Hot and Sweet Dipping Sauce

Prep time: 5 min

Cook time: 10 min

Servings: 4

Yield: 4 servings

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Description

This hot and sweet sauce is the best I've made. It tastes like the ones I have tried at Chinese restaurants.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup rice vinegar

• 1/2 cup white sugar

• 1 clove garlic, minced

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried red pepper flakes

Directions

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.

2 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.