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
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Vietnamese vermicelli with chili sauce and pork Pork, rice noodles, and crunchy veggies combine for a satisfying meal.
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Katherine Lee, Parents, 18 July 2024
Chewy and crisp, elegant and robust, it is best eaten with a generous squirt of sweet chili sauce and a greasy grin.
—Tom Parker Bowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024
Modeled after crab rangoon, there's a pizza with wontons, sweet chili sauce and green onions.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2024
Each one contains a seasoned shrimp patty inside with a lemongrass, lime, and chili sauce on the side for dipping.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 28 June 2024
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Katherine Lee, Parents, 18 July 2024
Chewy and crisp, elegant and robust, it is best eaten with a generous squirt of sweet chili sauce and a greasy grin.
—Tom Parker Bowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024
Modeled after crab rangoon, there's a pizza with wontons, sweet chili sauce and green onions.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2024
Each one contains a seasoned shrimp patty inside with a lemongrass, lime, and chili sauce on the side for dipping.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 28 June 2024
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“Chili sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chili%20sauce. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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