Here is the dipping sauce recipe which helps you to make anchovy sauce (called “mắm nêm”) for your favorite dishes:
1. Ingredients
– Anchovy Sauce: 1/2 cup
– Lime juice: 2 tablespoons
– Pestled garlic: 1/2 tablespoon
– Pestled chili: 1/2 tablespoon
– Cooking oil: 1 tablespoon
– Pineapple: 1/8
– Sugar: 3 tablespoons
– Lemongrass (minced): 1 tablespoon
2. Instructions
Mix anchovy sauce and 1/2 cup of water, stir well, bring to a boil and filter to retake water. Cut off the core of the pineapple and mince.
Add a tablespoon of cooking oil to a hot skillet. Add lemongrass and garlic to brown. Then add the pineapple and sugar, quickly stir for about 2 minutes.
Add lemongrass, garlic and pineapple to the anchovy sauce. Stir well then add lime juice and chili.