SWEET-AND-SOUR VIETNAMESE DIPPING SAUCE

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Known as nuoc cham, this dipping sauce appears on almost all Vietnamese tables.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Cuisine-Inspired Recipes

Yield Makes 1 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground chile paste
1 Thai bird chile, or Serrano pepper, chopped (optional)
1/4 cup Asian fish sauce (nam pla)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons grated carrots, for garnish

Steps:

  • With a mortar and pestle, pound garlic, chile paste, and fresh chile into a paste (or mince together with a knife). Transfer to a bowl. Add fish sauce, 2/3 cup hot water, lime juice, and sugar. Whisk together until sugar dissolves. Serve sprinkled with carrots.

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