PANTRYFLEX

shake · seafood sauce

NATIONAL AWARD WINNERPrep 5 min

Houston Nuoc Cham

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Chris Shepherd recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Chris Shepherd.

DIP · VIET-CAJUN SEAFOOD & NOODLES

A dip for Viet-Cajun seafood & noodles.

Chris Shepherd's Houston-style nuoc cham.

On the jar

HOUSTON NUOC

Method
shake
Yield
about 1¼ cups
Ingredients
6
Jar batch
0.95× recipe
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Ratio

Ratio by volume: FISH SAUCE 80 ml, LIME JUICE 80 ml, WATER 80 ml
FISH SAUCE 80 mlLIME JUICE 80 mlWATER 80 ml

Ingredients

  • Fish Sauce1/3 cup (80 ml)
  • Lime Juice1/3 cup (80 ml)
  • Water1/3 cup (80 ml)
  • Sugar3 Tbsp (36 g)
  • Garlic3 cloves
  • Chileabout 3 chiles (20 g)

Method

  1. Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): FISH SAUCE, LIME JUICE, WATER.
  2. Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add SUGAR. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
  3. Add by count: 3 CLOVES GARLIC, 3 CHILES.
  4. Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Houston chef of Underbelly and later Georgia James / UB Preserv lineage; James Beard Best Chef: Southwest 2014. Vietnamese–Korean diaspora flavors of Houston’s Gulf Coast pantry.

Adapted from a Chris Shepherd recipe (Underbelly / Chris Shepherd).

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FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.95× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Underbelly / Chris Shepherd (published as “Houston Nuoc Cham”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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