Addictive dipping sauce that can also be used as a dressing for salads, vegetable and meat dishes
Nuoc Cham is a common name for a variety of Vietnamese dipping sauces that are served regularly on the side of meat and seafood dishes.
Recipes variety but the basic formula of flavours are sweet (honey or sugar), sour (lime juice), salty (fish sauce), savoury (crushed garlic) and spicy (fresh red birds eye chilli) and lemongrass. It makes for a very tasty addictive sauce.
Serving Suggestions for Nuoc Cham:
Nuoc Cham
Addictive dipping sauce that can also be used as a dressing for salads, vegetable and meat dishes
Ingredients
- 60 ml 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp finely chopped palm sugar
- 1 red birdseye chilli finely mined
- 1 small garlic clove crushed
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves.
