When I was in university one of my favorite things was this Chili Garlic sauce.
It came in a huge bottle, and it was like $5 and we put that shit on everything.
Then I got interested in my health, and recipe developing and realized there was a lot of funky stuff going on in that bottle:
- Tons of sugar
- preservatives
- weird ingredients I couldn’t pronounce.
As I developed this passion for healthifying my store bought faves, this one quickly made the list of things I knew I needed a healthy, home-made alternative for.
And lemme tell you guys… It’s actually really easy.
It’s like 5 ingredients, takes not even 5 minutes, and I generally have all of these things at home all the time.
You can use it as a sauce on its own, or add it to other recipes like my Best Damn Vegan Pad Thai to enhance the saucy deliciousness…
Once you start making this bad boy at home,
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- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1-2 tbsp maple syrup more to taste - see notes for sweetener subs
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1 tsp tapioca starch
Ingredients
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- Place your water, AVC and sweetener in a sauce pan over medium heat and bring to a simmer.
- Add in your garlic and chili flakes and let sit for 2-3 minutes so the flavours can combine.
- Dissolve your tapioca starch in a little bit of water, and add to the mixture. Stirring for the entire time as this will thicken quickly.
- Add tapioca starch following the same method of dissolving it before hand until desired consistency is achieved.
- Store in a jar in the fridge and will keep for up to one week.
Sugar Subs: If using a non liquid sweetener such as coconut sugar or brown sugar, simply add a little bit of water before hand.
If using honey, add to the mixture AFTER the water and ACV have come to a simmer and remove from heat.
I will be testing this in the coming weeks so I’ll letcha know how it goes!
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