Homemade Chili Garlic Sauce - Foxy Folksy (2024)

This preservative-free, homemade Asian Chili Garlic Sauce is an all-around flavor-builder, perfect condiment, and savory marinade for your dishes. A special mix of spicy, zesty, tangy, and mildly sweet flavors that is made fragrant with lots of garlic.

I am not by any means a spicy junkie, but I do enjoy adding some fieriness to my dishes every now and then! It is said that if you add the right amount of spiciness to your food, it will boost your appetite. It's probably the reason why a bottle of chili garlic sauce is almost a staple in every Asian household.

Why make Chili Garlic Sauce?

Sure, you can always buy a bottle of this in any supermarket or grocery store out there. However, making it yourself from scratch has certain advantages too! First, it is so easy to make! It will not take you more than 15 minutes using 6 ingredients only! Making it yourself also allows you to control the level of spiciness that suits your taste. You can lessen the number of chilis to achieve the desirable punch you like. Add more sugar for sweetness or more vinegar for tanginess. You also save money by not buying those expensive ready-made ones. The ingredients used here are quite budget-friendly. Lastly, this recipe uses all-natural ingredients, so it's preservative-free.

Foxy Tips when making Chili Garlic Sauce

• You can always use a mixture of different chili peppers when making this. If you want to make it less spicy, mix it up with some red bell peppers.
• Another way to lessen the spiciness is to remove the seeds of the chili peppers.
• Every good chili sauce starts with good chili peppers. Always select good quality chilis by examining the skin. Discard those with dark spots and blemishes. The presence of mold inside may be indicated by soft and mushy chilies.
• If you do not have a food processor or blender, you can always do it manually by chopping or by using mortar and pestle.
• Put the stove fire to low or medium heat and continuously stir the mixture as it simmers to avoid sticking and burning to the pan.
• The longer you cook it, the spicier it becomes. So always do a taste test before removing from heat.

Usage of chili garlic sauce

This sauce is can be used in about everything! We normally enjoy it as a dip for dumplings and to spice up simple noodle soups. It can also be used as an additional marinade for meat for grilling or even for basting. It's also perfect for stir-fries or saucy dishes that need spicing up!

Use it for this dishes:

• Shumai
• Shrimp in Chili Crab sauce
• Fried Buffalo Wings
• Spicy Beef Ramen
• Hainanese Chicken
• Steamed Fish with Black Bean Sauce

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