Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Spicy Dipping Sauce)

Ingredients

• 6  spicy chile peppers red minced seeded
• 0.3 cup fish sauce 
• 6 cloves garlic minced
• 0.3 cup juice of lemon 
• 0.3 cup rice vinegar 
• 3.5 fluid ounces water 
• 0.3 cup sugar white

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

1. Stir water, chile peppers, garlic, fish sauce, rice vinegar, and sugar together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves into the liquid; remove from heat and set aside to cool completely, about 1 hour.
2. Stir lemon juice into the cooled liquid.