Easy Sweet Chili Sauce

4.72 from 21 votes

This incredibly quick and Easy Sweet Chili Sauce only requires four ingredients and can be mixed up in minutes. Pour it over meat, tofu, or seafood!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Sauce

Cuisine: Asian

Total Cost: $0.88 recipe / $0.22 serving

Servings: 1/4 cup each

Calories: 18.83kcal

Ingredients

¼ cup rice vinegar $0.49
¼ cup sugar $0.24
¼ cup water $0.00
1 Tbsp sambal oelek $0.13
½ Tbsp cornstarch + 1 Tbsp water $0.02

Instructions

Add the rice vinegar, sugar, water, and sambal oelek to a small sauce pot. Heat and stir the mixture over medium heat until the sugar fully dissolves.
Stir the cornstarch into 1 Tbsp water until dissolved, then pour it into the sauce pot with the sweet chili sauce. Continue stirring and heating until the mixture comes up to a simmer, at which time the cornstarch will thicken the sauce and go from appearing cloudy to clear.
Use the sauce immediately, or refrigerate and use within one week.

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Nutrition

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