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Dried chile sauce

Dried chile sauce is a savory or spicy sauce made from rehydrated dried chiles and used to season or accompany foods.

Dried chile sauce — illustrative ingredient image

About Dried chile sauce

Dried chile sauce is a prepared sauce made by softening or rehydrating dried chiles and usually blending them with liquid and other seasonings. It is used to season or accompany meats, vegetables, beans, grains, stews, and other savoury foods, as a cooking sauce, finishing sauce, or table condiment.

Its flavour may be pungent, fruity, smoky, earthy, tangy, salty, or mildly sweet. Texture may be smooth or coarse and thin or thick, depending on the chiles, accompanying ingredients, blending, and straining. Skins and seeds can contribute visible particles or a more textured mouthfeel.

The sauce may be red, orange, brown, or very dark, depending on the chiles and other ingredients. It is sold or served as a prepared liquid or semi-liquid sauce. Rehydrating and blending soften the chiles, while straining removes some skins and seeds and changes texture.

Ingredient type
sauce

Forms & related ingredients

  • Garliccontains · Dried chile sauce → Garlic
  • Dried Chilescontains · Dried chile sauce → Dried Chiles
  • Watercontains · Dried chile sauce → Water
  • Onioncontains · Dried chile sauce → Onion
  • Vinegarcontains · Dried chile sauce → Vinegar
  • Saltcontains · Dried chile sauce → Salt

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English

Dried chile sauce

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Dried chile sauce nutrition & diet

Dried chile sauce nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Sauce, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
116kcal
Protein
1.6g
Carbs
25.9g
Fat
0.4g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Use the prepared sauce portion after establishing whether dried chiles were rehydrated, ground, strained, or cooked with liquid. Include the recipe’s oil, salt, sugar, vinegar, and other ingredients in the entry. A sauce served as a condiment is not equivalent to plain dried chile.

Compare the right form: Match references to the specific dried-chile sauce recipe and ready-to-use form; brand, dilution, and preparation method matter.

Diet considerations

The base may be plant-derived, but dried chile sauce is a blend and cannot be classified from its name alone. Check for animal stock, dairy, wheat or other cereal ingredients, oils, and sweeteners. Portion and the foods it accompanies determine carbohydrate patterns and overall compatibility.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.9.3.9_98 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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