Name: Sweet, Salty, and Sour Marinade
Yield: Makes about 1 cup
Ingredients: 3 ounces palm sugar, chopped, or 6 1/2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 1/2 cup fresh lime juice; 1/2 cup fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam); 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons chopped peeled fresh ginger; 4 red Thai chiles or 6 Fresno chiles, thinly sliced; 3 tablespoons minced lemongrass (from peeled bottom 4" of 2 large stalks); Ingredient info: Palm sugar is available at Indian and Asian markets. Fish sauce is sold at Asian markets and better supermarkets.

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Sweet, Salty, and Sour MarinadeKang Kim

Enough to marinate 2 pounds of pork (tenderloin or chops) or fish (oily or white-fleshed; shrimp or scallops).

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