Hot Sour Chilli Sauce Recipes

HOMEMADE CHILI SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Add all of the ingredients to a large bowl. Whisk them together until the chili sauce is nicely uniform and all of the ingredients are mixed through.
• Pour the chili sauce into a small pot or sauce pan. Heat and simmer for 10 minutes to let the flavors meld and develop. Taste and adjust for salt, honey, and other spices. Add more water for a thinner sauce.
• Cool. Store in the refrigerator, covered.

HOMEMADE CHILLI SAUCE

Steps:

• Trim the stalks of the chillies and deseed - slice each chilli down its length, open up the chilli and scrape out the seeds with a teaspoon. It's important that you wear gloves for this task! The build up of chilli juice on your hands from these quantities will make your hands burn for days - DAYS!
• Add all the ingredients except the sugar and salt to a high powered blender or food processor and blend until smooth. If your food processor isn't quite up to par, don't worry! You can sieve out any larger pieces after cooking.
• Add the chilli mixture, the sugar and salt to a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently, stirring fairly regularly to stop the bottom sticking and burning. The sauce is done when the mixture is reduced and thickened, about 20 minutes of simmering. You can decide now how thick you want your sauce to be - add a little extra water if you want to thin it, or simmer a little longer if you want it thicker. Taste the mixture - this is quite a hard one to sample as it's pretty spicy and your palate will become blown out after a few tastes, but someone's got to do it! I added a little extra salt (1/2 teaspoon) and vinegar (1 teaspoon) for my tastes, but yours will be different. You might want some extra sugar, but for me the chillies were pretty sweet themselves.
• Fill the bottle or jar you want to store your sauce in with boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. If you have used a high-powered blender, just decant the sauce into this clean bottle (a funnel is very useful here). If your blender wasn't quite able to purée the sauce and it still looks a little chunky, press it through a fine mesh sieve before bottling. Store in the fridge - it will last for several months.

GARLICKY RED CHILI HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Wearing rubber or latex gloves, roughly chop the chilies. Combine all ingredients in a small pot over medium-high heat. Once mixture is simmering, reduce heat to low, cover and continue to simmer until peppers are tender, 7 to 10 minutes. Do not inhale vapors; they will sting.
• Transfer mixture to a blender and purée. Pour into a medium jar and allow to cool uncovered. Cover tightly and refrigerate for three days. Keep stored in refrigerator; sauce will last for several weeks or months.

HOT, HOT, HOT CHILLI SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix everything together and then bottle in a sterilised glass bottle.

CHILE SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, chile sauce, grape jelly, mustard, vinegar, soy sauce, honey, salt, and chipotle powder in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, whisking well until brown sugar and jelly are dissolved, about 5 minutes. Bring just to a boil; remove from heat. Add cornstarch; whisk sauce until smooth and thickened.

SWEET CHILLI SAUCE

Steps:

• Tip all the ingredients except the sugar into a mini chopper or blender and blend to a chunky sauce. Scrape the contents into a shallow saucepan with the sugar and 100ml water and bring to a simmer.
• Simmer for 15 mins, stirring occasionally until it becomes syrupy. Keeping a close eye on it, continue to simmer and stir for 5 mins more until it easily coats the back of the spoon and you see the bottom of the pan when you stir. Leave to cool and infuse for 1-2 hours. Will keep in a small sterilised jar for up to a month.

HOT & SOUR CHILLI SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the water, vinegar and sugar in a large heavy-based saucepan and stir over low heat for 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to medium and bring to the boil. Boil, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside for 5 minutes to cool.
• Place the chillies, garlic and galangal in the bowl of a food processor. Briefly process until coarsely chopped and combined. Add the vinegar mixture and process until well combined.
• Transfer to a clean, large heavy-based saucepan and stir over low heat for 5 minutes or until hot. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to the boil. Boil, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly. Remove from heat and set aside for 30 minutes to cool. Transfer to an airtight container and use as desired.
• Notes & tips:.
• This chilli sauce will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Serve it as a dipping sauce with roast sweet potato (kumara), pumpkin and potato wedges, drizzle over steamed Asian greens, serve with chargrilled salmon and prawns or roasted chicken, or use in salad dressings and sauces.