Fish sauce for salads is the soul of salads, as it is the main seasoning that directly determines whether your dish is delicious or not, creating flavors that stimulate the taste buds. Today, cooking with TasteVN, let’s note down the secret of 3 ways to make delicious and appealing fish sauce for salads!
1. Fish sauce for salad with chili sauce
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fish sauce for salad with chili sauce For 4 people
Fish sauce 450 ml Calamansi lime 500 gr Kumquat 500 gr Chili sauce 350 ml Sugar 750 gr
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How to make Fish sauce for salad with chili sauce
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Extract calamansi lime juice
For 500gr of calamansi lime and 500gr of kumquat, cut them in half and squeeze to get the juice (equivalent to 375ml of calamansi lime juice).
How to extract calamansi lime juice without bitterness: After washing the calamansi and kumquat, cut them in half with a knife. Instead of directly using your hands to squeeze the fruit, use a paper towel or cloth to cover your hand, fully enveloping the surface of the lime peel. While squeezing, the essential oils from the lime will absorb into the paper towel or cloth without causing bitterness.
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Mix the dressing
Add 450ml of fish sauce to a pot. Then add 350ml of chili sauce, 750gr of sugar, and lime juice, then stir well until the sugar dissolves completely.
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Final product
The dressing has a beautiful red color characteristic of chili sauce, you can store it in a glass jar and keep it in the fridge for later use.
This amazing dressing can be used to mix with any type of salad, and it will be very delicious.
2. Fish sauce mixed with lime garlic chili
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Chili Garlic Lime Salad Dressing Serves 4
Chili 10 pieces Garlic 5 cloves Lime 3 pieces Fish sauce 4 tablespoons Sugar/ MSG a little
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How to Make Chili Garlic Lime Salad Dressing
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Prepare the Ingredients
Use a knife to remove the seeds from 10 chilies and finely chop them along with 5 cloves of garlic.
Roll and rub 3 limes to release more juice and reduce bitterness before squeezing to extract the juice.
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Mix the Dressing
Prepare a bowl, add 3 tablespoons of lime juice, 4 tablespoons of fish sauce, 4 tablespoons of sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon of MSG, then add the chopped garlic and chili, stir well until the ingredients dissolve.
Tip: You can adjust the ingredients according to your family’s taste!
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Final Product
The fish sauce mixed with lime, garlic, and chili has a variety of appealing colors with the aroma of garlic and chili, and the sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors blend together to create a rich dipping sauce. You can use this sauce to mix with chicken salad or duck salad, both are very delicious. You will feel the freshness of the garlic and chili, and the strong flavor of the fish sauce.
3. Fish sauce mixed with salted lime
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fish sauce mixed with salted lime For 4 people
Horn chili 3 pieces Bird’s eye chili 3 pieces Lime 300 gr Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Sugar/ salt A little
How to make Mixed fish sauce with calamondin juice
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Prepare the ingredients
Cut 3 bell peppers and 3 chili peppers into small pieces using scissors.
Cut 300g of calamondin in half and squeeze to extract the juice.
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Blend the ingredients
Prepare a blender, then add the chopped peppers, add 5 tablespoons of sugar, 1.5 tablespoons of salt, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and then add the calamondin juice, blend the mixture well and pour it into a bowl.
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Finished Product
A bowl of fish sauce mixed with fresh calamondin juice, just looking at it is enough to make you crave it, the fish sauce is spicy and pungent, the sourness of the calamondin combined with the heat of the bird’s eye chili is incredibly stimulating to the taste buds.
You can use this calamondin juice fish sauce to mix with mango salad or papaya salad, and it will be very delicious.
How to choose fresh and delicious chili peppers
- You should choose chili peppers that are uniform in size, not bruised or damaged, with shiny skin and no black spots.
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You should choose chili peppers that are straight or slightly curved, with firm, shiny skin and green, fresh stems.
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You should choose chili peppers that feel firm and have a certain hardness when held. Avoid buying chili peppers that have black spots or signs of rot, or are slimy.
How to choose delicious garlic
- Choose garlic bulbs that are firm and feel solid in your hand (note that overly large garlic will not have a strong aroma). The local garlic, with a slightly purple skin, and smaller bulbs, is the most fragrant. Avoid choosing bulbs that are bruised, soft, or leaking fluid.
- The garlic skin must be intact and slightly white in color; if the skin is wrinkled, not firm, or shriveled, do not take it.
- The cloves of the garlic bulb should be plump, not too dry, not wrinkled, and slightly white. Avoid choosing garlic bulbs with gray or yellow cloves as they will not have a pleasant aroma.
How to choose fresh, juicy calamondin
- You should choose ripe calamondin fruits that are bright yellow and have the characteristic light fragrance of calamondin; these are fresh calamondin. Avoid calamondin with a strong, unpleasant odor.
- Choose calamondin fruits with smooth skin, round and plump without roughness.
How to choose fresh, juicy lemons
- When buying lemons, you should pay attention to the appearance of the lemon. Juicy lemons are usually small, have thin skin, and feel smooth to the touch, not rough.
- In addition, try gently squeezing the lemon. Juicy lemons will feel firm in your hand, and when you press lightly, a bit of essential oil will squirt out. Lemon oil has a pleasant aroma and does not have the strong smell of lemons that have been treated with chemicals.
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