Homemade Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce

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Ingredients

4 (about 100g) long red chillies

3 (about 10g) red birds’ eye chilli

6 garlic cloves (about 30g) garlic, peeled

150ml water

100g white sugar

15ml white vinegar

15ml fish sauce

4g salt

5g potato starch or cornstarch mixed with 5g water

Instructions

STEP 1

Place chillies and garlic in a food processor and pulse until roughly chopped.

STEP 2

In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the water, sugar, vinegar, fish sauce and salt. Add the chilli and garlic mixture and simmer until sugar dissolves. Then turn heat down and simmer for 5 minutes to let the flavours develop.

STEP 3

Whisk in the potato starch mixture and gently simmer for another minute.

STEP 4

Allow to cool, then store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.

Homemade Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce