Tossed with noodles. And that’s before you even dip anything in it. Like I said – great with just about everything. Good enough to eat with a spoon.
Thai dipping sauce is super easy to make
This one is about as easy as it gets. You can just take everything, toss it into a food processor and pulse it.
Don’t puree it though. You want little bits of everything in this sauce.
That’s the easy way.
If you if you have a good knife and you like to use it, you can mince everything up. It’s good practice with your knife with a prize at the end. Knife skills matter.
You will find new ways to use this sauce
This one is a little bit of tasty kitchen magic. The flavours are assertive. But in a way that compliments just about everything it touches.
In noodles. On noodles. Next to noodles. With grilled chicken. Or pork. Poached shrimp. On a fried egg. With a roast chicken.
Thai dipping sauce is one of those things you can’t really explain. But that’s why it’s kitchen magic.
This Thai dipping sauce has all the core South Asian flavours rolled into one. It works as a salad dressing or accompaniment to grilled meat and poultry.
Course side
Cuisine Thai
Keyword nam jim, thai dipping sauce
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Servings 2cups
Calories 146kcal
Author romain | glebekitchen
Ingredients
1/4cupfish sauce
1/4cuplime juice – fresh squeezed
2green chiliesseeded and minced
1red chiliseeded and minced
1/4cupshallots minced
1large clove garlic– as finely chopped as you can
1/4cupminced cilantro
1/4cupbrown sugar
1/4cupwater
Instructions
Combine ingredients. Stir.
Let sit for an hour or more to let the flavours combine.
Notes
I like finger hot chilies for this recipe. Not crazy spicy but lots of flavour. If you can’t get them then you could substitute a jalapeño.
Traditional pad thai sauce includes fish sauce, vinegar, sugar and tamarind paste. Tamarind paste is not easily found at a regular grocery stores so I substituted rice vinegar. If you would like to use tamarind paste, substitute about 2 Tablespoons in place of the rice vinegar in this recipe.
Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian fish sauce is often made from anchovies, salt, and water, and is intensely flavoured. Anchovies and salt are arranged in wooden barrels to ferment and are slowly pressed, yielding the salty, fishy liquid. The salt extracts the liquid via osmosis.
The main function of dark soy sauce, or black soy sauce as Thais call it, is to give your dish a dark rich brown colour, and also a deeper, molasses-y flavour. A little bit of this stuff goes a long way so you never need much, so while it is salty, it would not be the main source of saltiness in your dish.
Replace the fish sauce with soy sauce or tamari—a gluten-free soy sauce option. Specialized stores might carry vegan "fish" sauce, also a soy-based sauce ready for use. Combine equal amounts of soy sauce and vinegar and add a pinch of salt for a homemade "fish" sauce.
Have you ever noticed the four glasses set up on dining table at restaurants in Thailand? These glasses form a set of must-have condiments which consist of sugar, fish sauce, chili flakes and vinegar with sliced or crushed chilies. Those condiments are similar to salt and pepper in western culture.
Nam Jim Jaew แจ่ว also known as Jaew sauce is from the Isan province in northeast Thailand. This Thai chili sauce is very popular among locals. In fact, it's even more famous than the sweet chili sauce we often associate it with in the west.
Give Thai people a piece of meat and we're going to ask, "Where's the nam jim jeaw?" Nam jim jeaw is Thai people's #1 go-to sauce for all kinds of meats, especially grilled meats.
Nam chim thale (Thai: น้ำจิ้มทะเล) — a basic dipping sauce made with garlic, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and chilis — is usually eaten with grilled or steamed seafood.
In conclusion, the best substitutes for dark soy sauce are light soy sauce, kecap manis, double black soy sauce, coconut aminos and mushroom sauce. The worst dark soy sauce substitutes are Worcestershire sauce, Teriyaki sauce, hoisin sauce and mushroom flavored dark soy sauce.
Thai soy sauces are similar to Chinese soy sauces in that there are both dark and light varieties. However, there are some key differences. Some say Thai soy sauce isn't as briny or harshly salty as Chinese/Japanese soy sauce, because the salty flavor is balanced by sweetness from added sugar.
Originating in China, soy sauce is a staple ingredient that was adopted into Thai cuisine and cooking. It is also used in a very similar manner to Chinese cuisine, with two main varieties used to either bring flavour (light soy sauce) or colour (dark soy sauce) to recipes.
To fit the more intense, stimulating flavour profile of the cuisine, the sauce tends to be more salty, so that it stands up to the other strong seasonings. Naturally, Thai fish sauce is the best fit for Thai dishes. Chinese and Vietnamese fish sauces are lighter in comparison, placing a premium on the fish's umami.
Red curry paste is a versatile and flavorful base for a variety of Thai dishes. In its most basic form, it consists of red chili peppers, garlic, sea salt, lemongrass, turmeric, and shrimp paste (source).
Mainly made of sugar, chili, garlic, fish sauce, and lime juice. The sauce gives a little sour, salty, sweet, and spicy taste. It makes a perfect complement to fish, prawns, mussels, or simply any seafood.
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