My Mom's Nước Mắm Recipe (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce)

• porsi: 12 servings
• waktu aktif: 15 minutes
• total waktu: 18 minutes

Bahan-bahan

¼ cup granulated sugar

¼ cup water

2 cloves garlic (finely minced)

2-4 tablespoon Vietnamese fish sauce

2 fresh limes (juiced, to taste (not bottled juice)

1-2 small red chilis (sliced very thin, to taste (optional)

Petunjuk

Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring just until the sugar dissolves. Set aside and cool completely.

Stir in the garlic, fish sauce (starting with 2 tbsp), garlic, lime juice (start with the juice of 1), and chilis.

Add more fish sauce and lime juice to balance the salt and citrus to your taste.

Catatan

Fish sauce will darken and deepen in flavor as it ages in the bottle. You may need 4 tbsp if it’s a new, unopened bottle, or somewhere between 2-4 tbsp if its older. Likewise, limes vary in size, level of juice, and flavor, so you may need more or less than 2.

Store the dipping sauce in a glass container with a tight fitting lid in the refrigerator for a couple of months. Glass is ideal because it’s won’t take on the smell of the fish sauce!

Nutrisi

• Kalori: 22 kcal
• Total Lemak: 0.04 g
• Lemak Jenuh: 0.003 g
• Lemak Tak Jenuh: 0.011 g
• Natrium: 472 mg
• Total Karbohidrat: 5 g
• Serat Diet: 0.1 g
• Total Gula: 5 g
• Protein: 0.4 g