Sweet Chili Sauce Recipe - Honey Sweetened in 10 Minutes
Make this amazing honey sweetened Sweet Chili Sauce recipe with a perfect blend of sweet and spicy flavors in 10 minutes- perfect for lettuce wraps, stir fries and dipping.
Servings: 1 -1/4 cup
Calories: 21kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon dried chili flakes*
- 3 teaspoons minced garlic, about 3 large cloves
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar (or white vinegar)
- 1/3 cup honey
- 3/4 cup water + 2 tablespoons, divided
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon potato starch or organic cornstarch**
Instructions
- Add chili flakes, garlic, vinegar, honey, 3/4 c. water, and salt to a small saucepan and bring to a boil over med-high heat. Boil for a minute at medium heat, stirring constantly.
- Mix the potato starch with the remaining water and add to the sauce, stirring over medium heat until thickened, less than a minute.
- Remove from heat, cool thoroughly and transfer to a glass container to store in the fridge. Reused glass dressing bottles or pint canning jars both work well.
Notes
*This amount produces a fairly spicy sauce initially, that mellows after a few days. Increase by 1 teaspoon at a time if you'd like to make it spicier.
**Using a starch allows us to use a smaller amount of sugar, but still have a syrupy consistency (traditional sweet chili sauce uses only sugar- a lot - cooked down until syrupy)
Storage: Keep in the refrigerator up to 3 weeks. Freeze for longer storage, 2-3 months (it will congeal when frozen - gently heat to thaw and restore to original consistency).
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 21kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 240mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 119IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.1mg
