Easy Thai Lemon And Chilli Sauce

[Image1 Tasty easy Thai lemon and chilli sauce - zesty and moorish sauce for Thai inspired dishes]

This tasty easy Thai lemon and chilli sauce is easy to make and will add extra zing to any Thai inspired dish. Use in a Thai salad, Pad Thai, stir fry or as a dipping sauce with fresh basil or coriander to create a moorish zesty dish. The fresh flavours complement chicken, seafood and vegetarian dishes and is a good alternative to using limes. It is vegetarian and low FODMAP friendly, gluten and lactose free.

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Serves: 1

Ingredients
4 Birdseye chilli (or more if you like it extra spicy)
1 large lemon or 2 small lemons
3 teaspoons raw sugar or palm sugar
2 teaspoons fish sauce (or 1 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce for a vegetarian option)

Method

[Image2 Using a herb cutter will cut the chilli finely and stop your fingers becoming too spicy]


[Image3 Using the zest and juice enhances the zesty flavour in the sauce]


[Image4 Taste the sauce once the lemon zest, juice, chilli, sugar and fish sauce have been combined. Add more lemon, fish sauce and sugar if required to reduce the spice if necessary]


Tips

Categories

#low_fodmap
#thai
#chilli
#lemon
#easy
#sauce_
#tasty
#dipping_sauce
#vegetarian
#gluten_free
#lactose_free

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