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Difference Between Cocktail Sauce & Chili Sauce
Both are tomato-based, of course, and both are generally used as condiments. Cocktail sauce is also often served alongside seafood. Chili sauce is likely to have some chile-like ingredient either chiles or chili powder. It also is quite likely to have onion, green pepper, sugar, vinegar, and spices. Cocktail sauce, on the other hand, gets its oomph from horseradish, and may include lemon juice, and a hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco. It may be based on ketchup or chili sauce. Comparing the ingredient lists of some of the very basic sauces sold in supermarkets, there is little to distinguish chili sauce from plain ketchup a simple addition of garlic powder, dehydrated onion, and whatever mysteries lurk within the unfathomable category of "spices." Supermarket cocktail sauces generally also include horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, mustard, and other spices and flavorings. You can go much further afield, though, in the chili sauce category, as there are hundreds of ethnic and regional chili sauces In terms of substituting chili sauce and cocktail sauce for the other, if you're talking about basic store-bought sauces, it probably boils down to your love of horseradish. If you like the horseradish-flavor of cocktail sauce and think it would complement the dish you're preparing, then use it in place of chili sauce. If your recipe calls for cocktail sauce and you aren't worried about losing the horseradishiness (a new word, and you saw it here first!), substitute chili sauce. With a little effort, you can also make your own chili sauce or cocktail sauce. |
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