Sugar-Free Sweet Chili Sauce
Glossy, garlicky Thai-style sweet chili sauce with flecks of red chile suspended in it, made with allulose instead of sugar. It’s ready in 10 minutes.
Nutrition per serving
2 tbsp- Net carbs
- 0.5g
- Calories
- 9kcal
- Protein
- 0.1g
- Fat
- 0.1g
- Total carbs
- 9.8 g
- Fiber
- 0.2 g
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient (optional ingredients excluded). Brands vary — check your labels if you track closely.
Ingredients
Sweet & sour sauce: Sugar-free ketchup and tamari replace the chiles for the tangy, red takeout-style dipping sauce. It’s mild enough for kids.
- Leave out the chiles and flakes, whisk the ketchup and tamari into the vinegar mixture and simmer as written. Homemade sugar-free ketchup works perfectly.
Ginger-lime: Fresh ginger simmered in and lime juice stirred in at the end make a zingy dipping sauce for lettuce wraps and grilled fish.
- Simmer the ginger with the garlic and chiles, and stir in the lime juice off the heat after thickening.
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2 red Fresno chiles or red jalapeñosleave out -
1 tsp red pepper flakesleave out - Also add
- Also add
Estimated cost $2.86 for 8 servings ($0.36 each) · how we estimate
Instructions
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Combine everything except the xanthan gum in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer 5 minutes, until the garlic and chiles soften.
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Sprinkle the xanthan gum evenly over the surface while whisking hard, then simmer 1–2 minutes more, until glossy and syrupy.
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Cool completely; it thickens further as it cools and the chile flecks stay suspended. Transfer to a jar.
Tips for success
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Allulose keeps the sauce clear and pourable when cold. Erythritol turns cloudy and gritty in the fridge. - Too thick? Whisk in warm water a teaspoon at a time. Too thin? Simmer a minute longer rather than adding more xanthan, which turns slimy in excess.
- Serve with crispy coconut shrimp or chicken nuggets, or brush it on baked wings for the last 5 minutes.
Storage & meal prepMeal-prep friendly
- Keeps 7 days in the fridge
- Doesn’t freeze well
Reheat: Serve cold or at room temperature
Prep tip: It keeps up to 3 weeks; pour a little into a small dish for dipping rather than dipping into the jar.
Refrigerate in a sealed jar up to 3 weeks.
Variations
2 variations, each with its own ingredients and macrosSweet & sour sauce
FlavorSugar-free ketchup and tamari replace the chiles for the tangy, red takeout-style dipping sauce. It’s mild enough for kids.
- + 3 tbsp sugar-free ketchup
- + 1½ tsp tamari or soy sauce
- no red Fresno chiles or red jalapeños
- no red pepper flakes
0.8 g net · 9 kcal · 0.3 g protein · 0 g fat · ≈$0.42 per serving (+0.3 g net carbs vs the original)
Ginger-lime
FlavorFresh ginger simmered in and lime juice stirred in at the end make a zingy dipping sauce for lettuce wraps and grilled fish.
- + 2 tbsp fresh ginger
- + 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
1.1 g net · 11 kcal · 0.2 g protein · 0.1 g fat · ≈$0.39 per serving (+0.6 g net carbs vs the original)
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