Nuoc Cham

Name: Nuoc Cham
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 4 tbsp fish sauce; 4 tbsp caster sugar; 4 tbsp lime juice; 120ml warm water; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1-2 bird's eye chillies, finely sliced

Vietnam

Nước chấm literally means 'dipping sauce'. It's on every Vietnamese table, and each cook has a signature ratio.

Vietnam's essential dipping sauce — fish sauce, lime, sugar, garlic and chilli in perfect balance. For spring rolls, grilled meat and noodles.

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Prep

10 mins

Cook

0 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

35 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

4 tbspfish sauce

4 tbspcaster sugar

4 tbsplime juice

120mlwarm water

2garlic cloves, finely chopped

1-2bird's eye chillies, finely sliced

Method

Stir the sugar into the warm water until fully dissolved.

Add the fish sauce and lime juice, and stir.

Add the garlic and chillies.

Taste — it should be sweet, sour, salty and spicy in balance — and adjust with more lime, sugar or fish sauce. Serve with spring rolls, grilled pork or vermicelli.

Chef's Tip

Use good-quality fish sauce. A teaspoon of finely grated carrot or shredded daikon adds crunch and sweetness.

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