Chilli Lime Dipping Sauce

Name: Chilli Lime Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Makes: About ¾ Cup
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) lime juice; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; 1 red chilli, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons grated palm sugar (jaggery) or caster (superfine) sugar; 2 tablespoons hot water; 2 cm (¾ inch) piece ginger, peeled

Nuoc Cham

Preparation info

Makes: About
¾ Cup

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

My Street Food Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2015

About

This dipping sauce is on every table in Vietnam. The Thais make theirs a bit sharper with less water but it’s equally wonderful.

Ingredients

2 garlic cloves, peeled
2 cm (¾ inch) piece ginger, peeled

Asia
Vietnam
Sauce
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Pound the garlic, ginger and sugar in a mortar and pestle until a fine paste forms. Scrape into a small bowl, then add the remaining ingredients. Don’t add the chilli too far in advance of serving, as the sauce gets too hot.