Placeholder image — a bowl of nước chấm with chili and garlic
Sauces & Dipping

Nước Chấm

The Master Dipping Sauce

Placeholder — content coming soon. Nước chấm is the everyday dipping sauce that touches nearly every Vietnamese meal — fish sauce balanced with lime, sugar, garlic and chili. Learn the ratio once and you'll make it by eye forever.

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The method

  1. Dissolve and balance

    Placeholder step — dissolve sugar in warm water, add fish sauce and lime, then garlic and chili. Taste and balance.

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