This Gluten Free Sweet & Spicy Chili Sauce is perfect for dipping – whether it’s pot stickers, crusted baked shrimp or vegetable tempura – it’s sweet and spicy flavor will enhance any dish.
Do you love dipping sauces? I know I do.
It seems like any time I have a finger food, I want to dip it in something.
Think about it. Chips and dip? Check. French fries? Check. Hot Wings? Check. Baked Artichokes? Check. Crudites? Check.
All dippable, dunkable and have a need to get sauced. 🙂
I’m sure you get the point…finger foods are made for dipping. Dipping means sauce. Can you tell I took a simple cooking class in school?
Which is exactly how this sauce came to be. Because I have a recipe coming on Monday that this sauce is perfect for.
And, as usual, it has the sweet & spicy combo we all know and love, because I wouldn’t want to disappoint you.
I don’t know about you, but I have this deep, burning part of me that just can’t let a sweet/savory sauce pass me by. I swear if I was driving on a road to nowhere, I’d be stopping at every roadside sauce place on the planet earth, hoping that the road would never end.
I guess on a road to nowhere, I’d be in luck and traveling forever, right? Booyah! Sauce heaven! 🙂
What you’ll also love about it is, that it’s really easy to make. Essentially you add all the ingredients to a blender and blitz them until fully blended.
I’m all about the simple recipes on weeknights. The ones that can be done in 30 minutes or less. How about you? Are you in for the quick, easy recipes so that you can get on with other things in life? I thought so!
Now, if you’ve read this far, you’ve been given a bit of a hint of a recipe that’s coming next week (p.s. it’s one of my favorite things!). So, be sure to make this sauce so that you are ready.
Oh, one more thing!
What I also love about sauces is that they’re so multi-dimensional. Take this one for example. This particular Gluten Free Sweet & Spicy Chili Sauce is amazing on Pork Pot Stickers, perfect for Crispy Baked Shrimp, fabulously suited for veggie-filled Spring Rolls and even Crispy Cheese Sticks or Zucchini Sticks.
Who knows, it may even be good on Chicken & Waffles. Just sayin’. One will never know unless we try it.
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Gluten Free Sweet & Spicy Chili Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
- 1 red bell pepper cut into large pieces
- 2 large garlic cloves
- 1/8 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon corn starch + 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender and liquefy.
- Pour mixture into a sauce pan and heat over medium-high heat until simmering. Simmer for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Let cool, then pour into a jar and store in refrigerator until ready to use.
Kathy @ Olives & Garlic says
It’s such a delicious sauce. I can think of a million things I can dip into this sauce.
Kristi says
Thank you Kathy – me too! Sauces are just made for dipping. 🙂
Manali @ CookWithManali says
This looks like the perfect sauce to dip in just about anything and everything! Thanks for the recipe Kristi, I’m going to try this one because I love sweet n spicy sauces! Yum!
Kristi says
Thanks Manali! This is a good one – you’ll love it. And I wanted to dip it into everything too! Haha!
Marissa | Pinch and Swirl says
I’ve never made my own chile sauce, but yours looks perfect. Can’t wait to try it!
Kristi says
Thanks Marissa- you definitely need to make your own. So easy peasy and it tastes great too!
Ashley says
Give me all the dipping sauces!!! haha There’s something about dipping any sort of finger food that just makes things better. I’m making the sauce and standing by for the next recipe! 🙂
Kristi says
Haha! Good plan Ashley – I’m with you. If it’s finger food, I’m dippin’ it! 🙂
Lexi @ Lexi's Clean Kitchen says
Looks DELISH. Perfect for tonight’s grilled chicken 🙂
Kristi says
Grilled chicken would be perfect with this Lexi! I’m coming to your house!
Nora @ Savory Nothings says
Anything and everything needs to be dipped! Sauces just make food so much better! And yup, 30 minutes to dinner is exactly right – I NEED to try this sauce!
Kristi says
30 minute dinners are the ONLY way to go on a weeknight Nora! Especially if you’re a busy mom! 🙂
Alida says
Homemade sauces are always way better than their storebought counterparts. Your chili sauce looks fantastic and I love how easy it is to make too!
Kristi says
I am so with you Alida! Homemade sauce is dozens times better. And, I’m so glad you like the recipe! Have a great weekend!
Cathleen @ A Taste Of Madness says
For some reason, I never make my own sauce! I need to change this! This sounds so good!
Kristi says
Thanks Cathleen – I love making sauces. They are so tasty when you make them at home and you can make just the amount you need.
Kelly says
Yum! I love this sweet and spicy chili sauce! I would find every excuse to dip everything in here 🙂 It looks and sounds delicious!
Kristi says
Thanks Kelly! I love dipping sauces and the sweet / spicy combo is such a great one! Have a terrific weekend!
Monica says
I feel like there’s an extra need for dipping sauces in the summer time. Maybe it’s the finger foods and entertaining-type occasions we do more of in the summer? This sounds easy and so good for so many things. Right now, I’m really loving the idea of dipping some fried shrimp into this dip!
Kristi says
Thanks Monica! That’s exactly what I’m doing. Dipping it in some shrimp! I’m with you – summertime entertaining definitely calls for dips and sauces! Have a great weekend!
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says
Oh! I think this sauce would be perfect on chicken and waffles!
Kristi says
Haha! Me too Christin! 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Cailee @ http://hellohealthyeating.com says
YUM! This looks amazing! Delicious! I used to get these spring rolls that had a dipping sauce like this! SO good!! 🙂
Kristi says
Thanks Cailee! I know what you’re talking about, because I used to order spring rolls like that too!
Daniela @ FoodrecipesHQ says
I like dipping my food in spicy dips 🙂 Cool recipe.
Kristi says
Thanks Daniela! Me too!
Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking says
I love spicy sweet!!! And I love throwing tons of things in the blender and having something awesome come out…like this sauce. Or muffins. I am in awe of my blender. Can’t wait to see what the next recipe is that uses this sauce! Does it have shrimp?
Kristi says
Yes, ma’am! And, it posts tomorrow – so you’ll need to come back to visit! xoxo