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Nuoc Cham

Name: Nuoc Cham
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: southeast-asian
Ingredients: 3 tbsp fish sauce; 3 tbsp lime juice; 2 tbsp sugar; 0.5 cup warm water; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 Thai chilies, sliced (1-2); 1 tbsp shredded carrot

The bright, sharp Vietnamese dipping sauce. Fish sauce, lime, sugar, chili, garlic. It resets your palate between rich bites.

Serves 8

Ingredients

8servings

3 tbspfish sauce
3 tbsplime juice
2 tbspsugar
0.5 cupwarm water
2 clovesgarlic, minced
1Thai chilies, sliced (1-2)
1 tbspshredded carrot

Method

1.Dissolve sugar

Stir the sugar into the warm water until it dissolves.

2.Balance

Add fish sauce, lime, garlic, and chili. Taste and balance the sweet, sour, salty.

3.Serve

Float the carrot on top. Serve at room temp.

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