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Recipe for Dipping Fish Sauce (Nuoc Mam Cham)

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Overview

Nuoc Mam Cham is used on a wide variety of Vitnamese dishes. Rolls are dipped in it and it is drizzled on rice noodle (vermicelli) dishes.

Ingredients

1 cup of water
4 tablespoons of rice vinegar
4 tablespoons of sugar

5 tablespoons of fish sauce
1 tablespoon of garlic, finely chopped
2 fresh small chili peppers

Directions

Boil water with vinegar and sugar; allow it to cool. Combine garlic, peppers, and add to mixture. Stir in the fish sauce.