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Vietnamese Fish Sauce Dipping Sauce (Nước Mắm Pha)
This versatile Vietnamese sauce tastes good on everything! Use it as a salad dressing, dip or marinade.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 7 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 tbsp fish sauce
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 4 tbsp water
- the juice of 1 lime
- 2 cloves garlic (minced garlic)
- 1-3 thai chiles (optional, minced)
Instructions
- 1
Mix the fish sauce, sugar, and water together.
- 2
Add the juice of 1 lime a little bit at a time, tasting as you go until you get a desired sourness. I usually use the whole lime for 4 tbsp of fish sauce. Sometimes I will use more and sometimes I'll use less, depending on how sour the lime is.
- 3
Add the minced garlic and thai chiles and taste again. Add more lime if needed.