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READY IN 35 mins

Sweet and Spicy Dipping Sauce

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"Simple sauce that combines sweet, sour, salty, and spicy flavors into a wonderful dipping sauce for chips, grilled chicken, and spring rolls. It can be kept in the fridge for about a week." — Sean D. Gough

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1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
1/2 cup white sugar

2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce (such as Lee Kum Kee®)

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Directions

Stir the vinegar and sugar together in a small saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves completely, 7 to 10 minutes; add the salt, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir the chili garlic sauce into the mixture. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

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PREP 5 mins
COOK 15 mins
READY IN 35 mins

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Nov 02, 2011

I love this sauce with cold spring rolls, this and the spicy peanut sauce are the main reasons we make the spring rolls! Love it and you can use white or rice vinegar. Delish!

—sarahegan

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Jul 14, 2012

Sauce has a great flavor, but didn't thicken when I made it.

—hklinger

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Mar 16, 2012

Very tasty; especially yummy with my egg rolls. I will definately make this sauce again.

—ckach

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Jan 18, 2013

i was looking for a recipe without ketchup or other tomato based sauce. this one was excellent. as did another reviewer i used white vinegar and sweet chili sauce only because thats what i had on hand. i wont be buying sweet and sour sauce again. this was easy and so much better!

—nsharbaoui

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Mar 17, 2013

This sauce is great and my husband loved it! Good with spring rolls. I used garlic salt instead of regular salt and red Tabasco pepper sauce instead of chili garlic sauce.

—lana_box

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Feb 12, 2013

This is easy and delicious! Just the right balance of sweet, salty and spicy. Served with homemade veggie spring rolls. I could just eat it by the spoonful though! I added a tiny bit of cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken. I imagine it would be delicious on tofu, chicken, shrimp, pork, anything! Thank you!

—SharonB

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Feb 06, 2013

I made this sauce for sweet n sour chicken. Cubed chicken breast and when chicken was almost done I added the sauce and simmered for a couple of minutes. I did make a couple of changes to the sauce. I added just a tad bit less of the rice vinegar since vinegar is very strong and only used 1t. of salt. This came out great. Will be using this sauce for dipping egg rolls in a party that I am planning. Will be back to post my comments on what my guest think of this sauce. FYI also used it to dip chicken nuggets with the kids.....thanks for the recipe

—Carol

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Sep 09, 2012

I really liked this sauce! Because I didn't want to buy yet another chili sauce, I used a combo of Sweet Chile Sauce and Sambal Oelek. I also used only half the salt. But I think it's really the vinegar/sugar method of cooking that makes the sauce so different from other sauces, so I hope that sets well with the author of this recipe. I served it last night with some potstickers and today with some chicken. I'll bet the reviewer who said it didn't thicken didn't wait to write the review because it really does thicken---a lot! Very yummy! Thank you!

—Marianne

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Nutrition

Calories
25 kcal
1%

Carbohydrates
6.3 g
2%

Cholesterol
0 mg
0%

Fiber
0 g
< 1%

Protein
0 g
0%

Sodium
330 mg
13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Sweet and Spicy Dipping Sauce

Serving Size: 1/16 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 16
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 25
Calories from Fat: 0

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0 %
Saturated Fat 0g 0 %
Cholesterol 0mg 0 %
Sodium 330mg 13 %
** Potassium < 1mg < 1 %
Total Carbohydrates 6.3g 2 %
Dietary Fiber 0g < 1 %
Protein 0g 0 %
Sugars 6.2g
Vitamin A < 1 %
Vitamin C < 1 %
Calcium < 1 %
Iron < 1 %
** Thiamin 0 %
** Niacin 0 %
** Vitamin B6 0 %
** Magnesium < 1 %
** Folate 0 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.