Preparations are beginning for the weekend celebration, and refreshments will be needed. An attractive snack table will encourage eating and conversation. Fried chicken wings and strips, as well as cheese and biscuits, are always a crowd pleaser when served with a dipping sauce. The homemade sweet chilli sauce is a welcome addition to the meal. Make a killer sauce for the gathering using your preferred chilies and blow everyone away.
HOMEMADE SWEET CHILLI SAUCE SUGGESTIONS
When cooking with chilli, adding too much sugar might mask the flavour. A sweet chilli sauce is not what you’re going for. Some pretty powerful odours may be produced during the cooking of chilies. Use a pot cover that fits snugly to avoid or reduce this from happening. Fry up some chicken strips or some cheese balls and serve them with some sweet chilli sauce. It’s also delicious when poured over Philadelphia cheese or cream cheese blocks and served with salty crackers and biscuits for dipping.
Spruce up the party snacks with some homemade sweet chilli sauce and your guests won’t go hungry.
HOMEMADE SWEET CHILLI SAUCE RECIPE
Course: Sauce
Cuisine: Global
Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 40 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
INGREDIENTS
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60 g red chillies
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4 tbsp. white sugar
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1 clove star anise (optional)
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1⁄2 cup white spirit vinegar
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pinch of salt
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1 cup hot water
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1 tsp corn flour
METHOD
- De-seed half of the chillies. Chop deseeded and whole chilli’s into quarters. For a more spicy sauce, don’t deseed the chillies and for a less spicy sauce, deseed the whole batch.
- Soak the chillis in warm water with the star anise for 30 minutes.
- In a saucepan, simmer the chilli water mixture, white sugar, vinegar and salt for about 10 minutes. Take off the heat.
- Mix the cornflour with a tablespoon of water and add to the mixture and stir.
- Let the mixture cool then bottle it in a cool dry place.
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