Sweet and sour fish sauce is a familiar dipping sauce, likened to the soul of the dish as it carries the full flavors of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet. With a simple cooking method, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to explore a recipe that can be stored for a long time and still has floating garlic and chili with super attractive colors!
1. Sweet and Sour Fish Sauce
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Fish Sauce Serves 4
Calamondin 10 fruits Chili 2 fruits Garlic 5 cloves Fish sauce 180 ml Sugar 200 gr
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How to Make Sweet and Sour Fish Sauce
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Chop garlic and chili
Peel the garlic and finely chop it. Wash the chili, remove the stem, and chop it finely.
Squeeze the calamondin to extract the juice.
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Mix the sweet and sour fish sauce
After the fish sauce has completely cooled, you add the lime juice, minced garlic, and minced chili and stir well.
And that’s it, you have completed the delicious and super easy sweet and sour fish sauce!
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Final product
The sweet and sour fish sauce made this way can be stored in a food container kept in the refrigerator refrigerator for about 2 weeks.
The fish sauce is very eye-catching with a perfect balance of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors, you can enjoy it with your favorite dishes. Let’s get into the kitchen to showcase your skills and make everyday meals more flavorful!
2. Sweet and sour fish sauce (recipe shared by a user)

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Preparation
30 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Sweet and sour fish sauce (recipe shared by a user) For 1 jar
Fish sauce 500 ml Granulated sugar 1 kg Lemon 11 fruits Garlic 3 bulbs MSG a little Chili 5 fruits
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How to prepare Sweet and Sour Fish Sauce (recipe shared by users)
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Prepare the ingredients
Chop 11 lemons and squeeze out the lemon juice.
Mince 3 cloves of garlic and 5 chilies.
Tip: You must choose fresh garlic and chili; if you see any signs of spoilage, remove them immediately to ensure the fish sauce is delicious, not spoiled, and can be stored for a long time.
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Cook the fish sauce
Add 500ml of fish sauce, 200ml of water, 1kg of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate to a pot, cooking and stirring until it boils well.
Turn off the heat to cool, then add the squeezed lemon juice, minced garlic, and chilies, and stir well for 5 minutes.
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Completion
Pour the mixture of fish sauce into a jar with a lid and place it in the refrigerator refrigerator for storage, to be used for about 1 month.
Tip: Make sure to sterilize and dry the jar before adding the fish sauce.
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Product
With just a few simple steps, you have made sweet and sour fish sauce with a delicious tangy and sweet flavor along with a spicy kick and distinctive color, making it a widely used seasoning. You can also use fish sauce to accompany dishes like broken rice, grilled pork vermicelli, spring rolls or banh hoi.
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