Hot and Sweet Dipping Sauce

This sauce is delicious with grilled chicken or pork. It is a quick, simple Thai sauce.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 1/2 cup

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup cider vinegar or 1⁄2 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 -2  garlic clove, minces (about 1 tablespoon)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes (preferably Thai)

Directions

1. In a small saucepan bring vinegar to a boil.
2. Stir in sugar and simmer 5 minutes.
3. With a mortar and pestle or in a bowl with back of a spoon pound or mash garlic to a paste with salt.
4. Add red pepper flakes and combine well.
5. Stir garlic paste into vinegar and cool.
6. Sauce keeps, sealed in a jar and chilled, 5 days.
7. Serve sauce at room temperature in individual condiment bowls for dipping.