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)
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The team landed on Sriracha, a chili sauce commonly associated with Thai and Vietnamese food that has become a grocery store staple.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2025
Le Bleu The passion fruit garlic chili sauce is what makes the Vietnamese wings.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025
Served with a spicy red chili sauce atop a bed of mixed greens.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
All the sauces are distinctive: the tartar sauce, a house remoulade, an Anchor sauce for chicken tenders and wings or a house Thai chili sauce that comes on the (too chewy) calamari.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2025
Le Bleu The passion fruit garlic chili sauce is what makes the Vietnamese wings.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025
Served with a spicy red chili sauce atop a bed of mixed greens.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
All the sauces are distinctive: the tartar sauce, a house remoulade, an Anchor sauce for chicken tenders and wings or a house Thai chili sauce that comes on the (too chewy) calamari.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
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“Chili sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chili%20sauce. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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