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Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes about 1/2 cup

Ingredients

1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup fresh lime juice (about 2 limes)
1 tablespoon minced garlic
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup Asian fish sauce (such as nam pla)

Preparation

  1. Soak the red pepper flakes in the lime juice for 4 minutes. Add the garlic, sugar, and fish sauce; stir until the sugar is dissolved.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
TagsSauceSoutheast AsianAsianLimeCitrusFruitGarlicRoot VegetableVegetableSideDairy FreeNut Free5 Ingredients or FewerEasyQuickNo-CookCookbooks
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