Nam Jim Sauce

Name: Nam Jim Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (350 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup (60 ml) Fish Sauce; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Lime Juice; 1/4 cup white (50 g) Sugar; 1/4 tsp (1.5 g) Salt; 1/4 cup minced (40 g) Garlic; about 30 chiles (60 g) Bird's Eye Chile; 1/4 cup stems finely sliced + tops chiffonade (20 g) Cilantro; about ¼ bunch (2 g) Basil; about ¼ bunch (4 g) Mint

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

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Christina Nguyen's nam jim sauce for grilled seafood.

On the jar

NAM JIM

Method: shake
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 9

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Fish Sauce 60 mlLime Juice 120 ml

Ingredients

Fish Sauce1/4 cup (60 ml)
Lime Juice1/2 cup (120 ml)
Sugar1/4 cup white (50 g)
Salt1/4 tsp (1.5 g)
Garlic1/4 cup minced (40 g)
Bird's Eye Chileabout 30 chiles (60 g)
Cilantro1/4 cup stems finely sliced + tops chiffonade (20 g)
Basilabout ¼ bunch (2 g)
Mintabout ¼ bunch (4 g)

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Season to finish: SALT (about ¼ tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Southeast Asian chef of Hai Hai and Lemongrass in Minneapolis; James Beard Best Chef Midwest 2024. Vietnamese and broader SE Asian street flavors adapted for Midwestern dining rooms.

Adapted from a Christina Nguyen recipe (Christina Nguyen / Hai Hai (FoodService News)).

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?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. 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 Christina Nguyen / Hai Hai (FoodService News) (published as “Nam Jim Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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