Chile-Lime Sauce

Name: Chile-Lime Sauce
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup (60 ml) fresh lime juice; 1 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 1 large garlic clove, minced; 1 1/4 red or green jalapeño, unseeded and thinly sliced crosswise, or more to taste; 1 1 packed tablespoon light brown sugar

From the kitchen of Carly

A bright, punchy Thai-style sauce that balances heat, sweetness, and funk in perfect proportion. Fish sauce and lime juice anchor the flavor, while jalapeños bring the bite and brown sugar rounds everything out. Essential for dipping, drizzling, or bringing life to anything bland.

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Servings: 4
Difficulty: medium

Ingredients

4 servings

11/4 cup (60 ml) fresh lime juice
12 tablespoons fish sauce
11 large garlic clove, minced
11/4 red or green jalapeño, unseeded and thinly sliced crosswise, or more to taste
11 packed tablespoon light brown sugar

Instructions

In a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice, fish sauce, garlic, jalapeños, and brown sugar. (Or, in a 12-ounce/180-ml or larger jar with a lid, combine the ingredients, cover, then shake vigorously.) Dip a piece of lettuce in the dressing and check the seasonings; add more jalapeños, if you like. The sauce should have a balance of hot, sweet, sour, and salty, which is typical of Thai foods. Keep, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.