Thai Sweet Chili Sauce

🧂 Ingredients

• 1-2 hot red chili peppers

  e.g. Thai or bird's eye chili peppers, depending on desired heat
• 2 medium red chili peppers

  e.g. red pepperoni
• ½ red bell pepper

  or 1 mild red chili pepper
• 3 cloves of garlic

  peeled
• ¼ cup rice vinegar

  or white wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce

  or tamari
• ½ tsp salt

  or to taste
• ¾ cup water

  + 2 tbsp to dissolve
• ½ cup raw cane sugar

  or another sugar/syrup, *see suggestions above
• 1 tbsp cornstarch

  or arrowroot

Instructions

• 1 *Note: See recipe video and step-by-step photos above!
• 2 Rinse the peppers, remove the stems, and chop into pieces. Then place along with
  the garlic, rice vinegar, soy sauce, salt, and 3/4 cup of water in a blender and
  blend into coarser or finer pieces, depending on your desired consistency.
• 3 Pour the mixture into a saucepan, stir in the sugar and bring to the boil. Then
  reduce the heat and simmer for about 3 minutes.
• 4 Add 2 tablespoons of water to a small bowl and stir in the cornstarch to
  dissolve. Then stir it into the chili sauce and simmer for another 1-2 minutes
  until the sauce has thickened to desired consistency (the sauce becomes even
  thicker as it cools).
• 5 Finally, pour it into a clean jar or small bottle. Seal airtight and let cool.
  Store in the refrigerator for a week (or freeze for the future).
• 6 Enjoy!

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