Thai sweet chili sauce
Authentic Thai chili sauce with just the right balance of sweetness
Ingredients
- 4 Big red chili
- 4 Bird's eye chili
- 5 Garlic cloves
- 100 g Granulated white sugar
- 1 Tbsp Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Fish sauce
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 5 g Potato starch
- 150 ml Water
Instructions
- Mince Chilis and Garlic cloves together.
- Put Water in a pan and add Sugar, Vinegar, Fish sauce & Salt and bring to a boil.
- At boiling point add Chili-Garlic mixture, stir and let cook for 5 minutes in low heat.
- Dilute Potato starch in little water and add to the sauce.
- Stir and remove from heat.
- Let it cool down and store in sterilised jars.
Notes
1, Add more big re chilis for milder sauce and more Bird's eye chilis for hotter sauce.
2. Potato starch gives clearer sauce compared to Corn flour.
3. After adding starch, stir and immediately remove from heat. If left with heat, potato starch looses it's ability to thicken.
4. Always store in sterilised jars.