chili sauce
noun
plural chili sauces
: a spicy sauce usually consisting of chili peppers, vinegar, salt, sugar, and spices and used especially as a condiment and in cooking
also
: a milder, sweeter sauce often containing additional ingredients (such as tomato puree or soy sauce)
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Stir in the green onions and season with sweet chili sauce or hot sauce.
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Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2025
These are soaking up a sweet and spicy mixture of grape jelly, chili sauce, barbecue sauce, and Sriracha.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
These delicious ones simmer in a mixture of grape jelly, barbecue sauce, and chili sauce for kick of heat.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
Farid and Amir both recall working from dusk until dawn in Ikhwan factories producing noodles, chili sauce, and other condiments 365 days a year.
—Teele Rebane, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2025
These are soaking up a sweet and spicy mixture of grape jelly, chili sauce, barbecue sauce, and Sriracha.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
These delicious ones simmer in a mixture of grape jelly, barbecue sauce, and chili sauce for kick of heat.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
Farid and Amir both recall working from dusk until dawn in Ikhwan factories producing noodles, chili sauce, and other condiments 365 days a year.
—Teele Rebane, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chili sauce
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“Chili sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chili%20sauce. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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