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My Pad Thai Sauce

Note: These are rough estimates of proportion going off of memory, so adjust to taste. The sauce should be tangy and spicy with a tiny bit of saltiness and sweetness

Ingredients

  • 1tbsp Oyster sauce
  • 2tbsp White/rice vinegar
  • 1tbsp Fish sauce
  • 3tsp Chili paste
  • 3tsp Brown Sugar

Tips

I usually mix everything except for the brown sugar first, then add in brown sugar, mix, and taste. The sugar is there to take the sour/tangy edge off.

Somtimes I like to add more or less chili paste. Sriracha is good but I don't put it in the sauce, I squirt it directly in the wok.

When I have limes on hand I like to squirt lime juice into the sauce mix (closeish to 1tbsp).

The white vinegar actually comes from a recipe I found as a subsitute for tamarind paste, you can try mixing oyster sauce and tamarind paste for something more traditional/authentic.

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