This hot and sweet sauce is the best I've made. It tastes just like the ones I have tried at Chinese restaurants.
Ingredients
- 0.5 cups rice vinegar
- 0.5 cups white sugar
- 1 clove garlic , minced
- 0.25 teaspoons salt
- 1.5 teaspoons dried red pepper flakes
Instructions
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1
Bring vinegar to a boil in a small, nonreactive pot. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Reduce heat to low, simmer for 5 minutes, and remove from heat.
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Mash garlic and salt in a mortar and pestle to a smooth paste. Add paste to sweetened vinegar in the pot. Stir in red pepper flakes. Cool to room temperature before using. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
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