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
Examples of chili sauce in a Sentence
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Our favorite is a sweet chili sauce the compliments the imitation crab and savory cheese filling.
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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
Add sweet chili sauce, pickled peppers and onions, butter and salt.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
Underwood reached out to offer to grow peppers for the fledgling chili sauce company in 1988 and the two started a partnership that lasted almost 30 years.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
Guests can choose between pan-fried or steamed dumplings with a light drizzle of chili sauce.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2024
Ingredients 1 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup chili sauce (such as sriracha)
2 Tbsp.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2024
Sweet Heat Brown Sugar Sauce Whisk together ½ cup bottled chili sauce, 3 Tbsp.
—Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2023
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
Add sweet chili sauce, pickled peppers and onions, butter and salt.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
Underwood reached out to offer to grow peppers for the fledgling chili sauce company in 1988 and the two started a partnership that lasted almost 30 years.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
Guests can choose between pan-fried or steamed dumplings with a light drizzle of chili sauce.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2024
Ingredients 1 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup chili sauce (such as sriracha)
2 Tbsp.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2024
Sweet Heat Brown Sugar Sauce Whisk together ½ cup bottled chili sauce, 3 Tbsp.
—Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2023
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