The BEST fish sauce (nuoc mam) recipe

Name: The BEST fish sauce (nuoc mam) recipe
Cuisine: Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup boiling water; 2 tbsp garlic; 1/2 cup of lime juice; 3/4 cup fish sauce; 15 birds eye chili

1 step

There’s no special or unique ingredient in this recipe but what makes this so different from the restaurant version is the way my mom makes it. It’s on the sweeter side, but it’s more spicy and anyone who has tried it can vouch it’s the best fish sauce they’ve had! I use this on everything! This recipe is enough to make about 3 cups of sauce that you can store in the refrigerator. Make sure to use a clean spoon to serve so it doesn’t spoil. We like our sauce on the sweet side, if you don’t, simply adjust by using less sugar and more lime and/or fish sauce. Just taste and adjust.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:09:01 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories920.1 kcal (46%)

Total Fat0.4 g (1%)

Carbs227 g (87%)

Sugars211.6 g (235%)

Protein13.2 g (26%)

Sodium16968.8 mg (848%)

Fiber1.4 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

0 servings

1 cupgranulated sugar

1 cupwater

2 Tbspgarlic

Instructions

Step 1

Add sugar into a heat proof bowl and pour in the hot water. Set it aside and let it cool. In the meantime, cut up some chilis and garlic and toss it into a food processor with 2 tbsp of the sugar/water mix. This helps it blend smoother. Blend this until it’s a chunky paste. Squeeze 1/2 cup of lime juice and pour this into the chili mixture to get all of it out of the food processor, you don’t want to waste any of it. Pour this into the cooled sugar/water mixture and then add the fish sauce.

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