Name: Healthier sweet chili sauce
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 170 gr honey ((½ cup)); 120 ml water ((½ cup. Or use ¼ cup water, ¼ cup lime juice)); 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 1½ tsp cornstarch; 1 clove garlic ((minced)); ¼-¾ tsp red pepper flakes ((use to your liking)); ½ tsp sea salt

How to make your own sweet chili sauce using honey

I love sweet chili sauce! It goes great with so many dishes. It was time I made my own wholesome version of it using honey. So here is my healthier sweet chili sauce.

Simple method, only 7 ingredients (6 if you don’t count water as an ingredient) and ready within 10 minutes. This recipe makes a full jar, so make it once and enjoy it for a while! Let’s make some healthy sweet chili sauce together!

How I make this healthier sweet chili sauce?

Like I said, it is very simple. I add all the ingredients – honey, water or half water/half lime juice, rice vinegar, corn starch, garlic, red pepper flakes and salt – to a medium size sauce pan and I stir until the cornstarch has dissolved.

Over medium heat I bring the sauce to boil and then I reduce it to low and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

I take it off the heat and let it cool off for 5 minutes before pouring it into a jar. Once the sweet chili sauce reaches room temperature I seal the jar and place it in the refrigerator. It will keep for 3 weeks.

I told you it was easy! Enjoy your honey infused sweet chili sauce!

How to make this kid friendly?

I either add less chili flakes or I mix the sweet chili sauce with some ketchup. Our oldest now actually likes the original ‘spicy’ sweet chili sauce, the little one prefers it mixed with ketchup. Perfect! Everyone happy!

I always have a jar of sweet chili sauce in my fridge now. It literally goes with everything! Yummm… Will you give it a go? I hope you’ll love it as much as we do. It is

easy and quick to make – very versatile – adjustable – and so delicious!

If you like sweet chili sauce, you got to try this new recipe, broccoli and chicken coconut popcorn and it goes great with tacos as well. Just trust me. Have you tried any of my Taco Tuesday recipes yet? Grilled mahi mahi and pineapple tacos, carne asada tacos with cherry tomato pico de gallo or roasted cauliflower tinga tacos.

Healthier sweet chili sauce

My healthy version of sweet chili sauce. Made with honey. Simple and quick to make!

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Cook Time 10

Cooling off 5

Total Time 15

Course dip, Sauce

Servings 1 jar

Calories 556 kcal

Ingredients

170 gr honey (½ cup)
120 ml water (½ cup. Or use ¼ cup water, ¼ cup lime juice)
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1½ tsp cornstarch
1 clove garlic (minced)
¼-¾ tsp red pepper flakes (use to your liking)
½ tsp sea salt

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a medium sauce pan and mix well until the cornstarch has dissolved
Bring to boil on medium heat. Once boiling, reduce heat to low and let is simmer for 5 minutes.
Take off the heat and let it cool off for 5 minutes before pouring it in a jar.
Once the sauce reaches room temperature, seal the jar and put it in the refrigerator. Keeps for 3 weeks.

Notes

Nutritional information:

the information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

Nutritional information is for 1 full jar!

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