Dipping sauce is the soul of a dish, and each dish comes with a different type of dipping sauce. Here are 10 ways to prepare dipping sauce for your family meals.
Explore these 10 dipping sauce recipes to make every dish you cook delightful!
1. Fish Sauce Dipping Sauce (for boiled pork rolled in rice paper)
Ingredients:
- Seasoned fish sauce: 3 tablespoons;
- Water: 3 tablespoons;
- Sugar: 2 tablespoons;
- Lime juice: 1 tablespoon;
- Minced garlic and chili: 2 tablespoons;
Steps to Prepare
Heat a pan, add 1 tablespoon of oil. Once the oil is hot, sauté half of the minced garlic and chili until fragrant. Then add the lime juice, seasoned fish sauce, sugar, and water. Bring it to a boil and turn off the heat. Pour this mixture into a bowl, then add the remaining minced garlic and chili. Stir well. Adjust the seasoning to taste.

Delicious dipping sauce for rice paper rolls
2. Lemongrass fish sauce dipping sauce (for boiled or steamed snails)
Ingredients:
- Thinly sliced lemongrass: 2 tablespoons;
- Ginger, julienned: 1 teaspoon;
- Small chopped chili: 1 tablespoon;
- Minced garlic: 2 cloves;
- Fish sauce: 1.5 tablespoons;
- Sugar: 2 tablespoons;
- Boiling water, cooled: 1.5 tablespoons;
- Lime juice: 1.5;
- Thinly sliced lime and finely chopped lime leaves.
Implementation Steps
Mix fish sauce with sugar in a bowl. Then add water and lime juice (adjust the taste). Finally, add all the ingredients and mix well to complete.

Delicious Lemongrass Fish Sauce
4. How to Prepare Perfectly Balanced Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
- Lime: 1 piece;
- Fish sauce: 2 tablespoons;
- Vinegar: 1.5 tablespoons;
- Water: 4 tablespoons;
- Sugar: 2.5 tablespoons;
- Minced garlic: 2 cloves;
- Minced chili: 3 pieces;
- Two leaves of Thai coriander thread.
Implementation Steps
Mix vinegar, sugar, and cold water in a bowl. Cut half a lime upside down, use a fork to scrape the lime into small pieces into the bowl. Finally, add chili + garlic and coriander gently, mix well, and there you have it - a delightful sweet and sour dipping sauce.

Irresistible Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce
4. How to Prepare Spicy Fish Sauce Dip
Ingredients:
- Chili sauce: 3 tablespoons;
- Minced garlic: 2 cloves;
- Finely chopped chili peppers: 2 pieces;
- Sugar: 2 tablespoons;
- Vinegar: 2.5 tablespoons;
- Cold water: 4 tablespoons;
- Salt: 3g. Implementation Steps
Mix salt, water, sugar, and vinegar in a pot and simmer over low heat for 7-10 minutes. Then add chili sauce, stir well, and turn off the heat. Pour the mixture into a bowl to cool, then add minced chili and garlic, stir evenly. Garnish with a few coriander leaves for extra allure and vibrant colors.

Irresistible Spicy Fish Sauce Dip
5. How to Make Tamarind Seasoned Fish Sauce (Perfect for Beef Vinegar Hotpot)
Ingredients:
- Finely chopped pineapple: 3 tablespoons;
- Water: 1 tablespoon;
- Fermented fish sauce: 3 tablespoons;
- Sugar: ½ tablespoon;
- Minced garlic and chili: 1 tablespoon;
- Fried shallots: 1 tablespoon;
Implementation Steps
Heat the pan, add 1 tablespoon of oil, wait for it to heat up, then add fish sauce + water + sugar and bring to a boil before turning off the heat. Pour the mixture into a small bowl, then add minced chili, garlic, and fried shallots, and mix well.

Dipping sauce for vinegar hotpot, incredibly delicious
6. How to Make Ginger Dipping Sauce (Ideal for Duck Dishes)
Ingredients:
- Garlic: 2 cloves;
- Lime: ½ piece;
- Fish sauce: 2 tablespoons;
- Sugar: 2 tablespoons;
- Chili peppers: 5 pieces;
- Ginger: 1 slice;
Implementation Steps
Grind chili peppers + garlic + ginger in a mortar until smooth. Then add fish sauce + sugar + lime juice and stir well. Adjust the taste to your liking.

How to make duck dipping sauce
7. How to Prepare Lime Fish Sauce (for Fish and Fried Meat Dipping)
Ingredients:
- Fish sauce: 2 tablespoons;
- Sugar: 1 tablespoon;
- Lime juice: 1 tablespoon;
- Sliced red and green chili: 1 tablespoon;
- Minced garlic: 2 cloves; - Sliced lime leaves: 1 leaf.
Implementation Steps
Dissolve lime juice and sugar in a bowl first, then add chili and garlic and mix well. Finally, add fish sauce and lime leaves, stir thoroughly. Adjust the taste to your liking.

How to make delicious lime fish sauce for fish and meatballs
8. How to Make Cucumber Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
- Fish sauce: 2 tablespoons;
- Sugar: 1.5 tablespoons;
- Vinegar: 1 tablespoon;
- Thinly sliced dried shallots: 1 bulb;
- Thinly sliced bell peppers: 1-2 pieces;
- Thinly sliced cucumber, not too thick: 1 piece;
- Crushed roasted peanuts: 2 tablespoons.
Implementation Steps
Dissolve vinegar + sugar in a bowl, then add fish sauce and mix well. Next, add cucumber + chili + shallots and stir evenly. Finally, add crushed roasted peanuts and mix. Adjust the taste to the perfect sweet and sour balance.

Irresistible Cucumber Dipping Sauce
9. How to Make Garlic Chili Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
- Lime juice: 30ml;
- Sugar: 20g;
- Fish sauce: 2.5 tablespoons;
- Minced garlic: 2 cloves;
- Finely chopped green and red chili: 3 pieces.
Implementation Steps
Dissolve lime juice + sugar in a bowl, then add minced chili and garlic and mix well. Finally, add fish sauce. Adjust the taste to your liking.

Delicious Garlic Chili Dipping Sauce
10. How to Make Spicy Tamarind Fish Sauce
Ingredients:
- Spicy tamarind fish sauce: 1 tablespoon;
- Sugar: 2.5 tablespoons;
- Fish sauce: 1 tablespoon;
- Cold water: 1 tablespoon;
- Minced chili: 1 tablespoon;
- Minced garlic: 2 cloves
Implementation Steps
Mix fish sauce + sugar + tamarind sauce + water in a pot and simmer over low heat. When the sauce boils for about 5 minutes, turn off the heat. Wait for the sauce to cool slightly, then add the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Final product of spicy tamarind fish sauce
Source: Lam Anh Đào
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