Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Spicy Dipping Sauce)

Prep time: 5 min

Cook time: 5 min

Servings: 10

Yield: 10 servings

Description

Fresh chiles deliver a lot of flavor and heat to this Vietnamese dipping sauce with rice vinegar, lemon juice, fish sauce, garlic, and sugar.

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 fluid ounces water

• 6 spicy red chile peppers, seeded and minced

• 6 cloves garlic, minced

• 1/4 cup fish sauce

• 1/4 cup rice vinegar

• 1/4 cup white sugar

• 1/4 cup lemon juice

Directions

1 Stir water, chile peppers, garlic, fish sauce, rice vinegar, and sugar together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves into the liquid; remove from heat and set aside to cool completely, about 1 hour.

2 Stir lemon juice into the cooled liquid.