How to Make VIETNAMESE Caramel Sauce

If you want to master Viet cooking, make this DIY pantry ingredient! It's not hard, but a little tricky so I made a video to go along with recipes in my cookbooks, "Into the Vietnamese Kitchen" and "Vietnamese Food Any Day".
This is a casual video, so my apologies for the uneven audio. I'm a one person operation. That said, I think you'll learn lots to get you going on making a Viet staple.
Thanks for watching!
~ Andrea Nguyen, cookbook author, Vietworldkitchen.com

[@AndreaNguyen]

For the full recipe and recipe ideas for using caramel sauce, see this post on Vietworldkitchen.com: www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2020/04/vietnamese-caramel-sauce-recipe-video.html

[@michaelkerley746]

Hey Andrea! I just made this recipe from your cook book. I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful book! I'm enjoying getting to connect more with my family heritage

[@TheHappyangel8]

Thank you great demonstration!! I have several of your cookbook, including Everyday and this demo definitely helps! Thank you 😊

[@AndreaNguyen]

Thanks so much for getting Vietnamese Food Any Day and checking out what I do online too. You made my day!

[@missmegan365]

This helped me so much! I couldn't get it right untill your video.

[@ThangTran-qf8ik]

Thank you for the helpful video

[@AHoboIsEatingMyShoe]

Thanks so much, it came out great! I was making a recipe from a cookbook and the instructions on the caramel sauce said to stir frequently the whole time, which is probably why i ended up with a pan full of dry, unbrowned sugar

[@AndreaNguyen]

Hooray, Sabrina! I'm so happy. Oh -- no constant stirring needed. Yikes! Glad my recipe and instructions helped you!

[@yolandaduarte6936]

Hey Andrea! I know this is super advanced but could you make a video on pho? I’ve enjoyed making so many of your dishes and I’d definitely love to venture out to something more complex.

[@AndreaNguyen]

I did one at Google HQ in Mountain View. It goes with my book, "The Pho Cookbook". ua-cam.com/video/hPhEoIsZTLU/v-deo.html

[@saltran9863]

Hello Andrea. Is it supposed to taste bitter? I made a batch today and tossed it out.

[@AndreaNguyen]

Hi Sai -- it is bittersweet so you may have been on the mark or slightly over the mark. Try again and back off the darkness a little. I didn't get it right my first few times. Hope this helps!

[@tonyn6969]

Is it ok of there is a slight burning smell or did I already burn the sugar?

[@AndreaNguyen]

It should not be acrid - distasteful. It is ideally pleasantly slightly bitter. Hope that helps.

[@umamizaddy]

What about the part when fish sauce is added?! This video is unhelpful.

[@trinh_win]

there is no fish sauce part?? this is a caramel sauce

[@gfys6323]

...why would you add fish sauce? 😐

[@umamizaddy]

@@gfys6323 look it up instead of asking.

[@gfys6323]

@@umamizaddy I meant no offense.
I wasn't asking. Fish sauce isn't a part of caramel sauce which is used in the creation of the end product like ca kho/thit kho. You use fish sauce separately to make them but don't add it while making the caramel sauce itself.
Perhaps some do but I've never known it to happen in Vietnamese households (usually).