Vietnamese Dipping Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic 

1 teaspoon ground chile paste 

1 Thai bird chile, or Serrano pepper, chopped (optional) 

1/4 cup Asian fish sauce (nam pla) 

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 

1/4 cup sugar 

2 tablespoons grated carrots, for garnish 

Preparation

With a mortar and pestle, pound garlic, chile paste, and fresh chile into a paste (or mince together with a knife). Transfer to a bowl. Add fish sauce, 2/3 cup hot water, lime juice, and sugar. Whisk together until sugar dissolves. Serve sprinkled with carrots.

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