Sweet chili sauce (also known as Thai Sweet chili sauce), known as in Thailand (; ), is a popular
chili sauce
Chili sauce and chili paste are condiments prepared with chili peppers.
Chili sauce may be hot, sweet or a combination thereof, and may differ from hot sauce in that many sweet or mild varieties exist, which is typically lacking in hot sauce ...
condiment
A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to enhance the Flavoring, flavour, to complement the dish or to impart a specific flavor. Such specific flavors generally add sweetness or pungency, or sharp or piquant ...
in Thai, Afghan, Malaysian, and Western cuisine. It is commonly made with red
chili pepper
Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli ( ), are varieties of fruit#Berries, berry-fruit plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. They are used as a spice to ...
s (often
Fresno chile,
Thai or red
jalapeño
The jalapeño ( , , ) is a medium-sized chili pepper Fruit, pod type cultivar of the species ''Capsicum annuum''. A mature jalapeño chili is long and wide, and hangs down from the plant. The pungency of jalapeño peppers varies, but is usual ...
s), rice wine vinegar, sometimes garlic, sometimes
fish sauce
Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years. It is used as a staple seasoning in East Asian cuisine and Southeast Asian cuisine, particularly Myanmar, Cambodia, L ...
, and a sweetening ingredient such as fruit or a
refined sugar
White sugar, also called table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, is a commonly used type of sugar, made either of beet sugar or cane sugar, which has undergone a refining process. It is nearly pure sucrose.
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The refini ...
or honey.
It is popular as a dip in European Chinese restaurant dishes such as
prawn toast,
egg rolls, lettuce wraps, chicken wings and
spring rolls
Spring rolls are rolled appetizers or dim sum commonly found in Chinese, Vietnamese and Southeast Asian cuisines. The kind of wrapper, fillings, and cooking technique used, as well as the name, vary considerably depending on the region's ...
. It can also be purchased in bottle form. In Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Canada, and the United States, "sweet Thai chili sauce" is available as a condiment at many takeaway stores and supermarkets.
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Chili oil
Chili oil is a condiment made from vegetable oil that has been infused with chili peppers. Different types of oil and hot peppers are used, and other components may also be included. It is commonly used in Chinese cuisine, Mexico, Italy, and el ...
, a condiment made from chili and oil that adds heat to Asian dishes
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Nam chim
''Nam chim'' or ''nam jim'' (, ) is Thai for " dipping sauce". It can refer to a wide variety of dipping sauces in Thai cuisine, with many of them a combination of salty, sweet, spicy and sour.
''Nam chim'' tend to be more watery in consistency ...
, various Thai dipping sauces
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Nước chấm
, or more specifically nước mắm chấm (), is a common name for a variety of Vietnamese dipping sauces that are often served as condiments. It is commonly a sweet, sour, salty, savoury and/or spicy sauce.
(mixed fish sauce) is the m ...
, Vietnamese sauce that has similar ingredients to sweet chili sauce but is more spicy and vinegary, and less sweet and thick in texture
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Nam phrik
''Nam phrik'' (, ) is a type of Thailand, Thai Spice, spicy chili sauce typical of Thai cuisine. Usual ingredients for ''nam phrik'' type sauces are fresh or dry chilies, garlic, shallots, Lime (fruit), lime juice and often some kind of Fish past ...
, various Thai chili pastes
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Sriracha
Sriracha ( or ; , ) is a type of hot sauce or chili sauce made from a paste of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, pickled garlic, sugar, and salt. It was first produced in 1932 by a native of Si Racha, a town and district of Thailand, though ...
, a Thai condiment sauce made from chilies that adds heat to a dish
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List of dips
A dip or dipping sauce is a common condiment for many types of food. Dips are used to add Flavor (taste), flavor or Food texture, texture to a food, such as pita bread, dumplings, cracker (food), crackers, chopped raw vegetables, fruits, seafood, ...
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List of sauces
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References
External links
Recipe for Sweet Chilli Sauce
Chili sauce and paste
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