Nuoc Cham

Name: Nuoc Cham
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 4 tbsp fish sauce; 4 tbsp lime juice; 2 tbsp sugar; 200ml warm water; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 bird's eye chillies, sliced; 1 tbsp rice vinegar

A Vietnamese nuoc cham dipping sauce balancing fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, garlic and chilli, served alongside spring rolls, noodles or grilled meats.

Total time

5 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Vietnamese

gluten-free

Ingredients

4 tbspfish sauce

4 tbsplime juice

2 tbspsugar

200mlwarm water

2 clovesgarlic, minced

2bird's eye chillies, sliced

1 tbsprice vinegar

Instructions

Dissolve sugar in warm water.

Add fish sauce, lime juice, vinegar, garlic and chilli.

Taste and balance — it should be salty, sour, sweet and hot.

Serve as a dipping sauce with spring rolls, noodles or grilled meats.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

0.9g

Fat

Carbs

8.6g

Fiber

0.1g

Sodium

1162mg

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