We love chilli sauce on our kebab, every kebab shop you go to seem to have a different recipe? This is our version of spicy Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce. Serve it up with our Takeaway Chicken Kebab recipe, but it can be used to spice up other dishes too!
Simple & Quick to make, ready to serve in 15 minutes!
How many chilli peppers should I use?
Adjust the number of chillies to suit your taste.
We used medium spiced Morrocan chilli peppers from Morrisons as that was all they had there!
There are so many different types of chilli peppers, it’s hard to tell you how many to use because everyone has a different sensitivity to heat, but below is a rough guide!
Medium Chilli Pepper 🌶️🌶️
Extra hot-3 large chillies.
Hot- 2 large Chilies
Medium- 1 large Chilli
Mild- 1 small Chilli
Mild Chilli
Pepper 🌶️
Extra hot- 4 Chillies.
Hot- 3 Chilies
Medium- 2 Chillies
Mild- 1 Chilli
I always remove the seeds and white pith from the chilli peppers, once again that is optional! The white flesh between the seeds and the pepper is the spiciest part so many choose to leave it in, it is a matter of personal taste!
Blend the red onion, shallots and chilli pepper, together in a mini food processor to make a paste.
Next, fry the chilli paste with Sundried Tomato Puree and chopped tomatoes in a large cast-iron pan.
Add garlic, sugar, and a squeeze of lemon (don’t add too much lemon, you can always add more later if needed). Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.
Finally, turn off the heat, add in the olive oil, parsley & season with salt & pepper.
As you can see, you now have a delicious Chilli Sauce, just like you get from a kebab shop/ kebab van! Perfect served up with grilled chicken or lamb.
We filled up a pitta bread with grilled chicken, salad & a generous dollop of our Kebab shop Chilli Sauce. Perfection!
How to store Chilli Sauce?
This recipe serves 8 people, however, if you have leftovers it can be stored in the fridge in a sealed container for 5 days. Or can be frozen and defrosted until next time you need some chilli sauce!
Another alternative is to serve with rice and salad.
Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce
Equipment
- mini food processor
- Cast Iron Pan
Ingredients
- 1 Red Onion
- 2 Shallots
- 2 Chilli Peppers please see notes below for help with choosing chillies and how many to use
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 2 tsp lemon juice you can add more at the end if needed?
- 2 tbsp Sundried Tomato puree or 4 tbsp regular tomato puree
- 1 tbsp Sugar or sweetener
- 1 tin Chopped tomatoes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- Parsley a handful of chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Cut the chillies in half and remove seeds (optional) Place red onion, shallots and chillies in a mini food processor and blitz to make a lump-free paste.
- Fry the chilli paste with Sundried Tomato Puree (or Tomato Puree) and chopped tomatoes in a large pan until heated through.
- Add garlic, sugar, and a squeeze of lemon (don’t add too much lemon, you can always add more later if needed). Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.
- Turn off the heat, add in Olive oil, parsley, salt & pepper to taste. If you want to add more lemon now you can.Serve up warm or cold!
Notes
Medium Chilli Pepper 🌶️🌶️
Extra hot-3 large chillies.Hot- 2 large Chilies
Medium- 1 large Chilli
Mild- 1 small Chilli
Mild Chilli
Pepper 🌶️
Extra hot- 4 Chillies.Hot- 3 Chilies
Medium- 2 Chillies
Mild- 1 Chilli
Nutrition
Kebab shop chilli sauce is perfect served up with all types of grilled fish meat or poultry.
Check out our other recipes for more ideas.
This looks gorgeous. It may be intended to have with rice but I think this would go great with nachos!
Great idea Nyxie!