Fish Sauce

We love the pungent dose of umami that fish sauce brings to Asian dishes. Here, it shines in recipes for green papaya salad, shrimp and watercress stir-fry and more.

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Green Mango with Dipping Sauce (Mak Muang Som Klub Jaew Wan)

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This simple dipping sauce from chef James Syhabout is a mix of pungent fish sauce, chiles and shallot. It's great with green mango, as well as ripe mango and pineapple.

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Spicy Green Papaya Salad

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For this Thai classic, Andy Ricker uses a mortar and pestle to pound crunchy raw green beans with a piquant mix of chiles, garlic, fish sauce and lime juice. He then tosses in crisp strips of unripened papaya.

Vegetable Recipes

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Vietnamese-Style Shrimp and Watercress Stir-Fry

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The fish sauce and peanuts in this seafood stir-fry are hallmarks of Vietnamese cooking. Ample amounts of fresh ginger and lime juice bump up the flavor of the dish.

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Thai Ground Pork Salad

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At Thai restaurants, Tom Mylan usually requests a double order of larb (or laab), an addictive appetizer of ground meat spiked with chiles, lime juice and fish sauce and served with lettuce leaves for wrapping.

Pork Recipes

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Shaking Beef

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Chef Charles Phan serves this sweet and vinegary Vietnamese dish with a tart dipping sauce of lime juice, salt and pepper. In the easy way, serve the beef with fresh lime wedges instead of a dipping sauce.

More Beef Recipes

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Cornish Hen Stew with Lemongrass and Chiles

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Served in the rustic northern-Thai style with the aromatics left in, this spicy, gingery stew makes a fantastic main course or starter. It's also believed to boost energy. For an even healthier version, remove the skin from the Cornish hens before searing.

Delicious Chicken Recipes

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Thai Green Curry Hot Wings

Tina Rupp

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The classic accompaniment to a cold beer gets a spicy update with plenty of green curry paste.

Super Bowl Recipes

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Roast Beef Summer Rolls

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Vietnamese summer rolls are often filled with chicken or shrimp, but Grace Parisi makes hers with roast beef from the deli.

Appetizer Recipes

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Rice-Noodle Salad with Chicken and Herbs

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This cool Vietnamese-style noodle salad is tossed in a bright citrus dressing.

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Asian Meatball Wraps

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Fragrant meatballs flavored with shallots and lime zest are nestled in radicchio leaves in this quick, fun appetizer.

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Shrimp Fried Rice with Coconut and Pickled Onions

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For chefChris Yeo's version of fried rice, known in Southeast Asia as nasi goreng, he adds two surprise ingredients: quick-pickled onions and nutty shredded coconut.

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Green Mango with Dipping Sauce (Mak Muang Som Klub Jaew Wan)

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