Chilli sauce

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Some sauces quietly sit in the background — this one doesn’t. If you love a proper kebab‑shop experience at home, this homemade chilli sauce is bold, bright, and designed to wake up anything it touches. It’s bold, fiery, and packed with fresh flavour.

Made with simple ingredients and ready in minutes, this chilli sauce delivers the classic takeaway taste while staying lighter, fresher, and completely customisable. With a balance of heat, tang, and savoury depth, it brings that irresistible kick you’d expect from a great kebab‑shop drizzle. It comes together quickly, keeps well in the fridge, and adds instant flavour to grilled meats, roasted veggies, wraps, and weeknight dinners that need a little spark. Once you’ve made it, you’ll wonder how you ever served kebabs without it.

Serving Suggestions with Chilli Sauce

  • Grilled chicken — drizzle over skewers, wings or simple grilled breasts for instant heat.
  • Burgers — spread inside the bun or swirl into mayo for a spicy burger sauce.
  • Chips or wedges — perfect as a dip or drizzled over loaded fries.
  • Tacos or fajitas — adds brightness and heat to chicken, beef or veggie fillings.
  • Stir‑fried noodles — mix a spoonful into the sauce for extra kick.
  • Rice bowls — great with chicken fried rice, egg fried rice or veggie rice bowls.
  • Eggs — drizzle over fried eggs, scrambled eggs or omelettes.
  • Grilled prawns — a natural pairing with seafood.
  • Fish tacos — adds zing to crispy or grilled fish.
  • Roast vegetables — especially sweet potatoes, peppers and courgettes.
  • Wraps and sandwiches — mix with yoghurt or mayo for a creamy, spicy spread.
  • Pizza — a light drizzle over the top adds a lovely heat.
  • BBQ dishes — ribs, sausages, burgers or grilled veg skewers.
  • Nachos — spoon over melted cheese for a spicy finish.
  • Falafel or halloumi — great as a dip or drizzled over bowls

Chilli sauce

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Course Sauce
Cuisine Turkish

Ingredients
  

  • 2-4 red chilli’s chopped (depending on how spicy you like your chilli sauce)
  • 1 red onion chopped
  • 2 large garlic cloves
  • 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp cider vinegar
  • pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • Add all the chilli sauce ingredients into a food processor and blend to make a smooth sauce. This will keep in the fridge for up to 2 days or 3 months in the freezer (see top tips).

Top tip:

  • With the chilli sauce, this will make a lot! if you don’t want to freeze any, then half all the ingredients.