Stonewell Citrus-Honey

Name: Stonewell Citrus-Honey
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about ½ cup (100 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp. fish sauce (30 ml) Fish Sauce; 1 Tbsp. plus 1½ tsp. fresh lime juice (22.5 ml) Lime Juice; 2 tsp. honey (10 ml) Honey; 1 shallot, coarsely chopped Shallot; 1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped Garlic; 1 red bird's eye chile, stemmed Bird's Eye Chile; 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil (30 ml) Vegetable Oil

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

Citrus-Honey from a national-award-winning chef.

Ratio

Fish Sauce 30 mlLime Juice 23 mlHoney 10 mlVegetable Oil 30 ml

Ingredients

Fish Sauce — 2 Tbsp. fish sauce (30 ml)
Lime Juice — 1 Tbsp. plus 1½ tsp. fresh lime juice (22.5 ml)
Honey — 2 tsp. honey (10 ml)
Shallot — 1 shallot, coarsely chopped
Garlic — 1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped
Bird's Eye Chile — 1 red bird's eye chile, stemmed
Vegetable Oil — 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil (30 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender — the jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

Companion jar

Stonewell Citrus-Honey wants a blender — make it from this page.

The jar carries pour-and-shake sauces. These are its closest cousins from kitchens like this one:

4 kitchens · 3 stars · 5 national awards

Lemonstreet TahiniNATIONAL AWARD WINNER
Pearlstreet Nuoc ChamNATIONAL AWARD WINNER
Indigoyard Wonton Chili-OilNATIONAL AWARD WINNER
Midtown Buttermilk★★★ KITCHEN

Build the companion jar

First run is small.

Leave an email and we’ll hold a jar with its companions on it.

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.

Originally published as Fish Sauce–Lime Dressing.

Adapted from a Chris Shepherd recipe (Chris Shepherd / Saveur (watermelon feta jalapeño salad)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No — this one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces — its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Chris Shepherd / Saveur (watermelon feta jalapeño salad) (published as “Fish Sauce–Lime Dressing”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

Companion jar