Sweet Chilli Sauce
 
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Better than the bought stuff, this delicious sweet chilli sauce is surprisingly easy to make. Set your own level of spiciness by removing the seeds and membrane from some or all of the chilli's before cooking.
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Serves: 750 ml
Ingredients
  • 1 brown onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • ¾ cup water
  • 50g fresh long red chilli's (approx 10-12 chilli's)
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • ⅓ cup white vinegar
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
Instructions
  1. Peel and roughly chop the onion and garlic and place in the bowl of a food processor. Pour on the water. Split and de-seed half the chilli's, add to the food processor. Roughly chop the rest of the chilli's and add to the food processor as well. Note: its always important when working with chilli's to wash your hands thoroughly after handling them.
  2. Process on high for 2-3 minutes until very finely chopped.
  3. Put the sugar, vinegar, lime juice and fish sauce into a medium sized sauce pan. Stir in the chilli mixture and stir over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved.
  4. Turn the heat up and bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce the heat and let the sauce simmer for 45-50 minutes. To test if its ready, spoon a little sauce onto a clean plate and leave it to rest for 5 minutes. If the sauce becomes thick and sticks to your fingers when touched, its ready. Note: if you prefer a thicker sauce, leave it to simmer for another 10-15 minutes.
  5. Spoon the hot sauce into clean, dry jars and seal well. Carefully turn the jars upside down for 2 minutes, then turn back over the right way up. Set aside to cool.
Recipe by The Fare Sage at https://www.thefaresage.com/sweet-chilli-sauce/