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Vietnamese Fish Sauce Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham)
A quick and easy recipe for Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham / Nuoc Mam) made with fish sauce with a balance of sweet, sour and salty flavors.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 4 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
1
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice ((approximately 1 lime, or substitute with white vinegar))
- 2 tbsp + 1 teaspoon sugar
- 6 tbsp hot water
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- carrots ((optional, for color))
- 1 fresh birds eye chili pepper ((optional, for a bit of spiciness))
Instructions
- 1
Peel the garlic and finely chop it. Add it to a small bowl (or jar if you are making a bigger batch)
- 2
Cut the lime in half and squeeze all the lime juice into the bowl (or jar) with the garlic and let it sit for about 10-15 minutes. The acid from the lime juice will cut the sharp garlic spicy bite.
- 3
Once 10-15 minutes is up, add the sugar into the garlic/lime juice mix and pour in the hot water. Stir everything together until the sugar dissolves completely.
- 4
Once the sugar has dissolved, add in the fish sauce and mix.
- 5
Voila! Nuoc cham is done! It can be stored in the fridge or used right away! :)