Chicken Rice Chilli Sauce
This is the recipe for the garlic chilli sauce that accompanies Hainanese chicken rice. It’s hot, tangy and garlicky. To me, a plate of Hainanese chicken rice is simply incomplete without this chilli sauce as well as ginger sauce, the other important condiment.
Related Recipes:
- Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe
- Chicken Rice Ginger Sauce Recipe
- How to Carve and Debone a Chicken
- Singapore Hawker Recipes
Apart from Hainanese chicken rice, this chilli sauce goes well with many dishes and steamed chicken in general.
A food processor (pic above) greatly speeds up the process of making this recipe. If you don’t have one, you can use a traditional mortar and pestle to pound the dry ingredients first. The chilli sauce keeps in the fridge for about a week.
Woooahhhh, wonderful condiment esp for chicken rice. :) Last year, I did not cook chicken rice at home at all, so I did not even make this sauce for keeps. :(
Can u freeze the chili sauce if u make a large quantity at one go?
sorry, I have not tried freezing this chilli before as we use it up within a week. If you do freeze it, let me know how it goes :)
Can I substitute the lime with lemon?
although the aroma is slightly different, you can substitute lime with lemon juice.