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No Cook Easy Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce {Whole 30, Vegan}

Published on April 12, 2017 by Helen 55 Comments
Last Updated on May 4, 2019

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A yellow china bowl of hot tomato and chili sauce. In the backround there is a jar of sauce and in the foreground a chili, garlic clove and wood teaspoon. Text overlay reads Kebab shop chili sauce

Quick & easy kebab shop chilli sauce – takeaway style, authentic, no cook and as hot as you like and ready in 3 minutes.  Slimming World Syn Free, Vegan and Whole 30 friendly.

A closeup of a small yellow bowl of kebab shop chilli sauce. Next to the bowl are some basil leaves, a small wooden spoon and a scotch bonnet hot pepper. In the background is a jam jar holding more chilli sauce.

Table of Contents

  • Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce
  • How do I make Hot Chilli Sauce Kebab Shop Style?
  • Top Tip for Preparing Hot Chillies
  • I don’t have any mint sauce. What else can I use instead?
  • Can I make a sweeter version of homemade kebab shop chilli sauce?
  • What to do with leftover homemade kebab shop chilli sauce?
  • 6 Facts about chillis
  • Love canned tomatoes? Find lots of fuss free easy recipes using tinned tomatoes here …

Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce

A little goes a long way with this no cook easy kebab shop chilli sauce; perfect for drizzling over grilled meat and chicken, dolloping on rice, or for perking up a bolognese or stew.

This chilli sauce tastes just like the hotter than Hades sauce you get at your local takeaway, but is surprisingly easy to make with just 6 readily available ingredients. Plonk them into your blender and away you go.

As well as delicious this sauce is Slimming World Syn Free and only has 15Kcal per serving.

It is just like the sauce served at our local proper Turkish Ocakbasi kebab house, where the meat is cooked over a charcoal fire; normally on kebab skewers as well as lamb chops, chicken breast and similar cuts. It’s also our local doner kebab shop, but it’s a long way from living down to the dubious reputation that such a description might imply.

The meat is simply but well cooked on the charcoal, and served with tasty unleavened bread, rice and salads – and of course a kebab shop hot chilli sauce just like this one.

That dash of chilli sauce makes a kebab what it is, and of course is so good we had to make our own version!

A closeup of a small yellow bowl of kebab shop chilli sauce. Next to the bowl are some basil leaves, a small wooden spoon and a scotch bonnet hot pepper.

I find that the real trick to a homemade kebab shop chilli sauce is actually not to overdo the heat.

You could go mad, searching out the most ridiculously hot peppers you can source and create your own substitute for edible lava, but I prefer something that’s a little more nuanced.

There are degrees of this, of course; it’s still a chilli sauce, but it does have a depth of flavour that comes from the secret ingredient: jarred mint sauce (which of course will go so well with grilled lamb).

How do I make Hot Chilli Sauce Kebab Shop Style?

This chilli sauce is SO easy to make.

The ingredients for kebab shop chilli sauce, laid out ready for the sauce to be made. Canned tomatoes, tomato puree, a small Scotch bonnet chilli, a small onion, 2 cloves of garlic, mint sauce, white wine vinegar and salt.

Step One – Assemble the ingredients.

Making kebab shop chilli sauce. The onion, scotch bonnet hot peppers and garlic have been roughly chopped so that they blend faster.

Step Two – Peel and roughly chop the onion and garlic.  Deseed and roughly chop the chilli – using our clingfilm trick below.  Open the tin of tomatoes.

Making kebab shop chilli sauce. The ingredients have all been added to the bowl of a small food processor, ready to be blitzed.

Step Three – Throw it all in a blender or food processor along with mint sauce, and vinegar.

Making kebab shop chilli sauce. Blitzing the sauce in a small food processor.

Step Four-  Blitz it until it has reached your preferred consistency.

Making kebab shop chilli sauce. A small food processor holds the sauce. A hand is adding salt.

Step Five – Check the flavour and add salt as required.

If you want to make a chunkier Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce then sieve the tomatoes, then blend a couple of them with the chilli and garlic then add in the onion and the rest of the tomatoes and pulse to your desired consistency.   Add in some of the drained juice to thin if needed.

Top Tip for Preparing Hot Chillies

A top tip when making a hot chilli sauce and slicing the chillies is to wrap some cling film loosely round your fingers so your don’t touch them – even after washing your hands it is SO easy to rub your eyes and the pain is intense, even when taking out your contact lenses hours later.

If you are chopping lots of chillies I would use a pair of latex gloves, but when preparing chillies a piece of cling film is ideal and a huge improvement on trying to chop up the chillies with a kitchen knife and fork; yes I have tried and failed with that, and I wish I’d thought of the cling film years ago.

How to chop hot chillies without worries: a picture of a half chopped chilli, with a knife cutting the rest of the chilli. The hand holding the chilli is wrapped in plastic wrap

Scotch bonnets are hot hot hot! Pick a different chilli if you prefer, or want more chilli flavour without the heat.

I also try and use premium canned tomatoes, finding that the extra few pennies really make a difference, as the tomatoes will be altogether better – thicker, richer, sweeter, a better colour and far more intense.

I don’t have any mint sauce. What else can I use instead?

No mint sauce? Don’t worry! Simply use an extra tablespoon of vinegar and about half a teaspoon of dried mint or one teaspoon of finely chopped fresh mint leaves.

Can I make a sweeter version of homemade kebab shop chilli sauce?

Yes, absolutely. Add some ketchup for a delicious rich sweetness

What to do with leftover homemade kebab shop chilli sauce?

Simply spoon into an ice cube tray (I keep a tray just for freezing sauces like this in) and freeze, pop the sauce cubes out once frozen and store in a plastic box.

How to freeze kebab shop chilli sauce - the sauce has been measured out into a silicone ice cube tray, ready to go in the freezer.

I find that one large frozen cube of kebab shop chilli sauce is perfect for the two of us.

Here a quick video on how to make it!

 

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Homemade hot kebab shop chilli sauce, perfect for adding to chicken or lamb
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Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce / Hot Chilli Sauce {Vegan, Whole 30}
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 min
Total Time
6 mins
 
Home made hot and spicy kebab shop hot chilli sauce, perfect to add to lamb or chicken for that authentic kebab shop flavour. 
Slimming World Syn Free, Vegan and Whole 30.


Course: Dips and dressings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Keyword: Chili, Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce, sauce
Servings: 15 tablespoons
Calories: 11 kcal
Author: Helen Best-Shaw
Ingredients
  • 1 can tomatoes
  • 1 tbs tomato puree
  • 1 small Scotch bonnet chilli - chopped, seeds and membranes discarded
  • 1 small onion - peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic - peeled and sliced
  • 1 tsp mint sauce
  • 1 tbs white wine vinegar
  • 1 pinch salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Place all the ingredients into a blender and whizz. until almost smooth - I like some texture, but you want to really blitz up that chilli. 

  2. Season to taste with salt.

Recipe Notes
  • Avoid touching the chilli when preparing it - I wrap my fingers loosely in a piece of cling film.
  • If you don't have any mint sauce, you can use a tablespoon fresh mint or half a tablespoon of dried mint and add one tablespoon more vinegar.
  • If you want to make a chunkier Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce then sieve the tomatoes, then blend a couple of them with the chilli and garlic then add in the onion and the rest of the tomatoes and pulse to your desired consistency.   Add in some of the drained juice to thin if needed.
  • Keeps for a week in the fridge.
  • Leave for 24 hours before eating to allow the flavours to meld.
  • Freeze in a silicon ice cube tray for individual portions.
  • Most Paleo diet followers are ok with consuming vinegar, if not, then omit.
  • This recipe is Zero Weight Watchers Smart Points!
Nutrition Facts
Kebab Shop Chilli Sauce / Hot Chilli Sauce {Vegan, Whole 30}
Amount Per Serving
Calories 11
% Daily Value*
Sodium 38mg2%
Potassium 89mg3%
Carbohydrates 2g1%
Sugar 1g1%
Vitamin A 65IU1%
Vitamin C 3.1mg4%
Calcium 11mg1%
Iron 0.4mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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6 Facts about chillis

  1. Chilli heat is measured on the Scoville scale. The current hottest chilli, the Carolina Reaper with over 1.5 million Scoville heat units is five hundred times hotter than tabasco sauce.  A bell pepper has a rating of 1.
  2. The heat in chillis is from capsicum, concentrated in the seeds and membranes, discard or keep these according to how much heat you want.
  3. Chillis originated in the Americas, and are a member of the nightshade family along with potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines and bell peppers.
  4. Chillis are a great source of vitamin C, with a higher concentration than oranges.
  5. The best way of counteracting the heat of a chilli is with milk. A cool beer might seem like a good idea, but a cold glass of milk does better against the heat.
  6. Chilli can be spelled either chilli or chili, depending which side of the Atlantic you are from.

If you love sauce you may also enjoy my Quick and Easy Healthy Tartare Sauce

An easy recipe for tartar sauce, with a clever twist to make it healthier.

 

Love canned tomatoes? Find lots of fuss free easy recipes using tinned tomatoes here …

A collage of recipes using canned tomatoes

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Filed Under: Dips, Dressings, & Sauces, Quick & Easy Recipes, Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian Recipes, Whole 30, £ Ingredients: Chilli, Garlic, Mint Sauce, Onion, Tomatoes, Tomatoes (Canned / Tinned)

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  1. Jacqueline Meldrum

    5 stars
    This looks glorious. It would be great on a burger too. I am a chilli wuss, so a small layer for me.

    Reply
    • Helen

      it would be ace on a burger!

      Reply
      • AndyB

        4 stars
        Really good recipe, but varied according to some Persian and Turkish friends – add 1/2 a stick of celery, and a handful of flat leaf parsley and you’re into some really extraordinary flavours. Thanks

        Reply
        • Helen

          Hi Andy, I’ll try that versions next time I make some, I wanted to keep it as simple as I could, but they seem great additions!

          Reply
  2. Benny

    5 stars
    Time to cook up some fried chicken! I found a new promising dipping sauce!

    Reply
    • Helen

      it would be amazing with fried chicken.

      Reply
  3. Jane

    5 stars
    Brilliant recipe Helen, shall be keeping hold of this one.
    Jane x

    Reply
    • Helen

      We love this one. So good!

      Reply
  4. Cliona Keane

    5 stars
    This looks great! I love a hot chilli and the idea of having proper kebab shop chilli sauce at home is great!

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love chillies, really like the flavour, but not too much heat!

      Reply
  5. Julia @ HappyFoods Tube

    5 stars
    What a great and easy recipe! Thanks for the inspiration. I’ve been growing my own chilies so definitely trying this.

    Reply
    • Helen

      Thanks Julia,

      So easy – just bung it all in a blender or food processor! I wish I could grow chillies without killing them!

      Reply
  6. Annemarie @ justalittlebitofbacon

    5 stars
    We don’t have kebab shops here, but we do love chili sauce and this looks like a great one to add some spice to all sorts of dishes! And I’ll have to give the plastic wrap trick a try. I’ve done the fork and knife thing too and it never works as well as I wish.

    Reply
    • Helen

      The plastic wrap works a treat – such a simple hack.

      Reply
  7. Musings of a tired mummy...zzz...

    5 stars
    I’ve always been scared of using scotch bonnets! Maybe I’ll get my (braver) partner to make this as he loves cooking and spicy food

    Reply
    • Helen

      They sell massive scoops of them in the market for £1 – who on earth can get through 50 of them I wonder?

      Reply
  8. Jessica (Swanky Recipes)

    5 stars
    When my friend was here visiting from Turkey, we’d make lamb kebabs all the time. I sure do miss the authentic recipes he’d share with me. Can’t wait to give this a try!

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love a good lamb kebab!

      Reply
  9. Lilinha

    5 stars
    Hubby loves chilli sauce, so will be making him some! :)

    Reply
    • Helen

      how hot will it be? Hope he enjoys it.

      Reply
  10. Kara

    5 stars
    I love anything with a spicy kick and this looks yummy – definitely making this

    Reply
    • Helen

      It is so good Kara, and it freezes really well too.

      Reply
  11. Baby Isabella

    4 stars
    We’re not great with chilli but would be tempted to give this a go as dipping sauce for chicken kebabs forour summer BBQs :) yummy x

    Reply
    • Helen

      it would be lovely as a dipping sauce!

      Reply
  12. Anosa

    5 stars
    I think if I did try this at home I would go a little crazy on the hotness of it lol but it looks delicious

    Reply
    • Helen

      Just use less chilli and make sure to scrape off all the membranes and seeds

      Reply
  13. five little doves

    5 stars
    Ooh we love chilli sauce and put it on everything! I’ve never thought to make our own though! Must give it a try!

    Reply
    • Helen

      So easy to make your own, also no preservatives etc in it.

      Reply
  14. Ana De- Jesus

    5 stars
    I love anything that is spicy and this kebab shop chilli sauce sounds amazing. I will be careful to not touch my face though lol!

    Reply
    • Helen

      it is so easy to touch your face, even after scrubbing your hands.

      Reply
  15. Natalia

    5 stars
    sounds delicious! I wouldn’t add too much chili because I can’t deal with it but the rest of the ingredients sound yummy! Thanks for sharing x

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love the taste buy equally cannot stand too much heat – just use less or a different type of chilli.

      Reply
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