Fish Sauce

• Nước Chấm

  Last week I made Nước Chấm for the bún trộn tôm recipe from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s The Wok cookbook.

  We’re already familiar with nước chấm, but I like having a recipe for it on hand instead of searching the internet whenever I want to make some.

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• Umami Oil (“XO Pepperoni Sauce”)

  Thoughts on making J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s Umami Oil (“XO Pepperoni Sauce”) from his The Wok cookbook.

  This is a long one. The recipe is mostly for the sauce with a note for making noodles with it. 4 stars ★★★★☆ for the sauce, mixed reviews for the noodles.

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