Spring Roll Dipping Sauce / Nuoc Mam

Submitted by Mamas Kitchen Hope

"From Kim Son Restaurant in Sugarland, TX and altered to make it even better. They spelled it Muoc Mam. I used to CRAVE this sauce on spring rolls and salads. It is so yum! I do not know how many servings this would make. See Kimson.com for more of their recipes."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 3 cups

ingredients

• 3 cups hot water
• 1 cup rice wine vinegar
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 carrot, finely grated
• 1⁄4 cup mint leaf, chopped

• Garnish

• chili pepper, chopped (optional)
• peanuts, chopped (optional)

directions

1. Combine water, vinegar and sugar and cook for 3-5 minutes stirring to dissolve sugar.
2. Remove from heat and add fish sauce.
3. Add shredded carrots and mint.
4. Taste and add more fish sauce and cayenne to taste.
5. Cool before serving.
6. Chopped chili peppers and finely chopped peanuts may also be added to warm sauce and then allowed to cool.

Reviews

[mybirdzone]

Delicious. Made with the Vietnamese Cold Spring rolls on this site. Was hoping this sauce would be much thicker but maybe I didn't cook it long enough or maybe it's supposed to be this way. It's still great and easy to make although it does make a ton. For two people I would scale to .25 or .5 serving.

 

[IngridH]

This was wonderful! A perfect dipping sauce for the packaged potstickers I was serving for dinner. I added another tablespoon of fish sauce in step 4, as it was a little too sweet without the extra sauce. This is a definite make again. Made for the Seasoned Sailor and his Sassy Sirens, ZWT6.

 

[Stephanie S.]

Perfect flavor. Just what I was looking for. Thank you for posting.....Stephanie

 

[SpicyMeatball]

I made this last weekend to go along with Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls and it was delicious. I adjusted the recipe to yield 1 cup of sauce and added a little more fish sauce, some grated garlic and a minced Thai chili. Will definitely make this recipe again!

 

[Elainia]

This was excellent. I cut it in half and still had way too much, not sure if I can store it or not. next time I will make about 1/4th. I am only serving two people. Thanks for this recipe! Oh, I may add chili paste next time too, I like the spice. Good job creating this recipe!