Recipe and source notes

Vietnamese Fish Dipping Sauce (Nước mắm pha)

2 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • ¼ cups nước mắm (concentrated fish sauce)
  • 1½ cups water
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp minced garlic or about 2 cloves pressed through a garlic press
  • ½ tsp sambal oelek (a type of hot chile sauce)

Make it step by step

  1. Mix all ingredients together.
  2. If desired, bring to a boil that cannot be stirred down.
  3. Cover and refrigerate.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook by Wikibooks contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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