Today, the specialized page Cooking Tips will guide you on 2 ways to make fish cake sandwich sauce, rich, delicious, and authentic flavor that will surely make everyone fall in love. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN and get started right away!
1. Lemongrass and Cilantro Sauce
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Processing
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Lemongrass and Cilantro Sauce For 8 servings
Cilantro 200 gr (1 bunch) Lemongrass 3 stalks Chili 1 piece Garlic 4 cloves Lemon 1/2 piece Fish sauce 8 tablespoons Sugar 5 tablespoons
How to Choose Good Cilantro
- You should choose cilantro bunches that have a beautiful vibrant green color and a light, characteristic aroma of the herb.
- Avoid buying cilantro that has an unusual foul smell, has yellowing leaves, or is bruised and damaged.
Tools Needed
Blender, knife, cutting board, pan, ladle,…
How to make Lemongrass Cilantro Sauce
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Chop the ingredients
Cut off the roots of the cilantro, wash it clean, then cut off the leaves; for the stems, chop them finely.
After washing the lemongrass, chop it finely. Peel the garlic and chop it. Wash the chili and slice it. Cut the lemon in half.
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Blend the ingredients
Put the chopped garlic, lemongrass, and chili into a blender along with 8 tablespoons of fish sauce, 5 tablespoons of sugar, and 16 tablespoons of water.
Close the blender lid and blend on high speed until the ingredients and spices are finely chopped and well combined.
After blending until smooth, add the chopped cilantro stems and the juice of 1/2 lemon, and continue blending for another 40 seconds until the mixture becomes liquid, then turn off the machine.
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Cook the sauce
Pour the blended mixture into a pan, cook over medium heat until the water boils, use a ladle to skim off the foam, then season to taste before turning off the heat, and you’re done!
Tip: If you want a thicker sauce, you can add a little cornstarch water after skimming off the foam!
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Final Product
The lemongrass cilantro sauce will have an attractive aroma characteristic of cilantro and lemongrass once completed. Tasting a little, you will feel the light sourness combined with the fragrant, delicious taste of fish sauce and the salty, sweet, and slightly spicy flavor of the seasonings.
Poured over bread and eaten with fish cake will greatly enhance the flavor of the dish!
2. Brown Sugar Garlic Chili Sauce
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Preparation
3 minutes
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Cooking
5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Brown Sugar Garlic Chili Sauce Serves 4 people
Brown sugar 100 gr Fish sauce 5 tablespoons MSG 1/2 tablespoon Vinegar 2 tablespoons Garlic 6 cloves Chili 1 piece
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How to make Brown Sugar Garlic Chili Sauce
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Mix the ingredients
Add 100gr brown sugar, 5 tablespoons fish sauce, 4 tablespoons water, 2 tablespoons vinegar into the pot. Mix well until the seasonings are completely dissolved and combined.
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Cook the sauce
After the spices have completely dissolved, place the pot containing the sauce on the stove, and cook on low heat for about 5 minutes until the sauce boils, thickens, and becomes syrupy. Then turn off the heat, add 1/2 tablespoon of seasoning, stir well until the seasoning dissolves, and transfer it to a bowl to cool.
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Complete the sauce
First, peel the garlic, wash the chili, then chop the garlic and chili into small dice-sized pieces.
Next, add them to the bowl of completely cooled sauce and mix well so that the sauce coats the chili and garlic evenly. We have now completed this sauce!
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Final Product
The brown sugar garlic chili sauce after completion will have an enticing aroma of heated sugar. The braised sauce will have a slight sour taste combined with just the right amount of sweetness and saltiness. The fragrant smell of garlic and the spicy taste of chili come through.
Serving it with fish cake bread is a wonderful combination that guarantees everyone who tastes it will rave about how delicious it is!
Finally, we have completed 2 how to make fish cake sandwich sauce that are delicious and flavorful. TasteVN wishes you success with these 2 recipes. Remember to frequently visit the Cooking section of TasteVN to discover more new and exciting recipes!
*Refer to the images and recipes from the YouTube channel Mai Râng TV and Linh Miền Tây – Living in Saigon
