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Quick Asian dipping sauce

On a beige tablecloth, a wooden chopping board, a folded blue cloth napkin in the lower left corner. On top of the wooden chopping board, a small bowl with mixed Asian dipping sauce and a ceramic spoon.
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Do you need a quick dipping sauce for your egg rolls or dim sum? Then this is the sauce for you. It is quick and easy and most of the ingredients you might already have in your cupboard, especially if you cook with a lot of Asian flavours. I use this sauce to dip most things in when I want to add a bit of spiciness to a dish.

Try this dipping sauce with my stuffed Asian inspired buns to make them even better.

On a beige tablecloth, a wooden chopping board, a folded blue cloth napkin in the lower left corner. On top of the wooden chopping board, a small bowl with mixed Asian dipping sauce and a ceramic spoon.
Asian dipping sauce

The balance between the vinegar and the sriracha is the key to this dipping sauce, so taste as you mix and make adjustments as necessary.

Substitutes

If you don’t have sriracha at home, you can try any hot sauce. Taste as you mix, and you will be fine.

I sometimes make this with regular white wine vinegar, if I don’t have rice wine vinegar at home and I can’t really tell the difference, again taste it as you mix.

On a beige table cloth, a wooden chopping board, a folded blue cloth napkin in the lower left corner. On top of the wooden chopping board, a small bowl of Shiraza, three ceramic spoons with soy sauce, sesame oil and rice vinegar.
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Quick Asian dipping sauce

Do you need a quick dipping sauce for your egg rolls or dim sum? This dipping sauce is quick and easy, containing ingredients you might already have in your cupboards, especially if you cook with a lot of Asian flavours.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: East Asia
Keyword: sauce
Servings: 4 portions

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp Sriracha

Optional

  • Diced fresh chili

Instructions

  • Measure out all ingredients.
  • Use a small whisk or a fork to mix all ingredients in a small bowl.
  • Serve!

Notes

Keep the dipping sauce for up to a week in the fridge in an airtight container. Give it a quick shake before using again to remix the dipping sauce.

Variations

I have several different sauces that I tend to rotate between. Using them in different dishes gives me a variety that makes me want to cook them more. To find them all go to my Versatile sauces pinterest board, where I have collected my favourites.