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Nuoc Cham

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Vietnam

Known as a Vietnamese recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 9 ingredients

  1. 1 ea Carrot, finely shredded
  2. 2 tb Sugar
  3. 1 ea Chili, fresh seeded minced
  4. 3 tb Water
  5. 2 ea Garlic cloves, minced
  6. 1 ea Small shallot, minced
  7. 1/4 c Fish sauce
  8. 1/4 c Fresh lime juice
  9. 3 tb Vinegar
Contains FishSulphites Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. This was developed for people who did not like the taste of fish Sauce. Combine Garlic, shallot, Chile and Sugar in mortar and pestle and pound to a paste. Stir in fish Sauce, lime juice, vinegar and Water. When Sugar is completely dissolved, stir in carrot. Or you can combine all ingredients in jar with tight-fitting lid and shake until blended.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Blender
  • Mortar and pestle
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

Saved from accuchef.com (http://accuchef.com/MM13000B.TXT), file Recipes/accuchef.com/MM13000B.TXT in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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