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Nuoc Cham: Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

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Preparation time: 5 minutes

Servings: 3

Nước chấm is the Vietnamese cuisine’s essential dipping sauce, which you have to adapt according to your tastes. It is used to accompany many dishes such as bún bò, bánh xèo, bánh cuốn… and of course, spring rolls! Nước chấm is sometimes wrongly called "nước mắm", the fish sauce from which it is made.

INGREDIENTS

6 tsp water
2 tsp sugar
1½ tsp fresh lime or lemon juice
2 tsp nuoc mam fish sauce
1 garlic clove
1 Thai chilli

PREPARATION

Combine the water and sugar in a bowl. Gradually add the lemon/lime juice until you like the taste. The sauce should taste like lemonade/limeade now. Gradually add the fish sauce, until you like the taste. It should be a little strong for it will be used to accompany unseasoned foods.

Mince the clove of garlic and Thai chili, then use them to garnish the nuoc cham sauce. Serve.