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Nước chấm (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce)

This delicious dipping sauce is found all over Vietnam and is so easy to make! Sweet, salty, savoury and sour with a hint of heat. It is truly mouth watering!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Course: Condiment, Side Dish
Cuisine: Asian, Vietnamese
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tbsp Fish Sauce
  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 75 ml Water
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 Red Chilli
  • 3 cloves Garlic Small cloves

Method
 

  1. Cut your chilli in half and remove the seeds. Slice lengthways into strips and then horizontally to finely dice.
  2. Cut the garlic cloves in half. Lay them on the flat side nd make a number of verticle lengthways slices, from root to end. Make one horizontal slice lengthways along the garlic piece, then slice across the cuts to finely mince them.
  3. Mix the wet ingredients with the salt and sugar in a bowl until the sugar has fully dissolved. Add in the chilli and garlic and set aside.