Here's a sweet-hot chile sauce that's got it all

Meet Chef Ford Fry's secret weapon

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(Image credit: (Tasting Table))

Chef and restaurateur Ford Fry of The Optimist and King + Duke in Atlanta appreciates a good contrast between heat and sweetness in his food. So when he discovered a sweet-hot Thai chile paste atop an otherwise simple boiled chicken dish at a food truck in Portland, Oregon, he knew he was halfway to something special.

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