Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham)

By sidecars

This sauce is delicious on just about anything including plain white rice. Wonderful on grilled shrimp. It is the sauce used for the Grilled Vietnamese Jumbo Shrimp on Sugarcane Sticks that I posted. Great recipe with many variations!

Ingredients

• 1/4 carrot (2-inch piece)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup asian fish sauce
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 red Thai chile, thinly sliced (2-3 more if you like it hot)
• 1 green onion, chopped

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Peel carrot lengthwise with a vegetable peeler. Stack carrot slices and cut into very fine long julienne strips. 2 In a bowl, mash the garlic with the sugar. Add remaining ingredients and carrot slices and mix well.