Vietnamese Dipping Sauce
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From EatingWell: The Simple Art of EatingWellThis tangy Vietnamese dipping sauce—perfect for spring rolls—is flavored with lime juice, fish sauce, garlic and serrano pepper.
1/2 cup | Active Time: 5 minutes | Total Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce (see Tip)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 serrano pepper, minced, or 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 scallion, minced (optional)
Preparation
- Stir together lime juice, water, fish sauce, sugar, garlic, serrano (or crushed red pepper) and scallion (if using) in a small bowl until the sugar is dissolved.
Nutrition
Per tablespoon : 13 Calories; 0 g Fat; 0 g Sat; 0 g Mono; 0 mg Cholesterol; 3 g Carbohydrates; 2 g Protein; 0 g Fiber; 298 mg Sodium; 11 mg Potassium
0 Carbohydrate Serving
Exchanges: Free food
Tips & Notes
- Tip: Fish sauce is a pungent Southeast Asian condiment made from salted, fermented fish. Find it in the Asian-food section of well-stocked supermarkets and at Asian specialty markets. We use Thai Kitchen fish sauce, lower in sodium than other brands (1,190 mg per tablespoon), in our recipe testing and nutritional analyses.