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Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

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This tangy Vietnamese dipping sauce—perfect for spring rolls—is flavored with lime juice, fish sauce, garlic and serrano pepper.


Vietnamese Dipping Sauce Recipe

Makes: 1/2 cup

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Nutrition Profile

Low calorie | Low carbohydrate | Low saturated fat | Low cholesterol | Heart healthy | Healthy weight | Diabetes appropriate | Gluten free |

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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)

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Preparation

  1. 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.

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.

Nutrition

Per tablespoon: 13 calories; 0 g fat ( 0 g sat , 0 g mono ); 0 mg cholesterol; 3 g carbohydrates; 0 g added sugars; 2 g protein; 0 g fiber; 298 mg sodium; 11 mg potassium.

Carbohydrate Servings: 0

Exchanges: Free food


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Health & Diet Considerations
Heart healthy
Healthy weight
Gluten free
Diabetes appropriate
Low calorie
Low carbohydrate
Low cholesterol
Low saturated fat
Meal/Course
Appetizers
Dinner

Season
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Style/Theme
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Quick (total 30 min. or less)
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Sauce/Condiment, savory
Ethnic/Regional
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Vietnamese
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Easy
Total Time
15 minutes or less
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8 or more
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