Easy Mango Sauce Recipe
The perfect balance of sweet and heat!
Servings: 10
Calories: 81kcal
Equipment
- Blender, Food Processor, or Immersion Blender
Ingredients
- 4 large ripe mangoes You will need a total of 1½ cups (400 grams) of flesh and juice from the mangoes.
- 4 garlic cloves
- ½ sweet onion (about 4 ounces by weight)
- 2" ginger root (0.5 ounce by weight)
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup white granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher or fine grind sea salt
- ¼-½ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional for spiciness
- 1 lime zest and juice used in recipe
Instructions
Prep for Recipe
- Peel and remove the flesh from the mangoes. Do this over a bowl to catch the juices. You will need 1½ cups of flesh and juice for this recipe.4 large ripe mangoes
- Smash and peel 4 garlic cloves.Peel and roughly chop ½ onion. Peel and slice ginger root.4 garlic cloves, ½ sweet onion, 2" ginger root
Making the Mango Sauce
- Place the cut up mango and juice into a medium size saucepan. Add garlic, onion, ginger, apple cider vinegar, sugar, and salt. Heat over medium high heat until the sauce begins to boil. Reduce to a simmer and simmer for 15 minutes.½ cup apple cider vinegar, ¼ cup white granulated sugar, ½ teaspoon kosher or fine grind sea salt
- Using an immersion blender, food processor, or blender, blend the sauce until it is smooth. *Make sure to let the sauce cool before using a regular blender or food processor to avoid trapped steam and possible eruptions of the sauce.
- Rinse the saucepan and return the blended mango sauce to the saucepan. Add pepper flakes and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add lime zest and 1 Tablespoon of the lime juice. Taste and add more juice if needed. Transfer to a container and chill for 1-2 hours before serving. The sauce will thicken as it cools.
Notes
Yield is about 1½ cups of mango sauce.
If your mangoes don't give off enough juice, you can add a little water.
Increase the sugar if the sauce isn't sweet enough, this will vary based on the sweetness of the mangoes used.
For a sweet mango sauce omit the garlic, onion, vinegar, and red pepper flakes (ginger is optional), and increase the sugar to ½ cup and add water to get the correct consistency.
Nutrition
Serving: 2Tablespoons | Calories: 81kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 121mg | Potassium: 185mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 915IU | Vitamin C: 33mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 0.3mg