sweet chili
Heat meets sugar
Sweet chili is a sauce or flavor profile combining sugar with chili peppers, creating a balance of sweet and spicy heat.
It appears in Asian cuisines, particularly Thai, as a dipping sauce for spring rolls, chicken wings, or shrimp: sweet chili sauce, sweet chili glazed salmon.
The flavor has become ubiquitous in snack foods and restaurant menus.
- sauceLiquid food accompaniment
- dipping sauceLiquid condiment for dunking
- spicyHaving strong heat
- fish sauceFermented anchovy condiment
- soy sauceFermented bean condiment
glaze · sticky glaze · dipping · sticky · tangy · lime juice · garlic · ginger · sriracha · wings · chicken · red · pepper · heat · marinade · takeout container · sesame · crispy
- chili
- chipspotato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, kettle chips, barbecue chips
- saucesgravy, ketchup, mustard, barbecue sauce, BBQ sauce
- Wing Flavorshot, mild, medium, BBQ, buffalo
- chili peppersjalapeno, habanero, serrano, cayenne, poblano
heat intensity
sweet chilighost pepper sauce
Condiment from searingly hot chilies
habanero sauce · mild · no heat · cooling · yogurt sauce
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