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Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce)
Use it as a sauce for spring rolls, bun cha (vermicelli bowls), or as a dipping sauce for lettuce and other greens.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 4 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/4 cup palm sugar
- 2/3 cup lukewarm water
- 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
- 6 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 Thai chile (minced)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, add water and sugar and stir until sugar has dissolved.
- 2
Whisk in lime juice, fish sauce, garlic and chile, and stir well. At this point, taste the sauce and add more sugar if you prefer it to be sweeter.
- 3
Serve this dipping sauce with lettuce and other green leafy vegetables, spring rolls, over rice, with Vietnamese bun dishes, meats and seafood.