Vietnamese Spicy Chili Sauce

Vietnamese restaurants in the USA nearly all feature tall bottles of dazzling orange sauce on the table. It’s actually Thai Sriracha Sauce. Here, I’ve provided a more traditional sauce, which is equally delicious, a bit coarser in texture, saltier, contains no fish sauce, and is not fermented (as its Thai counterpart often is).

Keep this on hand to spice up Phở. I add a touch to the broth, and keep a small