chili sauce
noun
: a spicy sauce usually consisting of chili peppers, vinegar, salt, sugar, and spices and used especially as a condiment and in cooking
also
: a milder, sweeter sauce containing similar ingredients but made primarily with tomato puree
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In what’s become a dreaded tradition in recent years, fans of the beloved spicy chili sauce just got more bad news: The California company that popularized the condiment known for its distinctive fiery red color has halted production until after Labor Day.
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Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
The filling is wrapped and folded into a small roll, a little thicker than my thumb, and these rolls are fried to a golden crisp and usually served with a sweet chili sauce for dipping.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
There wasn’t a lot of flavor in the chili sauce, which had a subtle hint of garlic.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
Whisk the chili sauce ingredients in a separate small bowl.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
Ocean Motion: India food critic, journalist, TV personality and talk show host, Vir Sangi accompanies Rosenthal to Trishna, a superb seafood restaurant, for fish curry, charcoaled jumbo prawns, lobster in chili sauce and butter-garlic crab.
—Laura Manske, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Our favorite is a sweet chili sauce the compliments the imitation crab and savory cheese filling.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2024
The 800-pound gorilla in American hot sauce is, of course, Tabasco, which produces the nation’s most popular chili sauce.
—Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
Vegetable Stir-Fry With Honey-Ginger Sauce Sweet and hot chili sauces join forces in this vibrant vegetable stir-fry with carrots, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, asparagus and snow peas.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
The filling is wrapped and folded into a small roll, a little thicker than my thumb, and these rolls are fried to a golden crisp and usually served with a sweet chili sauce for dipping.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
There wasn’t a lot of flavor in the chili sauce, which had a subtle hint of garlic.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
Whisk the chili sauce ingredients in a separate small bowl.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
Ocean Motion: India food critic, journalist, TV personality and talk show host, Vir Sangi accompanies Rosenthal to Trishna, a superb seafood restaurant, for fish curry, charcoaled jumbo prawns, lobster in chili sauce and butter-garlic crab.
—Laura Manske, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Our favorite is a sweet chili sauce the compliments the imitation crab and savory cheese filling.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2024
The 800-pound gorilla in American hot sauce is, of course, Tabasco, which produces the nation’s most popular chili sauce.
—Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
Vegetable Stir-Fry With Honey-Ginger Sauce Sweet and hot chili sauces join forces in this vibrant vegetable stir-fry with carrots, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, asparagus and snow peas.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
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