Vietnamese Stir-fry Sauce

Contributed by Charles Phan

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TOTAL TIME: 10 MIN

SERVINGS: makes about 1 3/4 cups

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Charles Phan uses this unbelievably simple, three-ingredient sauce in almost every stir-fry. Its key ingredient is a fish sauce that lends a faintly nutty, richly pungent and quintessentially Vietnamese character to the dish.

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Recipe: Vietnamese Stir-fry Sauce

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce
1 tablespoon sugar

In a small saucepan, bring the stock to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the fish sauce and sugar; stir until the sugar is dissolved. Let cool.

Make Ahead The sauce can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Serve With Crisp Green Beans with Pork Belly.

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Published September 2005

Vietnamese Stir-fry Sauce

Recipe: Vietnamese Stir-fry Sauce

Ingredients

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