Nước chấm

A basic sauce of Vietnamese cuisine, both sweet, salty, sour and spicy. It accompanies rolls, grilled meats and noodle bowls, and takes only a few minutes to prepare.

5 min
4 servings
Easy
Moderate
🇻🇳 Vietnam

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Ingredients

Optional extras

1 tsp Rice vinegar

Nutrition facts

53 kcal per serving

Protein: 1.3 g
Carbohydrates: 11.9 g
of which sugars: 11.1 g
Fat: 0 g
of which saturated fat: 0 g
Fiber: 0.2 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

In a bowl, dissolve the sugar in the lukewarm water, stirring.
Add the fish sauce and the lime juice.
Crush the garlic and finely slice the chilli, then add them to the sauce.
Taste and adjust: the sauce should be balanced between sweet, salty and sour. Let it rest a few minutes before serving.