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Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice (3 limes)
- 1 tablespoon unseasoned Japanese rice vinegar (optional)
- 1 tablespoon fine shrimp sauce
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 or 3 Thai or serrano chiles, thinly sliced (optional)
Method
- In a small bowl, combine the lime juice and vinegar.
- Whisk in the shrimp sauce, blending well.
- Add the fish sauce, sugar, and water and whisk to dissolve the sugar.
- Taste and adjust as needed to arrive at a pleasantly tangy, sweet, salty, pungent sauce.
- A little more lime (up to 1 tablespoon) will tame the pungency and sweetness.
- If the overall flavors are too intense, add water by the teaspoonful.
- If you like shrimp sauce, whisk in more.
- When you are satisfied with the balance, add the chiles and set aside for 30 minutes to let the flavors develop before serving.
- Put the sauce on the table so that diners can serve themselves, or divide among individual dipping sauce bowls.
- It may be prepared 2 to 3 hours in advance and left at room temperature until serving.
