Vietnamese Dipping Sauce Vegan Nuoc Cham Alternative

Adapted from hot sour salty sweet. this is not meant to replicate the flavor of nuoc cham, which uses fish sauce, but can be used in the same way.

Combine soy sauce and rice wine in a small bowl.

Place garlic and lemongrass in a mortar and pound into a paste.

Add garlic mixture to soy mixture.

Stir in cinnamon and chile.

Stir in oil , sugar and salt and mix well.

Store refrigerated in a tightly-covered container for up to 3 days.

soy sauce, rice wine, garlic, lemongrass, ground cinnamon, bird chile, peanut oil, sugar, salt