Homemade sweet chilli sauce is easy and quick to create with only a few ingredients. You can adjust the levels of sweet and spicy to your own taste.
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Made by Véronique
Published at 2020-01-29, this recipe is for 8 people and takes 25 minutes.
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Updated at: 31-01-2024
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Peel and finely slice or grate the garlic cloves. Finely chop the chillies; if you want a sweeter/mild chilli sauce, you can remove the seeds.
Peel the ginger and cut or grate it as finely as possible, and squeeze the juice from the lemon. Make a paste of cornflour with a few tablespoons of water and stir with a fork until smooth.
Add the garlic, chillies, ginger, sugar, soy sauce, lemon juice and a pinch of salt to a small saucepan. Heat this over a medium-high heat for a few minutes.
Add the cornflour paste and stir until smooth. Simmer over a low heat for around 2 minutes. You will notice that the cornflour will thicken the sauce; don't let it cook for too long. Turn off the heat; the sauce will thicken more as it cools down.
You can keep the chilli sauce for longer if you store it in a sterilised bottle. You can sterilise one yourself by boiling it in water for a few minutes.
Add the chilli sauce to the bottle while still as hot as possible, then let the sauce cool completely. Stored in the fridge, the sauce will keep for a long time. It's delicious with homemade spring rolls, among many other dishes. Enjoy!
