You're going to love me for this Honey Sweetened Sweet Chile Sauce.
Wanna know why? Cause I just took a condiment off of the guilty list for ya.
What? I'm patting myself on the back? Yea, it feels pretty good. Almost like a nice back rub.
I saved the link (Pinterest, how do thee use thou?!) on my desktop for a sweet chile sauce months ago and finally got around to trying it when we ran out of the bottle we had. Have you seen whats in the store bought I-call-myself-sweet-chile-sauce-but-I'm-really-just-sugar-sauce? Read the bottle next time and I promise you it's little more than water, sugar and corn starch or xantham gum.
SO! I needed a lunch for Marius ASAP, as in, he'd already gone to work with only yogurt and granola for coffee break and without going to the grocery store I had to figure out what I was going to make to bring him. My sister Molly to the rescue...I stole some of her spring roll wrappers and rice noodles. (We were neighbours at this point.) I knew I was up to the challenge of figuring out the sauce to go with it. I made them with thick rice noodles, salad greens and julienned cucumber and zuchinni. Pretty much make them with whatever fresh raw veggies you want. I skipped the meat as I knew they weren't going to be kept in a cooler if there was leftovers.
Shaye shows you how to make spring rolls here, cause I don't feel like doing a tutorial at this point.
Back to the sauce, right?
I can't wait to have this with chicken...fish...pork...pot stickers...fried spring rolls...ummm, anything else I'm missing?! It's the new ketchup!
You can use coconut sugar or a minimally processed sugar such as rapadura or panella, and I guess if you're in a real pinch you could use regular sugar...but thats not how I try to roll. This is tastiest with honey!
As far as vinegar...go for the rice vinegar if you have it, it's milder. But I used plain ol' white vinegar for a equally tasty dip. I also imagine apple cider vinegar would add a nice note!
Sweet Chile Sauce
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup honey or ½ cup of other sweetener as honey is sweeter
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- ¼ cup water
- 2 Tablespoon minced garlic less if you don't like garlic as much as I do!
- 1 teaspoon red chile flakes I used smoked from Mountain Rose Herbs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon arrowroot starch if using other sweetener use 1 ½ teaspoons. Alternatively substitute for organic corn starch, but you'll need to use 1 tablespoon, made into a slurry in equal amount water
- 1 teaspoon sriracha if extra heat desired
Instructions
- Bring honey, vinegar and water to a boil.
- Add in the garlic, chile flakes, and salt.
- Turn down the heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
- Add in arrowroot slurry and simmer until thickened. You may need to up it to a boil to get it to thicken properly if your simmer was a lazy one.
- Cool and enjoy!
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Laura Roberts
This sauce turned out so well! I found it searching your blog during an intense pregnancy craving ?and It has become our favorite for spring rolls or even homemade chicken strips and fries!!
Geri Kern
Game changer for girlies who love sauce but the fridge is overflowing with jars. Just whip it up and start dipping..... Yum
Anna
I love love love this sweet chili sauce recipe. So awesome to make it from scratch without any questionable ingredients!