5 Minute Easy Vegan Fish Sauce Vietnamese Nước Chấm

Name: 5 Minute Easy Vegan Fish Sauce Vietnamese Nước Chấm
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients: 1/4 C vegan fish sauce; 2 tbsp sugar; 1/2 C boiled water; 3-5 cloves of garlic, minced; 2 Bird's eye chilli, deseed and dice; 1 lime, juiced

Dec 9, 2021 · 38 Comments

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5 Minute Easy Vegan Fish Sauce Vietnamese Nước Chấm: Vegan Nước Chấm is a vegetarian Vietnamese Spicy Fish Dipping Sauce recipe that is easy to make and will become your new pantry staple you won't be able to live without! Fish sauce is the soul of Vietnamese cuisine and an essential condiment that is hard to replace. Commonly, fish sauce enhances flavour, umami flavor, saltiness in sauces, dips and marinades. Although some tasty plant-based fish sauce substitutes and vegan alternatives are available, nothing can beat that "fishy flavor".

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What Is Fish Sauce Made With?
Nước Mắm Chay Vegan Fish Sauce Substitutes
Popular Vegan Fish Sauce Brands
Where Can You Find Vegan Fish Sauce?
Ingredients You Will Need To Make Classic Vietnamese Dipping Sauce
How To Make Vegan Vietnamese Dipping Sauce
What Can You Serve with Nước Chấm Spicy Dipping Sauce?
5 Minute Easy Vegan Fish Sauce Vietnamese Nước Chấm
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What Is Fish Sauce Made With?

Fish sauce (yú lù, 鱼露) is a popular Asian condiment that is found in lots of different Asian dishes.

Traditional fish sauce is made from salting and fermenting fish such as anchovies or krill. The small fishes are coated in salt and packed in large barrels to draw out the moisture. Before I would often buy the Three Crabs Brand fish sauce.

The natural bacterias breaks down the fish to produce the organic natural flavor (briny, savory liquid) that has been fermented for months and years.

The taste of fish sauce is pungent. I recommend adding a little bit of fish sauce it is your first time adding this to your Asian recipes.

Nước Mắm Chay Vegan Fish Sauce Substitutes

here are some great alternative for fish sauces. Not all are vegan or vegetarian, if you are following a vegan diet or vegetarian diet.

Soy Sauce - saltier and thinner consistency
Tamari - little thicker and less salty
Oyster Sauce - not vegan, contains oyster
Coconut Aminos - naturally gluten-free and vegan, Paleo friendly
Worcestershire sauce - not vegan, contains contains anchovies or fish sauce
Vegan fish sauce
Shiitake mushrooms powder

Popular Vegan Fish Sauce Brands

If you are going the plant-based route, the easiest way is to invest in a good bottle of vegan fish sauce. It is hard to mimic real deal.

Fish sauce has that perfect balance and depth of flavor of sweet and sour, briny, salty umami profile ratio. Some like to use dried kombu seaweed, organic dried kelp or wakame is a great substitute for fishless sauce.

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Where Can You Find Vegan Fish Sauce?

You can find Vegan fish sauce alternative in most Vietnamese and Asian supermarket and grocery stores. One of my favourites is Vegan "Fish" Sauce.

The common ingredients in the vegan fish sauce are organic apple cider vinegar, water, cane sugar, sea salt, and lemon juice.

With this vegan substitute, you can turn a lot of your favourite Asian cooking classics into vegan food such a vegetarian pad thai simply by subbing animal products for high protein whole foods.

Ingredients You Will Need To Make Classic Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

All you need is a few simple ingredients to replicate the savory flavor used in Vietnamese food. This vegan version compared to regular fish sauce is lighter but still has a little bit of complex flavors partially thanks to the fermented flavor of apple cider vinegar.

Vegan fish sauce
Sugar
Water
Garlic
Bird's eye red chilli
Organic lime juice

How To Make Vegan Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

Making spicy Vietnamese dipping sauce is simple with your favourite vegetarian fish sauce substitute.

You do not need exact proportions. I often eyeball the vegan ingredients, do a taste test and adjust. However, if this is your first time making vegan fish sauce, please follow the proportions below.

Mix vegan fish sauce, sugar, boiled water, lime juice, minced garlic, and birds-eye chilli.

Serve on the side with your favourite dish like this incredible egg-free delicately crispy Bánh Xèo Vietnamese pancake!

What Can You Serve with Nước Chấm Spicy Dipping Sauce?

Some of my favorite dishes and amazing recipes include:

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Fried spring rolls
Vietnamese salad rolls
Vermicelli bowls
Sườn nướng (grilled pork chops)
Vegan Pad Thai

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