Madame Vo Green Sauce for Seafood

Almost every Vietnamese family has at least one sauce recipe that isn’t entirely traditional, an original creation that becomes a household staple. For us, this was a sweet and creamy but also fresh cilantro-based sauce that my mom loved at an event and immediately tried to re-create at home. According to her, it’s a French-influenced dipping sauce that’s ideal for seafood, like our Salt and Pepper Calamari, or vegetables like fried taro, or even just