Sweet Chili Sauce

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Ingredients:

1 cup water

1 cup rice vinegar

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons fresh ginger root, grated

1 tsp garlic, minced

2 teaspoons ketchup

1/2 teaspoon Hunan Red Chili Sauce

2 teaspoons cornstarch

Preparation:

Pour water and vinegar into a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.  Stir in sugar, ginger, garlic, chili sauce, and ketchup; simmer for 5 minutes.  Stir in cornstarch.  Remove saucepan from stove to cool.  Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed.

History:

I needed a sauce for Trader Joe's shrimp and crab pot stickers.  I created this based on reading several recipes on-line and using the ingredients I had available.