Hot and Sweet Dipping Sauce

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Description

This is the best I’ve made. It tastes like the ones I have tried at Chinese restaurants.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup rice vinegar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons dried red pepper flakes

Instructions

  1. Bring vinegar to a boil in a small
  2. nonreactive pot. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Reduce heat to low
  3. simmer for 5 minutes
  4. and remove from heat.
  5. 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.

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Servings: 4

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