Name: Easy Sweet Chili Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: ¼ cup rice vinegar ($0.49); ¼ cup sugar ($0.24); ¼ cup water ($0.00); 1 Tbsp sambal oelek ($0.13); ½ Tbsp cornstarch + 1 Tbsp water ($0.02)

This incredibly quick and Easy Sweet Chili Sauce only requires four ingredients and can be mixed up in minutes. Pour it over meat, tofu, or seafood!

Ingredients

¼ cup rice vinegar ($0.49)

¼ cup sugar ($0.24)

¼ cup water ($0.00)

1 Tbsp sambal oelek ($0.13)

½ Tbsp cornstarch + 1 Tbsp water ($0.02)

Instructions

1 Add the rice vinegar, sugar, water, and sambal oelek to a small sauce pot. Heat and stir the mixture over medium heat until the sugar fully dissolves.

2 Stir the cornstarch into 1 Tbsp water until dissolved, then pour it into the sauce pot with the sweet chili sauce. Continue stirring and heating until the mixture comes up to a simmer, at which time the cornstarch will thicken the sauce and go from appearing cloudy to clear.

3 Use the sauce immediately, or refrigerate and use within one week.