Nuoc Leo

Total Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons vietnamese soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 -3 slices fresh hot red chili peppers, slices to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped roasted peanuts, see note

Recipe

• 1 mix the first three ingredients then add some slices of the red chili pepper.
• 2 sprinkle with roasted peanuts.
• 3 to make the peanuts add 1/2 cup to a very hot wok and stir until skins are black and scorched.
• 4 cool 2-3 minutes in colander. skins should wipe off.
• 5 vietnamese soy sauce is called tuong or toi sauce. it is a salty bean paste. if you do not find it you can make a sub by blending equal parts bean sauce and water
• 6 do not use american or japanese soy sauce. it won't be right.