Piquant Thai Dipping Sauce
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Dips
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 4
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     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 chopped
  1           teaspoon  lime peel -- grated or minced
  1         tablespoon  cornstarch mixed with
  1         tablespoon  cold water
 

Preparation:

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 Information:

27 Calories (kcal); trace Total Fat; (1% calories from fat); trace Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 95mg Sodium