Vietnamese Fish Dipping Sauce (Nước mắm pha)

Name: Vietnamese Fish Dipping Sauce (Nước mắm pha)
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: ¼ cups nước mắm (concentrated fish sauce); 1½ cups water; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp minced garlic or about 2 cloves pressed through a garlic press; ½ tsp sambal oelek (a type of hot chile sauce)

Vietnamese fish sauce is a dipping sauce prepared for use at the table. It contains a more concentrated fish sauce of a similar name.

10 min · serves 2

Ingredients

¼ cups nước mắm (concentrated fish sauce)
1½ cups water
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp minced garlic or about 2 cloves pressed through a garlic press
½ tsp sambal oelek (a type of hot chile sauce)

Steps

Mix all ingredients together.
If desired, bring to a boil that cannot be stirred down.
Cover and refrigerate.

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Adapted from “Vietnamese Fish Dipping Sauce (Nước mắm pha)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.