Vietnamese Dipping Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup fish sauce
3/4 cup rice vinegar
3 tablespoons water
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 dried red chile pepper, seeded and thinly sliced

Preparation

In a medium bowl, combine the fish sauce, rice vinegar, water, sugar, garlic powder and chile pepper. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Taste to make sure the sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavors are balanced and adjust if necessary. Pour into bottles and seal with lids.