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Thai Sauce Base

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on August 22, 2007

Time

5 minutes

Thai Sauce Base

Ingredients

3 tablespoons fish sauce 1 tablespoon lime juice plus 1 teaspoon grated zest from 1 lime1 tablespoon light brown sugar ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients in small bowl until sugar is dissolved; set aside.
Thai Sauce Base

Thai Sauce Base

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Time

5 minutes

Ingredients

3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon lime juice plus 1 teaspoon grated zest from 1 lime
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Ingredients

3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon lime juice plus 1 teaspoon grated zest from 1 lime
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Ingredients

3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon lime juice plus 1 teaspoon grated zest from 1 lime
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Why This Recipe Works

For our Thai-style sauce to pair with stir-fried vegetables, we wanted to find a way to give our dish powerful flavor while using ingredients already in the pantry. We found that a simple sauce base of fish sauce, lime juice and zest, brown sugar, and red pepper flakes gave vegetables the complex flavor we were looking for.

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients in small bowl until sugar is dissolved; set aside.

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