Nuoc Mam Recipe
Author:
Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer and cookbook author.
Here he shares recipes, answers cooking questions and helps with cooking.
Here I would like to introduce you to my Nuoc Mam Sauce Recipe. An often-read spelling is also “Noc Mam” or “Nuc Mam”. In any case, it is a Vietnamese fish sauce that goes well with many dishes of Indochinese cuisine.
Asian cuisine inspires me. I love the fresh ingredients and especially the vegetable-based cuisine from Vietnam. Everything is light and digestible and the flavours are unbeatable.
The creations of the dishes are a feast and also a feast for the eyes. The fish sauce is indispensable in this cuisine and everyone prepares it in a slightly different refined way.
Let me surprise you with the sauce and dip I have put together for you here. My video shows you how it works. Have fun with your preparation and I wish you good luck!
Table of Contents
1. Ingredients and Shopping List for Nuoc Mam Sauce
The ingredients for a successful Asian sauce are easily available in the supermarket. So you don’t need to go to a special Asian market.
My list of necessary ingredients for your ingenious refined fish sauce shows you the necessary ingredients:
- Nouc Mam (fish sauce) – ready-made product
- brown sugar
- water
- salt
- fresh garlic
- fresh chillies
- carrot
- unsalted roasted peanuts – unroasted also works, then roast them yourself in the pan
- white wine vinegar – rice vinegar is also fine
- herbs for decoration
Rice vinegar is a typical ingredient, but white wine vinegar is also delicious!
Tip from cook Thomas Sixt
2. Recipe Nuoc Mam Sauce
Nuoc Mam
Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Simple guide to prepare Vietnamese Nuoc Mam Sauce.
Preparation Time
15 Min.
Cook Time
10 Min.
Ingredients
| 75 | ml | fish sauce (Nuoc Mam) |
| 150 | g | brown sugar |
| 200 | ml | Water |
| 2 | pinches | Salt (I use primal salt or Himalayan salt) |
| 2 | pc | Garlic cloves |
| 2 | pc | chillies (red chili) |
| 1 | pc | carrot |
| 100 | g | peanuts, roasted and unsalted |
| 110 | ml | white wine vinegar |
Instruction
Prepare ingredients
The ingredients at a glance:
–> Fish sauce,
–> water,
–> sugar,
–> carrot,
–> garlic,
–> chilli,
–> salt peanuts,
–> vinegar.
Cook sauce
Get the right fish sauce from a shop.
Boil the fish sauce with sugar and water in a pot.
Add salt. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
Add the white wine vinegar after it has cooled down.
Prepare Garlic
Peel the fresh garlic and finely slice the cloves.
Cut chillies
Cut the chillies into fine rings.
Add the garlic and chilli to the cooled sauce.
Leave to stand for a good 1 hour.
Cut carrot
Peel the carrot and pull out fine strips.
Prepare peanuts
Coarsely crush unsalted and roasted peanuts in a mortar.
Serve
Add carrot strips and peanut crumbs to the sauce before serving.
Add to the main dish for dipping and enjoy!
Video
Courses
Cousine
Keyword
3. Calories and Nutritional Values
4. Which Dish goes well with Nuoc Mam Sauce
This sauce is classically used with:
- spring rolls
- summer rolls (cold rolls made of rice paper)
- rice dishes with meat, poultry, eggs, seafood or vegetables
- rice noodles with meat, poultry, eggs, seafood or vegetables
Nuoc Mam sauce is our family’s favourite with homemade summer rolls. You can’t stop eating and dipping it 🙂
Different kinds of summer rolls topped with a delicious Nuoc Mam sauce will make you and your guests happy!
Preparation tip from chef Thomas Sixt
5. Further, Matching Cooking Ideas
Comments, Cooking Questions and Answers
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