Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce

Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce will become your go to condiment!

Are you looking to heat things up but keep it sweet? Oh do I have a recipe for you! This homemade sweet chili sauce is a nice balance of sweet and spicy. It will be your new ketchup (if you’re one of those ketchup-on-everything kind of people). Seriously, it’s that good! It’s great on rice, salads, Thai lettuce wraps, or our favorite Thai Spring Rolls! I won’t lie… I even put it on my eggs. It’s also great on chicken in the crockpot! Cook the chicken breasts right in this sauce. YUM-O! If you haven’t had this sauce you’ve got to try it. Your friends and family will ask for your top secret recipe, trust me!

What you need for Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce:

• jalapeno peppers
• garlic cloves
• red chili flakes
• vinegar
• sugar
• salt
• water
• corn starch

How to make Sweet Chili Sauce:

• Add ingredients to blender: Place all ingredients except the last two (cornstarch and water) in your blender. Puree until peppers and garlic are in very fine pieces.
• Heat in pot: Pour this pepper mixture into large pot. Heat over medium-high heat until peppers and garlic have softened (15-20 min). Stir frequently and watch closely as this mixture can quickly boil over if not watched.
• Add water and cornstarch mixture: Mix cold water and cornstarch together in a mixing bowl. Pour into boiling pepper mixture and whisk together until thickened (2-3 minutes).
• Store or serve: You can either: can it immediately or cool a bit and serve. Store opened sauce in the refrigerator. It lasts in the fridge up to two weeks.

How to store Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce:

You can can and seal this sauce to make it shelf stable, or you can just keep it chilled in the fridge. This sauce will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks! It’s nice to keep this sauce on hand to use for recipes when needed. You can also freeze it for up to two months.

Canning Sweet Chili Sauce:

I like to make a huge pot of this sauce at one time. Any extra sauce can be bottled or canned. The same effort with 10x the reward Because of the high vinegar content it’s great to can. I use a water bath method when canning. You can whip up a batch fairly quickly so NoBiggie if you just make a small amount.

Blending Sweet Chili Sauce:

Not only is this sauce super tasty, it is also so easy to make. You basically just blend all of your ingredients together! I can’t wait for you to try this, you’re going to love it!

Sweet Chili Sauce for Spring Rolls:

This sauce is perfect for our delicious Thai Spring Rolls. The flavors pair so well together. You’ll have to try it out!

What is Sweet Chili Sauce?

Sweet chili sauce is the perfect combination of sweet and spicy! The garlic flavor really comes through in this sauce and tastes so amazing.

What is Sweet Chili Sauce good on?

The possibilities are endless with this sauce. We think it would taste great on:

• Dumplings or Potstickers
• Any chicken or salmon
• Vegetables
• Mongolian Beef Stir Fry
• Thai Chicken Stir Fry
• Ramen Noodle Stir Fry
• Bang Bang Shrimp

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Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce

Author Kami - NoBiggie.net

Ingredients

• 6 jalapeno peppers seeded (green for mild)
• 12 garlic cloves peeled
• 2 teaspoon red chili flakes
• 1 1/2 cups vinegar
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoon salt
• 4 1/2 cups water
• 6 tablespoon corn starch
• 3/4 cup cold water

Instructions

1. Place all ingredients except the last two (cornstarch and water) in your blender. Puree until peppers and garlic are in very fine pieces.  

2. Pour this pepper mixture into large pot. Heat over medium-high heat until peppers and garlic have softened (15-20 min). Stir frequently and watch closely as this mixture can quickly boil over if not watched. 

3. Mix cold water and cornstarch together in a mixing bowl. Pour into boiling pepper mixture and whisk together until thickened (2-3 minutes).

4. You can either: can it immediately or cool a bit and serve. Store opened sauce in the refrigerator. It lasts in the fridge up to two weeks.

Making This Recipe? Tag us on Instagram: @NoBiggie using the hashtag #NoBiggieRecipes, so we can see what you are making in the kitchen!

More Thai recipes that we LOVE:

• Thai Spring Rolls
• Thai Noodle Stir Fry
• Creamy Coconut Curry

That’s it! I hope you make this delicious sauce and let me know what you think in the comments below. Enjoy!

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