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Every household has their own fish sauce recipe and that’s the way it should be – everyone’s nước chấm tastes slightly different. This particular recipe is based off of my mother-in-law’s fish sauce, which is the best in the world, hands down. Of course, way back in the day, when I asked her how to make it, it was the classic, “a little bit of this, a little bit of that” style teaching that everyone in that generation seems to do. But, she took the time to take me through it step-by-step and now I like to think that my nước chấm would be a very strong contender in a fish sauce throw down. But not a literal throw down because damn, you would not be able to get rid of the smell for days.
Anyway, how you do it, according to my mẹ chồng (that’s mom-in-law in Vietnamese!) is this:
Put a clove of garlic in a mortar and pestle. Pound it lightly and then add a chili and mash them together. Add a biggish handful of sugar and pound them together until the sugar turns pink and is super deliciously spicy and garlic-y smelling. Move the chili-garlic-sugar to a bowl and stir in some water then squeeze in half a lime. Pour in fish sauce until the color is a perfect light amber. Taste and adjust and you’re done!
That’s essentially how I make fish sauce now, but I use the help of measurements so I get the same results every time. This recipe below will make a fish sauce that’s sweet and a little spicy with just the right amount of garlic and lime. Feel free to adjust and play around with the ratios though! Mike thinks my fish sauce is slightly on the sweeter side so when he makes it he dials down the sugar a bit and always adds in an extra chili or two. The most important part is crushing the garlic and chili into the sugar with a mortar and pestle so you get a nice fragrant spicy sugar before mixing in the water and lime. Oh, and you always mix in the fish sauce at the end.
PS – In case you’re interested in, even though I refer to mixed fish sauce as nước chấm in this post, Mike’s family calls it nước mắm, which is what it really should be because nước chấm actually means dipping sauces and can include things like peanut sauce and the like. Nước mắm pha is literally mixed fish sauce and the most well known of the nước chấms. (Picture a blazing rainbow star…. The More You Know)
Crush the garlic, chili and sugar together in a mortar and pestle until the garlic and chili are crushed to tiny pieces and the sugar is spicy and fragrant. Alternatively, you can stir minced garlic and sliced chilis into the sugar. Dissolve the sugar, garlic and chili mixture with the water then add the lime juice. Mix well then add the fish sauce. It’s best to let the fish sauce sit in the fridge for a day or so for the flavors to meld before using, but you can definitely use it right away if you need to.
Notes: This sauce is on the sweet side, which is how I like it, but feel free to play around with and adjust the proportions as you see fit. I’d say start with 2-3 tablespoons of sugar and go from there.
Also, sometimes we like to use more of a slightly thicker more viscous sauce – to do this, simply reduce down the amount of water you add.
Nuoc Cham Vietnamese Dipping Fish Sauce
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Nuoc Cham Dipping Sauce is a sweet and complex Vietnamese Dipping Fish Sauce used as a condiment for Egg Rolls, Bun, Stir Fry and more.
Nuoc Cham Dipping Sauce is a Vietnamese Dipping Sauce that is a sweet, slightly spicy, fish sauce used as a condiment for many Vietnamese dishes. I love to dip Vietnamese Eggrolls (oh my gosh, I love Vietnamese eggrolls, all wrapped up in a big lettuce leaf) in the sauce!
It is really good over Bun Thịt Nướng (Vietnamese BBQ Pork Noodle Salad), over White Rice and on many other things. It is super simple to make.
I always say to get the best ingredients your budget allows. My preference is the Three Crabs Brand Fish Sauce. Thai Bird Chilies, which are very spicy, add a nice heat to the Nuoc Cham, but if you are not able to find those, a Serrano or Jalapeno will work, or you can just add a little extra of the Sambal Oelek Ground Fresh Chili Paste. Because I use a lot of limes in my cooking, I always have True Lime in my pantry in case I run out of fresh limes.
I promise you, True Lime tastes like you just went outside, picked a lime from your tree and squeezed it fresh. The whole line of True Lime/Lemon products are wonderful and I use the True Spices in my cooking.
You can use a mortar and pestle, or you can just toss everything into a food processor, blender or Vitamix, your choice. Make sure you refrigerate the Nuoc Cham for several hours before using to give the ingredients in the sauce a chance to incorporate.
Don’t forget to prepare your Thịt Nướng (Vietnamese BBQ Pork) for your Bun Thịt Nướng (Vietnamese BBQ Pork & Rice Noodles) too, as it also needs an overnight refrigeration.
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Vietnamese Dressing And Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Mam Cham)
Nuoc mam cham is a simple Vietnamese dipping sauce made with rice vinegar, fish sauce, and sweetened with sugar that does double duty as a tasty salad dressing.
This easy recipe for nuoc cham Vietnamese dressing and dipping sauce turns a bowl of rice noodles with raw veggies into a spectacularly slurpable flavor bomb and it’s the last touch of zest when Vietnamese spring rolls pass your lips.
It may take a minute to figure out nuoc cham’s pronunciation when ordering at a restaurant, but once you make it at home, you’ll see this sauce is easy to master.
Now, don’t get all freaked out about one of the main ingredient of nuoc cham … fish sauce.
First question: What is fish sauce? Fish sauce is simply fermented fish that has broken down to become a tangy, funky sauce. It’s flavor is salty, earthy, a little bit caramel-y sweet, and totally distinct. A good quality, fish sauce hardly tastes fishy at all, and adds the unique salty bite that can’t be imitated by substituted ingredients in Vietnamese and Thai cooking.
When choosing fish sauce, always choose a high quality fish sauce that hasn’t been left opened in your cupboard for too long (the fishy flavor will become more pronounced.) And know that smaller quantities of the sauce goes a long way.
This is my favorite brand of quality fish sauce. It can be found online or at many Asian grocery stores.
Also, beware of confusing rice vinegar with rice WINE vinegar. This is how they’re different, producing very different tastes.
You can also add grated carrot or onion to the sauce for presentation or a squeeze of lime for more acid.
Recipes to Make With Vietnamese Dressing and Dipping Sauce
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Easy Vietnamese Dipping Fish Sauce Recipe(Nuoc Cham)
From many , many international friends told me that they really love Vietnamese Dippding Fish Sauce (Nuoc Cham). They really want to learn how to make it. It seems a guared family secret because each Vietnamese family has a different way to create it. And this is how vital this golden elixir feigns in Vietnamese Food. Like how olive oil is to the Italians, Red wine is to the French, Ketchup is to French Fries and Fish sauce is to the Vietnamese.
One of the very basic staples to make one of delicious and of fish sauce is the dipping fish sauce that can be used as a dip for spring rolls, as a dressing for noodles and rice or as a marinade for grilled meat. It is like magic when you take fish sauce, mix it with a little lime, garlic and chili. Fish sauce in it is pure form them becomes a little softer, subdued and more manageable on the palette. It then becomes the dip what Vietnamese call, Vietnamese Dipping Fish Sauce (Nuoc Cham).
It is used to accompany various Vietnamese dishes. Often called Dipping sauce (Nuoc cham), Mixed fish sauce (Nuoc mam pha, Sweet and sour fish sauce (Nuoc mam chua ngot). There are many variations of Fish sauce, but it all starts off from the basic Fish Sauce.
Now, I will show you how to make basic Vietnamese Dipping Fish Sauce (Nuoc Cham), one of popular and , to eat with Vietnamese Food. This secret is from recipe of my mother.
Ingredient
– 1 bowl Water – 2/3 bowl Fish Sauce – 1/2 Sugar – 5 pieces Garlic, peeled – Red Chillis(Depend on you)
Process
1) Use knife to chop garlic and red chillis together. Do not use mortar because it can make the mixture muddies. 2) Cook water and sugar to boil and after that pour fish sauce in the mixture and cook more 5 minutes. Taste it and adjust with your flavor 3) Turn off the heat, waiting for the mixture less hot about 5 to 10 minutes. 4) After that put chillis and garlin into the mixture and stir regularly. 5) After the Vietnamese Dipping Fish Sauce is not hot anymore, put it into the bottle and store in fridge to use.
Do not use Mortal to crush the garlic and Chillis.
– Use different spoons between scooping and using one if you want to save the good quality for it. – If you want to eat with a little sour, after scoop this sauce to bowl, you can use lemon.
Through this post, I hope I can help you get more experiences about Vietnamese cooking, especially Vietnamese Dipping Fish Sauce (Nuoc Cham). Moreover, it can bonus the sauce to your Vietnam Spring Rolls or any Vietnamese Food needs this sauce, one of delicious and . Good luck to you.
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