Sweet Chili Sauce

Name: Sweet Chili Sauce
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes 1¼ cups)
Ingredients: 1 , red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped coarse; 2 , garlic cloves; ½ cup plus 1 teaspoon, water, divided; ½ cup, sugar; ⅓ cup, distilled white vinegar; 2-3 teaspoons, sambal oelek; ¼ teaspoon, table salt; 1½ teaspoons, cornstarch; ½ teaspoon, fish sauce

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2021

Side Dishes

Condiments

SERVES8 (Makes 1¼ cups)

TIME25 minutes, plus 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our riff on this sweet and spicy condiment, popular across Southeast Asia and an excellent choice for lumpiang Shanghai, is based on fruity red bell pepper. A generous glug of vinegar, a dash of fish sauce, and sambal oelek flavor the sauce...

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