Vietnamese
Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce)
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Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment and the fresh side. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Warm the water slightly and stir in the sugar until fully dissolved.
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Mince the garlic and thinly slice the Thai chili.
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Whisk the fish sauce and lime juice into the sugar water.
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Stir in the minced garlic and sliced chili so they float rather than sink.
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Taste and adjust, adding a touch more lime for brightness or sugar for balance.
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Let the sauce sit at least 10 minutes so the flavors meld before serving alongside rice, noodles, or grilled meats.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Che Dau Xanh (Mung Bean Sweet Soup) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 20 kcal
- Protein
- 1 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 650 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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