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Thai Sweet Chili Sauce

Name: Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: thai
Ingredients: lime; red bell pepper; fresh red chilli; Garlic; water; brown sugar; Rock Salt; arrowroot starch

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8 Steps Total

Preparation

00:00:19

Roll the lime on the table before juicing to extract more juice, cut it into 4 quarters to get more juice than halving, and squeeze out the lime juice

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Watch out

Keep fingers curled inward when cutting the lime to avoid blade cuts.

Ingredients:lime (1 piece)

Tools:kitchen knifebowl

Preparation

00:00:44

Core and dice 1 red bell pepper

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Hold the bell pepper firmly with fingers while cutting, otherwise the blade can slip and cause cuts.

Ingredients:red bell pepper (1 piece)

Tools:kitchen knife

Preparation

00:00:54

Dice 2 fresh red chillies

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Do not touch the eyes while cutting chillies, as capsaicin will irritate the eyes and cause severe pain.

Ingredients:fresh red chilli (2 piece)

Tools:kitchen knife

Preparation

00:00:58

Mince 3 garlic cloves

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Keep the knife blade close to the knuckle joints when mincing garlic to avoid cutting the fingertips.

Ingredients:Garlic (3 clove)

Tools:kitchen knife

Active Cooking

00:01:07

Put the red bell pepper, fresh chillies, and garlic into a blender, add 150 ml water, and blend everything until thoroughly pureed into a smooth vegetable slurry

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Watch out

The blender lid must be completely secured before starting, otherwise liquid will splatter out during high-speed rotation.

Ingredients:red bell pepperfresh red chilliGarlicwater (150 ml)

Tools:blender

Active Cooking

00:01:24

Pour into a small saucepan, add 100 g brown sugar, 1 tsp rock salt, and the squeezed lime juice
Bring to a boil over medium heat
The sauce boils over easily so watch it carefully and do not walk away
After boiling, reduce heat to low and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes

local_fire_departmentmedium to low heat

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Watch out

The sauce bubbles up and overflows very easily when boiling, do not leave the stove or it will make a mess.

Ingredients:brown sugar (100 g)Rock Salt (1 tsp)lime

Tools:cooking potwooden spoon

Active Cooking

00:02:00

Mix 1.5 tbsp arrowroot starch with 30 ml water until fully dissolved
While stirring, pour into the chilli sauce
Simmer over low heat for about 8 minutes without boiling
As water evaporates and it thickens, stir occasionally until the sauce thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon

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Watch out

Stir constantly when adding the starch mixture, otherwise the starch will clump when heated and ruin the sauce texture.

Ingredients:arrowroot starch (1.5 tbsp)water (30 ml)

Tools:measuring cupwooden spoon

Active Cooking

00:02:24

warningStay safe

Always use oven mitts or a pot holder when moving a boiling hot saucepan just removed from the heat to avoid severe burns.

Remove from heat and pour the prepared sweet chilli sauce into a sterilized glass bottle
Store in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 months
Use as a dipping sauce and add fresh minced garlic when eating

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Watch out

Be careful not to burn the hands when pouring into the glass bottle

Hot sauce splashing on skin can cause severe burns

Tools:glass bottle