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Seafood dishes are taken to a whole new level of deliciousness with a side of flavorful dipping sauce. Learn how to make 5 divine seafood dipping sauces with Team PasGo.
1. Making Seafood Dipping Sauce with Chili
To create a delicious seafood dipping sauce, chili is a must-have ingredient. Fresh chili varieties like green jalapeños or red serranos are widely used.
1.1. Crafting Spicy Lime Pepper Seafood Dipping Sauce
One of the most beloved and easiest seafood dipping sauce recipes is the spicy lime pepper infusion.
Ingredients for Spicy Lime Pepper Seafood Dipping Sauce
- Lime: 1 fruit
- White sugar: 10g
- Jalapeño peppers: 3-4 fruits
- Salt: ½ teaspoon
- Lime leaves: 2-3 leaves
- Black pepper
Crafting Zesty Lime Pepper Salt
- Squeeze lime juice into a bowl and remove all seeds. Rinse green jalapeños, cut lengthwise to remove seeds, and drain.
- Blend the peppers, sugar, and salt in a blender.
- Pour the prepared lime juice into the blender and blend for a few more seconds. Then pour into a bowl, finely chop lime leaves and sprinkle on top.
The Lime Pepper Salt Seafood Dipping Sauce is Ready!
The sauce has a smooth texture, with a rich aroma from the lime zest and peppers, offering a sweet, tangy, and spicy flavor all perfectly combined.
1.2. Crafting Nha Trang Style Green Chili Condensed Milk Seafood Dipping Sauce
Nha Trang green chili salt is one of the most beloved seafood dipping sauces. Crafting this iconic green chili condensed milk sauce is quite simple.
Ingredients for Green Chili Condensed Milk Seafood Dipping Sauce
- Green jalapeño peppers: 10 – 15 fruits, adjust based on desired spiciness
- Lime juice: 50ml
- Condensed milk
- Lime leaves: 2 leaves
- Salt, sugar
How to make creamy green chili salt
- Remove the seeds from green serrano peppers, wash thoroughly. Wash lime leaves and pat dry.
- Put the peppers, sugar, salt, and lime leaves in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Next, add condensed milk and prepared lime juice and blend until the mixture is well combined. That's it, your seafood dipping sauce is ready!
This seafood dipping sauce recipe will have a mild sweetness, a hint of spiciness, a light sourness from the lime juice, a fragrant aroma from the lime leaves, and especially a creamy texture that is incredibly enticing.
1.3. How to make red chili salt seafood dipping sauce
Besides green chili salt, red chili salt is also a beloved seafood dipping sauce recipe by many.
Ingredients for making red chili salt
- Bird's eye chili peppers: 5 peppers, adjust according to desired spiciness
- Fresh lime: 1 fruit
- Kumquats: 5 fruits
- Condensed milk
- Salt, sugar, MSG.
How to make red chili salt
- Wash the peppers, remove the seeds. Peel the garlic, cut the lime in half, remove the seeds, and cut into small pieces.
- Put the peppers, 1 teaspoon of sea salt, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and 1/2 tablespoon of MSG in a blender and blend until the mixture is well combined.
- Scoop the mixture into a bowl, add condensed milk, and stir well.
This seafood dipping sauce recipe can be used with all types of steamed, fried, grilled, boiled seafood, etc., offering rich flavors.
2. Thai-style spicy and sour seafood dipping sauce
For those who prefer a spicier seafood dipping sauce, Thai-style seafood dipping sauce is an excellent choice.
Ingredients for a simple seafood dipping sauce
- High-quality fish sauce
- Tamarind juice
- Shallots: 1 bulb
- Ground chili
- Sugar
- Fresh herbs: Scallions, coriander (or cilantro).
How to make delicious Thai-style seafood dipping sauce
- Clean and chop scallions and coriander. Peel and thinly slice shallots, toast rice until golden, and grind into powder.
- Add tamarind juice, palm sugar, ground rice, chili powder, fish sauce as prepared doses into a bowl. Use a spoon to crush the sugar until it dissolves, stir well to combine. You can also add fresh chili if desired.
- Add sliced shallots and chopped scallions and coriander. Mix once more, and there you have it, the Thai-style seafood dipping sauce recipe is complete.
3. How to make Wasabi seafood dipping sauce
Wasabi seafood dipping sauce is also a popular condiment. Making golden Wasabi seafood dipping sauce is extremely easy.
Ingredients for making Wasabi seafood dipping sauce
- Wasabi
- Bird's eye chili pepper: 1 fruit
- Lime juice
- Sugar
- Garlic: 4 cloves
- Cilantro root.
How to make delicious Wasabi seafood dipping sauce
- Remove the seeds from bird's eye chili peppers, wash and dice. Peel and wash garlic.
- When the mixture starts to thicken, add 3 sliced kumquats and mix well. Continue steaming until boiling, then turn off the heat.
- Slice 3 kumquats, finely chop lime leaves, chili peppers, and add to the steamed mixture. Add pepper (to taste) and stir well.
Making tasty Wasabi seafood dipping sauce is really simple, isn't it?
Golden fragrant Wasabi seafood dipping sauce is not fishy and has a rich flavor. It pairs well with all types of steamed, boiled, or grilled seafood. Hopefully, these 5 ways to make delicious seafood dipping sauces will give you more ideas for your seafood party.
