In Thai sauce, fish sauce is the key ingredient that creates the characteristic salty taste, combined with sugar to bring a light sweetness, not too harsh.
A little fresh lemon juice or vinegar balances the dish and brings out the fresh flavor. The essential ingredient of the sauce is chili, a spice that creates a characteristic spiciness that "awakens" the taste buds.
During Tet, Ms. Bui Thi Hoa (32 years old, self-employed, living in Hanoi ) often mixes sweet and sour Thai sauce in advance and stores it in the refrigerator for convenient use when needed.
"Sweet and sour Thai sauce is suitable for dipping chicken feet, pig ears, beef tendons, beef hooves, seafood, boiled meat, grilled meat, grilled seafood, grilled ribs...", Ms. Hoa said.
The recipe for making Thai sweet and sour sauce below was consulted by Ms. Hoa from many sources, then seasoned to her own taste. Ms. Hoa believes that this is a way to have a delicious, quick dipping sauce that saves time during the Lunar New Year when the density of parties and eating is dense.
Ingredient:
- Chili peppers (if you don't like spicy food): 4-5
- 5 onions and garlic, peeled
- If you like spicy food, you can add chili peppers to taste.
- Good fish sauce: 1 small bowl
- Sugar: 2 small bowls
- Tamarind sauce: 200g
- Korean chili powder: 2 cups of fish sauce (Korean chili has a beautiful color and is not spicy).
Making:
- Onion, garlic, chili puree.
- Soak tamarind in hot water, squeeze it and filter to get the juice, discard the pulp. The finished product gives about 2 small bowls of tamarind juice.
- Fry onions, garlic, and chili until golden brown.
- Bring sugar and tamarind juice to a boil.
- Next step, add fish sauce and chili powder, bring to a boil, skim off foam and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes then turn off the heat.
- Season to taste.
- Let it cool completely, then put it in a bottle and store it in the refrigerator for later use. With the above ingredients, the finished product is 4 bottles of dipping sauce, each bottle is 300ml.
Photo: Hoa Bui
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/tet-2025/nuoc-sot-thai-chua-ngot-mon-tet-nao-cham-cung-hop-vi-20241215211955800.htm
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