Photograph of the finished Nước Mắm Chấm

Vietnam · Nước mắm chấm pha chuẩn

Nước Mắm Chấm

15 min Hands-on time
EasyDifficulty
6 stepsSteps
Serves 4 Amounts follow along 4

What to get ready

  • Photograph of Fish sauce Fish sauce 1 cups
  • Photograph of Sugar Sugar 7.1 oz
  • Photograph of Lime Lime 8
  • Photograph of Garlic Garlic 24 cloves
  • Photograph of Chilli Chilli 16
  • Photograph of Rice vinegar Rice vinegar ¼ cup

Method

  1. 1 Dissolve the sugar in 150 ml of warm water until completely dissolved, then let it cool.
  2. 2 Pour fish sauce into the sugar water in a ratio of one part fish sauce to two and a half parts sugar water.
  3. 3 Mix according to this ratio, then taste and adjust; each time you add an estimated amount, the taste will be different.
  4. 4 Add the lemon juice last, once the mixture has completely cooled.
  5. 5 Adding lemon to hot water will make the sour taste bitter and cause the aroma to dissipate.
  6. 6 Chop the garlic and chili peppers and sprinkle them on top so the garlic floats; add vinegar if you want it to last longer.
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