Piquant Thai Dipping Sauce

* Exported from MasterCook *

Piquant Thai Dipping Sauce

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Sauces Low-Fat
Thai

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/4 cup Tomato sauce
3 tablespoons Lime juice
2 tablespoons Light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon Chinese chili sauce
1 Garlic clove -- minced
2 teaspoons Fresh mint leaves -- coarsely
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1 teaspoon Lime peel -- grated or minced
1 tablespoon Cornstarch mixed with
1 tablespoon Cold water

>From "Pacific Flavors" by Hugh Carpenter. (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1990).

In a small saucepan, combine tomato sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, chili
sauce, garlic, mint and lime peel. Bring to a low boil, reduce heat to a
simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Return sauce to a low boil and stir in
enough of the cornstarch mixture to lightly thicken sauce. Strain sauce
through a sieve placed over a small serving bowl.
Let sauce cool at leat 10 minutes; sauce is best at room temperature.
Serve with chilled shrimp.

Nutritional analysis per serving: 33.1 calories; trace grams total fat; (0=
grams saturated fat); 0.1 grams protein; 3.7 grams carbohydrates; 0=
milligrams cholesterol; 98.1 milligrams sodium.

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