Quick and easy, homemade Garlic Chili Sauce ready in 15 minutes! With a perfect blend of garlic, spice, and a touch of smokey sweetness, Chinese food lovers, rejoice! You will find a lot of Huy Fong chili garlic sauce recipes on the internet; my version of this popular sauce blows them away!


Made from dried cayenne peppers, this powder is one of the best paprika substitutes because they have the same color.
Best for just about anything.
First, I should say that recipes for Chiu Chow chili sauce are rather limited. A quick Google search rendered relatively few findings—just a handful of variations that left me less than satisfied. So, I turned to a key source in any home cook’s arsenal—the label on the store-bought version.
Chili powders come in at between 500 and 1,500 Scoville units. That's enough to produce a mild burn, but not enough to make really spicy foods.
New Mexico University points out that the Scoville scale is a subjective spiciness scale and some people can be more sensitive to capsaicin than others.