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Hot and Sweet Dipping Sauce

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March 16, 2018
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    Updated March 14, 2018


    This image courtesy of Joseph DeLeo

    Editor’s Note: This hot dipping sauce combines red pepper flakes with sugar for the perfect blend of heat and sweetness. The best thing about this recipe for Hot and Sweet Dipping Sauce is that it calls for five basic ingredients that are likely already in your kitchen. This sticky rice dipping sauce comes together in less than fifteen minutes, so you can enjoy it alongside your dinner in practically no time at all. Once your family tastes this flavorful and deceptively simple sauce, they will want to put it on everything!

    The classic dipping sauce for grilled chicken, this also makes a simple condiment for sticky rice or grilled pork, lamb, or fish. Serve it in individual condiment bowls so guests can dip their chicken and their sticky rice into it as they eat.

    Easy

    Dietary ConsiderationEgg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Low Calorie, Peanut Free, Soy Free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

    Five Ingredients or LessYes

    Taste and TextureGarlicky, Hot & Spicy, Sweet, Tangy

    Type of DishBarbecue Sauce, Dipping Sauce, Sauces

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup rice or cider vinegar
    • 1/2 cup sugar
    • 1 to 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons dried red pepper flakes

    Instructions

    1. Place the vinegar in a small nonreactive saucepan and heat to a boil. Add the sguar, stirring until it has completely dissolved, then lower the heat to medium low and let simmer for 5 minutes.

    2. Meanhwile, using a mortar and pestle or a bowl and the back of a spoon, pound or mash the garlic and salt to a smooth paste. Stir in the pepper flakes and blend well. Remove the vinegar mixture from the heat and stir in the garlic paste. Let cool to room temperature. Store sealed in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

    2000 Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Dugid

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