This delicious sweet chilli sauce recipe is so easy to make. Packed with the right amount of sweetness, tang and heat, this is a staple condiment that needs to be in your fridge!

Put it on your salads, burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, lunch, dinner, whatever. This vibrant, glossy red sweet chilli sauce is just the one.

Sweet Chilli Sauce Ingredients

This recipe for sweet chilli sauce uses pantry ingredients that are readily accessible. Even I was super impressed with the delicious, sweet tangy homemade sauce these pantry ingredients could make.

• Red chillies - this recipe uses the bog standard red chilli peppers that are available all year round at the store. They offer a sharp but gentle heat, nothing too outrageous.
• Garlic - garlic is one of the key aromatics in this sauce
• Fresh ginger - the ginger provides its own gentle spice
• White sugar - this is what makes it sweet and glossy
• White vinegar - this provides enough tang and brings it all together
• Cornflour - the cornflour slurry allows the sweet chilli sauce to thicken
• Salt - to season
• Water - to make the cornflour slurry

This sweet chilli sauce recipe is naturally vegan and gluten free.

How to make the Sweet Chilli Sauce Recipe

1. Wash your chillis, mince the garlic and finely chop the fresh ginger.
2. Roughly tear the chillies into smaller pieces and remove the seeds. It is ok to leave some seeds in (I did). If you like your sweet chilli sauce extra spicy, then leave in more seeds.
3. Place the chillis, garlic and ginger into a blender and pulse until you have a chilli paste. It is ok that there are smaller bits of chilli, however you do not want massive lumps so you may want to pulse a few times and for a few minutes, depending on what blender you have.
4. Now heat the 1 cup of white vinegar, 1 cup of white sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt in a pan. Place the chilli mixture in there.
5. In a separate bowl, rehydrate the 2tsp of cornflour with the ⅓ cup water to form a paste
6. Now place the cornflour slurry into the pan and stir through.
7. Bring the mixture to the boil, then turn the heat right down to a simmer. Leave to simmer for approximately 40 minutes.
8. Once cooled, place in a clean, sterilized jar and store in the refrigerator.

Top tip: Use culinary gloves when chopping and handling your chillies. No body likes getting spice in their eyes!

Substitutions/Options

1. If you don't have enough chillies, or perhaps want a milder option, you can use red bell pepper to replace some of the chilli peppers
2. If you prefer your sweet chilli sauce recipe to be hotter, then add in some thai red chillis to the mix. Or if you are brave, a scotch bonnet chilli.
3. I opted for white vinegar, as this is what I had in my pantry (and it was the most affordable). However, equal quantities of red wine vinegar or rice vinegar would work well too.
4. You can add a teaspoon of MSG to enhance the flavors, if that is your thing.
5. You can also add a teaspoon of light soya sauce. I almost added some dark soya sauce but changed my mind at the last minute as I did not want to mess with the vibrant red color.

Equipment

1. Blender
2. Chopping Board
3. Culinary gloves
4. Pot

Storage

1. This sweet chilli sauce recipe will last around 2-3 weeks in a regular container in the refrigerator.
2. It will last much longer if the storage vessel is sterilised however, which will increase the shelf life up to 2-3 months.
3. To sterilise your jar, simply wash it with hot soapy water, then place the jar upside down on a tray and place in a low heat oven (130c/260f) for approximately 20 minutes.
4. Once the sweet chilli sauce has cooled down, place in the sterilised jar and store in the refrigerator.

Serving Suggestions

This sweet chilli sauce recipe is such a versatile condiment that makes so many dishes pop and taste delicious.

• Dip our delicious Sweet Corn Fritters into it
• Drizzle some onto this Chickpea Tuna Melt
• Add a blob to your Silken Tofu Scramble
• Add it to your Vegan Banh Mi

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