Nước chấm
Nước chấm | |
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Vietnamese alphabet | nước chấm |
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Chữ Nôm | 渃㴨 |
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Nước chấm, or more specifically, nước mắm chấm (Vietnamese: [nɨ́ək cə̌m], Chữ Nôm: 渃㴨, 渃𩻐㴨) is a common name for a variety of Vietnamese dipping sauces that are served quite frequently as condiments. It is commonly a sweet, sour, salty, savoury and/or spicy sauce.
Nước mắm pha
Nước mắm pha (mixed fish sauce) is the most well known dipping sauce made from fish sauce. Its simplest recipe is some lime juice, or occasionally vinegar, one part fish sauce (nước mắm), one part sugar and two parts water. Vegetarians create nước chấm chay (vegetarian dipping sauce) or nước tương (soy sauce) by substituting Maggi seasoning sauce for fish sauce (nước mắm).[citation needed]
To this, people will usually add minced uncooked garlic, chopped or minced bird's eye chilis, and in some instances, shredded pickled carrot or white radish and green papaya for bún. Otherwise, when having seafood, such as eels, people also serve some slices of lemongrass.
It is often prepared hot on a stove to dissolve the sugar more quickly, then cooled. The flavor can be varied depending on the individual's preference, but it is generally described as pungent and distinct, sweet yet sour, and sometimes spicy.
Varieties by region
People in the north of Vietnam tend to use nước mắm pha, as cooked by using the above recipes, but add broth made from pork loin and penaeid shrimp (tôm he). In the central section of the country, people like using a less dilute form of nước mắm pha that has the same proportions of fish sauce, lime, and sugar as the recipe above, but less water, and with fresh chili. Southern Vietnamese people often use palm sugar and coconut water as the sweetener.
Uses
Nước mắm pha is typically served with:
- Cơm tấm, a cracked-rice dish with meat, poultry, eggs, seafood or vegetables. The toppings are often fried, grilled, braised, steamed/boiled, or stir-fried.
- Chả giò, spring rolls
- Gỏi cuốn, which are sometimes called shrimp salad rolls or "rice paper" rolls, or as spring rolls (Alternately, gỏi cuốn are served with a peanut sauce containing hoisin sauce and sometimes chili, or tương xào made from tương, a Vietnamese fermented bean paste/soy sauce.)
- Bánh cuốn or "rice rolls", where wide sheets of rice noodles rolled up, and topped (or stuffed) with stir-fried or braised meat or seafood, with soy sauce or fish sauce
- Bánh xèo, a pan-fried crêpe made from rice flour and coconut milk, and filled with pork, shrimp, onion and bean sprouts, and topped with herbs
- Bánh hỏi, very thin vermicelli layered into sheets, and separated by thin layers of mỡ hành (scallions in oil)
- Bún, rice noodles with meat, poultry, eggs, seafood or vegetables. The toppings are often fried, grilled, braised, steamed/boiled, or stir-fried.
See also
- List of dips
- List of sauces
References
- Vietnam—Nuoc Cham recipe (Chili, Garlic, and Fish Sauce)
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- List of condiments
- List of common dips
- List of syrups
- Agre dulce
- Agrodolce
- Aioli
- Barbecue sauce
- Bigarade sauce
- Brown sauce
- Buffalo sauce
- Cheese sauce
- Chili sauce
- Chimichurri
- Cocktail sauce
- Colo-colo
- Crema
- Caruru
- Dabu-dabu
- Fish sauce
- Fritessaus
- Fry sauce
- Garum
- Gastrique
- Gravy
- Hot sauce
- Latik
- Kaymak
- Khrenovina
- Lechon sauce
- Marie Rose sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Kewpie
- Kielecki
- Miracle Whip
- Mignonette sauce
- Mild sauce
- Monkey gland sauce
- Mumbo sauce
- Oyster sauce
- Peanut sauce
- Pearà
- Pesto
- Pistou
- Remoulade
- Salsa roja
- Salsa golf
- Salsa verde
- Satsivi
- Steak sauce
- Tartar sauce
- Tatbila
- Teriyaki sauce
- Tiparos
- Tkemali
- Tomato sauce
- Vincotto
- XO sauce
- Zingara sauce
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preserves
- Dijon mustard
- Honey mustard
- Karashi
- Kasundi
- Mostarda
- Spicy brown mustard
- Sweet mustard
- Tecuci mustard
- Tewkesbury mustard
- Turun sinappi
- Yellow mustard