Name: Nưởc Chẩm
Yield: Makes about 3 cups [720 ml]
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 4 large garlic cloves, chopped; ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon [135 ml] fish sauce; ¼ cup [60 ml] lime juice; 2 tablespoons plus ½ teaspoon sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
3 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mango and Peppercorns

By Tung Nguyen , Katherine Manning , Lyn Nguyen and Elisa Ung

Published 2021

About

This classic Vietnamese dipping sauce incorporates savory, tart, and sweet flavors. Tung chooses to highlight savory and tart: Her version uses far less sugar than you may find in other recipes. Nưởc chẩm is essential for Tung’s Spring Rolls (Chả Giò), Fish with Mango Sauce, Barbecued Pork with Rice Noodles (Bún

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