chili sauce

noun

plural chili sauces

: 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 often containing additional ingredients (such as tomato puree or soy sauce)

Examples of chili sauce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Impossibly juicy to its core, the chicken is served with a clever tofu-mustard sauce that’s tangy, savory, and smooth (not unlike ranch but also definitely not ranch) and a winning, aromatic jiao chili sauce that burns with a sweet heat. — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

Add the chili sauce and continue to cook, stirring, until shrimp are cooked through, 1-2 minutes. — Kate Williams, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026

On the side, serve sweet chili sauce for some heat. — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026

Serve with sweet chili sauce or homemade sriracha mayonnaise. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chili sauce

• albatross
• applesauce
• barabbas
• helios
• kshatriyas
• menelaus
• across
• backcross
• crisscross
• lacrosse
• recross
• tomas

Kids Definition

chili sauce

noun

: a spiced tomato sauce usually made with red and green peppers