of the ingredients in a saucepan except for the cornstarch slurry.
• Mix it well to combine, then bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Allow the mixture to cook for 2-3 minutes, then stir in the cornstarch slurry.
• Continue to stir until the mixture is thickened, then turn off the stove and remove it from the heat. The mixture will continue to thicken as it cools.
• Serve alongside your favorite fried foods or appetizers.