What Is Chili garlic sauce and How Can I Use It?
If chili garlic sauce has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 25 recipes to try it in.
| In Chinese: | 辣椒蒜蓉辣酱 | |
| British (UK) term: | Chili garlic sauce | |
| en français: | sauce à l'ail chili | |
| en español: | salsa de ajo de chile |
Recipes using chili garlic sauce
There are 25 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Spicy Peanut Butter Noodle Salad with Cucumber & Bok Choy
Rice vermicelli tangles with crisp cucumber, bok choy, and matchstick carrots in a creamy peanut butter sauce spiked with chili garlic paste, ginger, and fresh cilantro for a make-ahead Asian noodle salad.
Chinese Braised Mushrooms & Tofu
Excellent, I made this recipe for dinner yesterday. I used the shiitake mushrooms, added more garlic and green chiles, and it was delicious.
Lettuce Wrap
A Chinese inspired stir-fry dish is wrapped into lettuce leaves to serve, and enjoy all the yummy goodness in one wrap!
Slaw with Maple-Soy Dressing
Sweet, sour and tasty maple-soy dressing makes this slaw refreshingly delicious.
Cabbage Fried Rice
Green, red cabbages, carrots, and a few other veggies together make a hearty and tasty fried rice. Top with a fried egg, or some cooked chicken, pork or beef strips to boost the protein. A quick and no-fuss weeknight meal.
Stir Fried Asian Marinated Tofu with Boy Choy, Bell Pepper & Snow Peas
Sesame oil, soy sauce, chili-garlic sauce, garlic and ginger make a succulent sauce that is perfect for marinating the tofu. Then cook tofu until crusted. Stir-fry with several fresh vegetables, and pour the delicious sauce to thicken up at the end. This Asian inspired stir-fry can be served with cooked rice, quinoa, or any your favorite grain.
Stir Fried Asian Marinated Tofu with Boy Choy, Bell Pepper & Snow Peas
Sesame oil, soy sauce, chili-garlic sauce, garlic and ginger make a succulent sauce that is perfect for marinating the tofu. Then cook tofu until crusted. Stir-fry with several fresh vegetables, and pour the delicious sauce to thicken up at the end. This Asian inspired stir-fry can be served with cooked rice, quinoa, or any your favorite grain.
Butternut Squash, Green Beans & Tofu
Western-style stir-fry, that uses Sweet butternut squash balanced with a chili sauce. Quick, easy and tasty.
Best Hot & Sour Udon Noodle Soup
Nothing is better than a bowl of hot and sour soup on a cold winter day. Fresh vegetables, garlic, ginger and scallions, and some udon noodles are cooked in a base of stock, soy sauce and rice vinegar. It warms you up within a few seconds with tons of flavors.
Yummy Wok Chinese Fried Rice
A quick, easy and tasty recipe to use up your leftover rice and make a delicious dish that you can serve as a side dish or a simply tasty meal.
Coleslaw with Spicy Peanut Dressing
Peanut butter makes a creamy, nutty yet tasty dressing that works deliciously well with this coleslaw.
Asian Simple Spicy Sautéed Green Beans
Another quick and easy way to spice up sauté of green beans. Sesame oil, ginger and a chili garlic sauce, topped with sesame seeds give haricot vert (green beans) more zing.
Snow Peas, Carrots & Water Chestnuts Stir-Fry with Asian Sauce
Snow peas, carrots and water chestnuts give this stir-fry the very crunchy texture, and the Asian sauce adds the sweetness, sourness and spiciness. A quick, easy and tasty stir-fry is great for a weeknight.
Chinese Sweet & Sour Dressing
Next time when you need a dressing to toss a coleslaw or a fresh vegetable salad, give this quick, easy and tasty dressing a try, and you won't go back to any store-bought ones afterwards.
Udon Noodle Salad with Asian Peanut Sauce
Fresh vegetables and udon noodles are tossed with creamy, tangy and flavorful Asian peanut sauce that's made with peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil and a little minced garlic, ginger. It's a wholesome yet delicious dish that's quick and easy to put together.
Asian Style Leftover Turkey Salad
Slightly sweet and sour. Ginger and garlic Asian dressing was super flavourful. The napa cabbage, carrots, and radishes gave the salad a nice crunch. Definitely will be making it again with my leftover turkey. I'm sure that it works great with chicken as well.
Chinese Stir-fry Noodles with Fresh Vegetables
Chinese stir-fry is quick and easy, also there is lots of flavor created during the process. In this recipe, boil noodles first, meanwhile stir-fry fresh vegetables; in the end mix them all together. You have a delicious one-pot meal served within less than half an hour.
Secret Shrimp Stir Fry
Quick and easy to prepare. Crispy veggies, perfectly cooked shrimp with a nicely balanced sweet and sour glaze that highlight the flavor of the tender shrimp.
Korean Hot Pot
I had this yummy and warm hot-pot with some homemade kimchee and a Korean style spinach salad. Real comfort food! Highly recommend this dish to everyone who likes Korean food.
Asian-Flavored Asparagus with Fried Lemon
Never think about fried lemon with some refreshing asparagus salad, this recipe will totally change your mind and let you fall in love with these delicious pair!
Lettuce Cups with Tofu & Beef
Lettuce cups with ground beef and tofu in a savory chili-garlic, hoisin, and sesame sauce. A lighter take on Chinese lettuce wraps with hidden tofu stretching the beef.
Bus Station Saigon Sandwiches
A vibrant Vietnamese-style banh mi stuffed with sliced pork, pate, grated carrots, cucumber, cilantro, jalapeno, and a punchy fish sauce and chili garlic dressing. No cooking required.
Asian Zing Wing Sauce
Copycat Buffalo Wild Wings Asian Zing sauce in 15 minutes! This sticky, sweet-and-spicy wing sauce blends chili garlic heat, tangy rice vinegar, and ginger into a glossy glaze you'll want on everything.
