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

The oxtail pizza — a 12-inch pie topped with consommé, mozzarella cheese, oxtail, peppers, onions and a sweet chili sauce— is also a crowd favorite. —Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026

In this sweet-and-tangy recipe, meatballs soak in a mixture of grape jelly, chili sauce, Sriracha, and barbecue sauce. —Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 8 May 2026

For the burgers: Place the beef in a bowl, add the onions, salt, pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and chili sauce, and mix well. —Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 6 May 2026

Hunter Sauce is described as a sweet chili sauce with notes of chili, garlic and pepper, while Demon Sauce is a bold mustard sauce with heat and tang. —Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 24 Mar. 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