Nuoc Cham (Hot Vietnamese Sauce for Dipping)
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 4 red chilies (hot ones!)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 limes, peeled and chopped
- 1 tablespoon hot water
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 5 tablespoons fish sauce (nuoc mam)
directions
- Remove stalks from chilies and de-seed, if you like a milder dip, though this defeats the purpose of this sauce.
- Pound garlic in a pestle or a food processor.
- Add chilies one by one and keep processing until you have a fine paste.
- Add sugar and lime pieces and continue to process.
- Remove to a small bowl (out of the pestle but leave in processor).
- Add water, vinegar and fish sauce; mix well.
- Keeps well in airtight container in the fridge.
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