Vietnamese
5-Minute Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce)
This easy recipe for traditional Vietnamese dipping sauce combines fish sauce with chili garlic sauce, sugar, and lime juice. Ready within 5 minutes in one bowl.
- Prep time
- 2 min
- Cook time
- 3 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp chili garlic sauce
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- 1
Combine the garlic, fish sauce, lime juice, chili garlic sauce, sugar, and water in a small bowl. Mix well.
- 2
Taste some of the sauce to ensure it's seasoned to your liking. If you want it to taste more sour, add more lime juice. If you want it to taste sweeter, add more sugar.