chilli sauce

British

noun

a highly seasoned sauce made of tomatoes cooked with chilli and other spices and seasonings

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BBC Food has a recipe made with sweet and spicy pork belly and chilli sauce.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Christine and Paul Boyle's award-winning pie has a doner kebab filling made from chicken, beef and a chilli marinade with a sweet chilli sauce.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

The crisp, fried cauliflower florets dunked in a red chilli sauce "melted in her mouth" and quickly became her favourite.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023

Add the hoisin sauce, vinegar, sugar, chilli sauce and 1 tablespoon of water and bring to a gentle boil.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2016

We'll eat a half dozen fat two-year-old steers and about a thousand loaves of bread and a couple of barrels of claret and a huge mess of chilli sauce.

From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

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