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Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce

Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce

Revathi Palani
An Asian inspired Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce perfect with your appetizers like Spring rolls. This sauce is sweet, spicy, garlicky and extremely flavorful.
Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Asian
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • Sugar - ¾ Cup
  • Lemon - ¼ Cup
  • Water - ¼ Cup
  • Garlic - 1 Tbsp Finely Chopped
  • Red chilli flakes - 1 tsp
  • Sriracha hot chili sauce - 1 tsp
  • Cornstarch - 1 Tbsp
  • Salt - ½ tsp

Instructions
 

  • Heat a pan and add sugar, lemon juice, water. Set the flame to medium-high and keep stirring until the sugar dissolves.

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  • Now, stop stirring and let the mixture come to boil. Once the mixture starts boiling, add the garlic, red chilli flakes and give a stir. Turn down the flame to low-medium.

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  • Now add the sriracha sauce, salt and give a quick stir and let it get cooked for couple of minutes.

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  • Meanwhile take the corn starch in a small bowl and make a paste by adding about 1 - 2 Tbsp of water. Now turn the flame to medium and once the mixture starts to boil, add the prepared cornstarch paste to the mixture. The sauce will start to thicken up immediately. Keep stirring constantly for couple of minutes until you reach the desired consistency. Turn off the flame.

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  • Let the sauce cool down to room temperature and enjoy as a dip for any Asian appetizer.
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Notes | FAQ

- The original Asian recipe uses rice vinegar. Since I did not have it, I substituted with Lemon juice.
- After adding corn starch do not boil the sauce for a long time. The sauce can still be thin. The sauce will thicken up after cooling.
- Do adjust the quantity of all ingredients as per your liking.
- After cooling if you feel your sauce is thick, add little water and warm up on stove top.