Sauces & stocks
Nuoc Cham Sauce
Essential Vietnamese sweet-and-sour sauce with fish sauce, lime, garlic and chili.
Gluten-free
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons fish sauce
- 4 tablespoons warm water
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 red chili
- 1 small carrot, grated (optional)
Step-by-step
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- Put the garlic and chili in the mixing bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 6.
- Add the sugar and warm water and mix 20 sec/speed 3 to dissolve.
- Add the fish sauce and lime juice and mix 10 sec/speed 3.
- Add the grated carrot if using and stir with the spatula.
- Taste and adjust the balance between sweet, sour and salty.
Tips
- This is the dipping sauce for spring rolls, grilled meats and rice dishes.
- Keeps several days refrigerated in a closed jar.
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