Vietnamese Spicy Fish Sauce recipe - 98 calories
Ingredients:
1/2 cup fish sauce
4 cloves garlic, pressed
2 red chili peppers, minced
3 teaspoons sugar or 1 1/2 packages artificial sweetener
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, to taste
1 cup water
Preparation:
1. Mash the garlic, chili peppers sugar into a paste, using a mortar and pestle.
2. Add the fish sauce, water and lime juice; blend well.
3. Seal and refrigerate until ready to serve.
4. Serve with Vietnamese beef meatballs.
Servings: 1 1/2 cups
Nutritional information for one serving (1 cup):
Calories: 98
Calories from fat: 2
Total fat: 0.3g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Total carbs: 20.3g
Fiber: 1.1g
Protein: 5.5g
WW points: 2
Photo credit: Sue L
Tags: recipe, cooking, diet, calories, fish, sauce, Vietnamese, Asian, spicy, nuoc cham
People who have hypertension should really avoid fish sauce.
It’s okay for people with hypotension like me though.