McDonald's Sweet Chili Sauce

By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Sauce

Calories: 55
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Recipe Rating: 5.0 (9 reviews)

To celebrate the Olympic Winter Games in February 2010 McDonald's introduced this new Asian-inspired dipping sauce for
the chains McNuggets. The sauce quickly became a top-requested favorite and the cloning requests have been pouring in
here at Top Secret Recipes Headquarters. McDonald's says the sauce will only be available for a limited time, so I had to get
on the case right away if I was going to reverse-engineer a clone to use on home baked chicken fingers and nuggets. It took
me about eight attempts to discover the right proportion of corn syrup to granulated sugar for the perfect consistency and
sweetness, and the cornstarch was essential to create a thick sauce that wasnt syrupy. The cayenne pepper provides the
necessary kick along with the chili sauce which you can find at the grocery store where the Asian foods are parked. It also
goes by the name Sambal Olek, or just Sam to its close friends.

2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons white vinegar

2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 cup light corn syrup
6 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons chili sauce (sambal olek)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
pinch ground cayenne pepper

1. Combine vinegar and water in a small bowl. Whisk in cornstarch.

2. Combine the cornstarch solution with the remaining ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir often until
mixture comes to a full boil, cook for 1 minute, then turn off the heat and let the sauce cool, uncovered. Sauce will thicken as
it cools.

Makes about 1/2 cup.

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