vietnamese brown sauce
Alfonz wrote on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:11:29 GMT:
AM> Darawen Littlestich wrote...
??>> hello!
??>> I have tried googling BUT, I don't even know the name of
??>> this sauce. It's a thick, sweetish, brown sauce, usually
??>> topped with chopped peanuts and served with vietnamese
??>> spring rolls.
??>> >>>>>>clipping<<<<<<<<<<<<
??>> AM> Yeah, I had that sauce a few weeks ago at a
??>> Vietnamese
AM> restaurant, with spring rolls. I don't know what it's
AM> called, but I could tell it was peanut-based with a hint of
It's obviously not the sweet peppery sauce made with fish sauce
and lime juice (nuoc mam) that is often served but in 2001
Gourmet magazine had a summer roll recipe with a sauce that
might match. I have not tried it so no guarantees!
For peanut sauce
3 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 small garlic clove, minced
3/4 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon tomato paste
3/4 teaspoon sugar
Make sauce: Cook onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes in oil in
a small heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring, until pale
golden, about 4 minutes. Whisk in remaining sauce ingredients.
Simmer, whisking, 1 minute, then cool.
James Silverton.
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