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Vietnamese Chili Sauce for Dipping

Vietnamese Chili Sauce for Dipping

Ingredients

  • 3/4 C fish sauce
  • 1   C water
  • 1   Lime, juiced
  • 1/2 C of sushi vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp of Chili garlic sauce ( from jar)
  • 3/4 C of Sugar
  • Bring above to a simmer (180deg to 200deg) until sugar disolves
  • While simmering, taste and if needed add up to another 1/4 C sugar.
  • Cool, then add:
  • 1/4 C jullianed carrot
  • 1/4 C Finely sliced (use the mandolin on the smallest setting) and
  • quartered white onion
  • 1   garlic clove, roughly minced (use knife)
  • Add more chili paste to taste.  Remeber it is a dipping sauce, so it
  • Also, the original recipes called for a lot more heat that I said so
  • far.
  • Please at least add enough so you can kinda see the seeds floating in
  • the sauce.

Instructions

  1. can be a bit on the hotter side since people won't eat a lot at once.