Nuoc Mam (Nuke Mom)
Nước Mắm is a spicy, salty, sweet, umami-packed sauce and a treasure of Vietnamese cuisine. Drizzled over dishes or served as a dipping sauce, it always provides a unique depth of flavor. Given the moniker of "Nuke Mom" by Servicemen.
Ingredients
- 2 ea Limes Juiced, Fresh
- 1-4 ea Red chilies Small, sliced wafer thin (Thai Birdseye)
- 1/4 cup Raw Sugar Palm Sugar even better
- 3 cloves Garlic Peeled, minced very fine
- 2-4 tbsp Fish Sauce Good quality
- 1/4 cup Water
Instructions
- Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
- Set aside and cool (leave for one hour)
- Stir in the garlic, fish sauce (starting with 2 tbsp), garlic, lime juice (start with the juice of 1), and chilis.
- Taste and balance with additional fish sauce and citrus.
Notes
Get the best quality fish sauce you can find.
This sauce and its variants are everywhere in Southeast Asia: on the table as a condiment, in the food as an ingredient, and in small bowls as a dipping sauce.
Note: One does not necessarily need to go as far as I did with the chilies.
Nutrition
Calories: 20kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 0.4gFat: 0.01gSaturated Fat: 0.001gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.002gSodium: 472mgPotassium: 22mgFiber: 0.02gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 2IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.1mg
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