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Thai Sweet Chili Dressing

Sweet Chili Dressing
I am a big fan of Thai cuisine which is full of amazing flavours and dishes and two things that I am more than a little obsessed with are the spicy peanut sauce, typically used as a dipping sauce for satay, and sweet chili sauce. Having experimented with using them in many different ways I have noticed that very often where one works, the other also works! The other day I made my chicken satay salad with spicy peanut dressing and that reminded me that I had been wanting to try a sweet chili sauce dressing and that it was finally time to make it! For the recipe I started with the sweet chili sauce which is a little thick for a salad dressing so I added some coconut milk which is a common Thai ingredient and it worked well in the spicy peanut dressing. Another thing that I like about Thai cuisine is that the recipes commonly try to balance the sweet, spicy, salty and sour flavour elements and so it only seemed natural to do so in the dressing so the next ingredients were fish sauce for saltiness and lime juice for sourness. The last aspect of the dressing, a bit of peanut butter, came from a sticky chicken wing recipe on how sweet it is and you can't go wrong adding peanuts to a Thai inspired recipe. The final result is pretty amazing and I cannot wait to try it out on something!

Thai Sweet Chili Dressing

A sweet chili sauce dressing with the perfect balance of spicy heat, sweetness, saltiness and sourness that is great on salads or as a marinade.


Servings: makes 1 cup

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Printable Recipe
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce
  • 1/4 cup coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce for vegetarian)
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice (~1 lime)
  • 1 tablespoon peanut butter
  • 2 cloves garlic, grated
  • 2 teaspoons ginger, grated
Directions
  1. Simmer everything in a sauce pan over medium heat until the peanut butter has meted in and let cool

Use in:
Sweet Chili Chicken Salad

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Spicy Peanut Dressing
Creamy Avocado Dressing (aka Guacamole Buttermilk Dressing)
Roast Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette

4 comments:

Marie @ Not Enough Cinnamon.com said...

I love everything Thai too and this dressing looks veeerrry good! I'm totally tempted to try it with your chicken satay salad. Thanks for another amazing recipe Kevin!

Michelle @ Brown Eyed Baker said...

I don't make nearly enough Thai food at home; this dressing sounds fabulous!

Anonymous said...

I'm looking forward to making the sweet chili dressing, but I have a question. What kind of sweet chili sauce do I use for the base? Is it a particular Thai sweet chili sauce. Please give me a brand name.
Thanks!

Kevin said...

Anonymous: I like the Mae Ploy brand but any will do and you can make your own: Sweet Chili Sauce Recipe
Enjoy!

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