1. Grilled Meat Dipping Sauce
Grilled meat - a familiar dish in Vietnamese cuisine, accompanied by a uniquely crafted dipping sauce with ingredients and preparation as follows.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 200 ml boiling water, cooled
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 3 tablespoons pure fish sauce
- 3 small, deseeded chopped chilies
- 1/2 peeled and finely chopped garlic
- 1/2 carrot

2. Poached Chicken Dipping Sauce
Poached dishes are always accompanied by special dipping sauces to enhance their flavors, and poached chicken is no exception. Here's how to make the unique dipping sauce for poached chicken.
Ingredients: Cornstarch, black pepper, lime, chiliHow to make:
Ingredients: Cornstarch, black pepper, lime, chiliHow to make:
- Step 1: Add cornstarch to a bowl and squeeze lime juice.
- Step 2: Finely chop the chili, deseed, and add to the lime-cornstarch mixture along with black pepper.
- Step 3: Sprinkle finely chopped lime leaves on top.

3. Seafood Dipping Sauce
What makes seafood such as snails, fish, squid, etc., irresistibly delicious is the accompanying dipping sauce, prepared with the following recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 kumquat
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons sugar.
How to make:
- Step 1: Squeeze kumquat juice onto black pepper.
- Step 2: Mix kumquat juice and black pepper with sugar.
- Step 3: Finally, garnish with shredded kumquat peel on top, and it's done.

4. Satay Beef Dipping Sauce
In every lavish feast, satay beef is the perfect choice, accompanied by its distinctive satay beef dipping sauce. Here's how to make it.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce.
- 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- 1 palm sugar.
- 1/2 onion.
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder.
- 7 teaspoons peanut butter.
- 300 ml coconut milk.
- Step 1: Dice the onion.
- Step 2: Add the onion to the mixture of soy sauce, salt, palm sugar, chili powder, peanut butter, and coconut milk.
- Step 3: Boil the mixture until it simmers, then let it cool before using.

5. Peanut Sauce for Tofu Vermicelli
When it comes to tofu vermicelli, people immediately think of shrimp paste. Here's how to make shrimp paste for tofu vermicelli.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons shrimp paste.
- 1 tablespoon lime juice.
- 1/2 teaspoon chicken powder.
- 1 teaspoon sugar.
- 1 chili.
- Step 1: Add sugar, chicken powder, lime juice to the prepared amount of shrimp paste.
- Step 2: Clean and dice the chili.
- Step 3: Add the chili to the shrimp paste mixture, stir well, and the dipping sauce is ready.

6. Rice Roll Dipping Sauce
Everyone might think making dipping sauce for rice rolls is easy, but to create a perfect bowl of sauce, we need to ensure accurate proportions to achieve the right taste. Let's see how to prepare ingredients and make the best dipping sauce.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of sugar.
- 2 tablespoons pure fish sauce.
- 1 chili.
- 2 teaspoons vinegar.
- 300 ml boiled water to cool.
- Step 1: Dissolve sugar, fish sauce, and vinegar in boiled water with the given ratio.
- Step 2: Finely chop the chili and mix it with the completed mixture to finish the rice roll dipping sauce.

7. Sauce for Beef Popiah
Do you know what sauce is most suitable for beef popiah? Let's see how to make it.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons Hoisin black bean sauce.
- 2 tablespoons chili sauce.
- 1 tablespoon finely crushed roasted peanuts.
- Step 1: Mix the black bean sauce and chili sauce together.
- Step 2: Sprinkle crushed peanuts on the mixture, and you've completed the sauce for beef popiah.

8. Sauce for Vietnamese Crepe
Ingredients:
- 1 stalk of garlic.
- 2 chili peppers.
- 5 tablespoons sugar.
- 1 lime.
- 1/2 cup fish sauce.
- 1 bowl of lukewarm water.
How to make:
- Step 1: Remove seeds from the chili peppers, slice them round, and finely chop. Peel the garlic, crush it. Squeeze lime for juice, removing seeds to avoid bitterness.
- Step 2: Mix the dipping sauce with the following ratio: 2 tablespoons hot water, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon lime juice. Stir well. Add chopped chili and garlic into the bowl, mix thoroughly.

9. Dipping Sauce for Vietnamese Sausage
Many might think that Vietnamese sausage only needs fish sauce as a dipping, but it gets even better with this dipping sauce.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 3 chili peppers.
- 1 garlic bulb.
- 3 tablespoons vinegar.
- 3 tablespoons pure fish sauce.
- 2 tablespoons white sugar.
- 200 ml lukewarm water.
- Step 1: Peel and finely chop the garlic, finely chop the chili peppers removing seeds.
- Step 2: Mix chopped garlic and chili into the mixture of vinegar, fish sauce, sugar, and lukewarm water to get the dipping sauce for Vietnamese sausage.
10. Dipping Sauce for Rice Crepe Rolls with Shrimp and Green Beans
- Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of tofu skin (bean curd skin)
- 1 red chili
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/4 lime
- 2/3 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon chili sauce (rice spoon)
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 full tablespoon mung beans
How to make:
- Step 1: Finely chop chili and garlic. Steam/cook mung beans, add a bit of water, and grind into a paste. Use only the tofu skin, not the water, to avoid saltiness.
- Step 2: Place all ingredients in a bowl, crush tofu skin, squeeze lime, and mix well.

11. Vegetarian Fish Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 pineapple, sugar, soy sauce, salt, water.
How to make:
- Step 1: Peel and core the pineapple, then finely chop it.
- Step 2: Sauté the pineapple in a pan for about 3 minutes. Add 1 liter of water, 60g salt, 120g sugar, 20ml soy sauce. Bring to boil for approximately 1 hour with a gentle flame.
- Step 3: Skim off the foam and strain through a sieve. Boil it again once and let it cool.
- Step 4: You can store it in a bottle or jar in a dry, cool place or keep it in the refrigerator. When serving, pour into a bowl and add some sliced chili if you like it spicy.

12. Tamarind Vegan Fish Sauce
Tamarind sauce is a distinctive dipping sauce from the southern region. You can use it to dip battered-fried dishes, dried fish, and roasted tamarind-flavored dishes...
Ingredients:
- 30g 40°N fish sauce
- 30g finely chopped lemongrass
- 20g cooking oil
- 5g minced purple onion
- 5g minced garlic
- 20g minced horn chili
- 10g minced bird's eye chili
- 100g ripe tamarind
- 30g chili paste
- 30g tomato paste
- 130g caster sugar
Instructions:
- Step 1: Heat a pot, add 20g cooking oil, then sauté 5g minced garlic and 5g minced purple onion until golden. Once done, add 400ml cold water, 100g ripe tamarind, 130g caster sugar, 30g tomato paste, 30g chili paste, 30g fish sauce, and bring to boil for 7 minutes. During boiling, use a spoon to dissolve the tamarind in the sauce more easily.
- Step 2: When the sauce boils and thickens, add 30g lemongrass, 20g minced horn chili for color, 10g bird's eye chili for spiciness. Then, boil for an additional 1 – 2 minutes, turn off the heat, pour it into a bowl, and use.

13. Fish Sauce for Rice Noodles
Ingredients:
- 1 moderate amount of anchovy fish sauce
- Lemongrass
- Chili garlic
Instructions:
- Step 1: Finely chop and mince lemongrass.
- Step 2: Crush ginger, garlic, and chili, add sugar and seasoning powder.
- Step 3: Mix chopped lemongrass with the crushed ginger, garlic, and chili, then add anchovy fish sauce. Serve as a fantastic dipping sauce.

14. Tamarind Seasoned Fish Sauce for Beef Vinegar Hot Pot
Ingredients:
- 3 teaspoons finely chopped pineapple
- 1 teaspoon water
- 3 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic chili
- 1 teaspoon fried shallots
Instructions:
- Heat a pan, add 1 tablespoon of oil, wait for it to heat up, then add fish sauce + water + sugar, bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Pour the mixture into a bowl, then add minced garlic chili and fried shallots, mix well.

15. Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce for Fried Spring Rolls
Ingredients:
- 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 4 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 2 minced chili peppers
Instructions:
- Mix vinegar + sugar + cold water in a bowl. Cut half a lemon upside down and scrape the lemon bits into the bowl. Finally, gently add chili + garlic and mix well to complete the delicious sweet and sour dipping sauce for fried spring rolls.

