It doesn’t snow very often in Seattle and when it does we all run to the store, buy everything on the shelves, then stay home and cook. One of my snowstorm meals this weekend was the Sweet Chili Thighs from Everyday Dorie.
I discovered, after the storm hit, that I didn’t have Thai sweet chili sauce. That may not seem like something one would assume is in their fridge, but it’s a staple I usually have on hand. (We have a wonderful local supermarket that has an incredible Asian food department.) So what to do? I mixed a sweet version of fish sauce and Sambal to create my own version of Thai sweet chili sauce. I reduced the soy sauce called for in the recipe to account for the saltiness of the fish sauce and added the Sriracha. Here’s what I used to approximate Thai sweet chili sauce:
Wow! I can’t tell you how this combo compares with Dorie’s original recipe, but I can say it is delicious. This recipe will be a new staple in our house.
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This was good, wasn’t it? and nice that you could make your own sauce. Definitely a repeat recipe.
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Wow I am impressed that you knew enough about the Thai chili sauce to make a replacement lol !! No lie it took me two trips to the grocery store to get it right. Ok, there are a lot more bottles on the shelf called Thai Chili something than I had anticipated. But it was worth it-not only for the recipe itself but because I learned how fabulous that sauce is lol !! Yours looks delish. So fun to read about how much snow Seattle has been getting, the photos folks have taken are gorgeous. And spring is coming lol….
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You know, it’s kind of fun to have to figure something out on the fly like that! I don’t know if you looked it up on the internet, but that would’ve been a time I’d have been thinking “thank god for the internet!” Wasn’t this tasty?
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I find that sometimes emergency substitutions turn out to better than the original! Hope you’re enjoying the snow in Seattle!
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What a great substitution of the sauce. I love it when it works on a recipe! We love this dish too, delicious!
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my parents live in the eastside suburbs and my dad was sending me regular snow updates and photos of the driveway. haha. hope it was kinda fun and you didn’t have too much shoveling to tackle! your version sounds delicious– i’m a bit addicted to the flavor of fish sauce.
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Well, aren’t you the creative and inventive cook? I’m impressed. I just never seem to be able to pull out this and that and throw in a little extra something and end up with anything remotely edible! Good for you.
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