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How to make Nuoc Cham Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup fish sauce
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1 small chilli pepper minced

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, mix together the fish sauce, water, sugar, and lime juice until the sugar is dissolved.
  2. Add the minced garlic and chili pepper and stir to combine.
  3. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed, adding more lime juice for sourness, sugar for sweetness, or chili pepper for spiciness.
  4. Serve in small dipping bowls alongside your favorite Vietnamese dishes.

Recipe Notes

Add rice vinegar to bulk out the sauce and for some extra flavour.