This Spicy Garlic Ginger Sauce is bursting with sweet and spicy flavors and is delicious as a dipping sauce, stir fry sauce or slathered on top of grilled or roasted chicken or fish for an easy meal.
When a recipe starts with 12 cloves of garlic, I immediately recognize it as one of my brother's concoctions. As a teen, he used to make garlic dip with just enough sour cream to hold the garlic together.
In all fairness, the recipe below makes about 2 cups of sauce which is quite a bit. I cut it in half and have it stored in a jelly jar along with my other sauces in the fridge.
Ways to Use Spicy Garlic Ginger Sauce
The photos show it used as a dipping sauce for chicken strips, but it is good in so many ways.
I also used it as a dipping sauce for Beef Fondue. And it would be amazing with egg rolls, wontons or pot stickers.
Besides dipping, you can pour it over chicken, fish fillets or pork chops and bake it in the oven, or slather it on the last few minutes of grilling.
Mix it with some rice or noodles for a delicious side dish.
Or sautรฉ up some vegetables and leftover rice or noodles, add some leftover protein and add the sauce on top for an easy stir fry.
If you or your family doesn't like a chunky sauce *cough* my husband *cough*, reduce the amount of garlic and ginger and puree it in the blender for a smooth sauce. The more you crush garlic and ginger the stronger the flavor. You can always add more if you feel it needs it.
Ingredients for Garlic Ginger Sauce
The top two ingredients must be fresh, powdered garlic and ginger just won't give you the same flavor and texture.
- fresh garlic cloves
- fresh ginger
You will also need:
- reduced sodium soy sauce or tamari sauce
- rice vinegar. or other mild vinegar
- honey and brown sugar, or other sweeteners like agave, brown rice syrup, coconut sugar
- sesame oil
- crushed red pepper flakes
- green onions, possible substitutes are chives, garlic chives, garlic scapes
- cornstarch, or arrowroot or potato starch
More Garlic Recipes from #OurFamilyTable
Garlic has been a part of world cuisine for thousands of years, popular for its taste as well as its medicinal properties. Here are a few additional recipes to use this wonderful bulb.
Great Garlic Recipes
- Garlic and Sea Salt Pita Chips from Karen's Kitchen Stories
- Garlic Chicken from Palatable Pastime
- Garlic Parmesan Sourdough Bread from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
- Mini Garlic Monkey Bread from Cheese Curd In Paradise
- Open Face Sandwiches with Garlic Aoili from Art of Natural Living
- Orange Maple Garlic Chicken from Jen Around the World
- Slovakian Creamy Garlic Soup from Pandemonium Noshery
- Spicy Garlic Ginger Sauce from That Recipe
- Spicy Cheesy No Knead Roasted Garlic Sourdough Bread from Magical Ingredients
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 cloves minced garlic
- ยผ cup minced ginger (must be fresh)
- ยผ cup soy sauce
- ยผ cup honey
- ยฝ cup rice vinegar
- ยผ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
- 1 bunch green onions (chopped ยผ inch)
- ยผ cup sesame oil
- 2 cups water (divided)
- 2-3 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- In medium sauce pan saute garlic, ginger, red pepper, and sesame oil over medium heat until garlic is tender, 3-5 minutes.
- Add soy, honey, brown sugar, vinegar and 1 cup water. Simmer until reduced by half.
- Mix cornstarch in remining cup of water, add to the pan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until thick, 1-2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add green onions.
Notes
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Until next time, happy eating!
~Audrey
Lisa Kerhin
A plate of pasta and this sauce...that's all I need
Renz
I'm here thinking of all the things I can use this on. This would be a nice addition to my condiment lists.
Maureen
Oh! I love the combination of garlic and ginger! I can think of lots of ways to use this yummy sauce!
Lisa
How long will this last in a jar in the fridge?
Audrey
It never lasts long in my fridge, because we love it. But, in answer to your real questions, with the vinegar and soy sauce being acidic, I would say use it within a few weeks. Just a guess.