Pantry Thai Salad

Name: Pantry Thai Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1 cup (250 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: ~3 Tbsp white sugar (45 ml) Sugar; 2 Tbsp palm sugar (30 ml) Palm Sugar; 9 Tbsp lime (135 ml) Lime Juice; 4 Tbsp fish sauce (60 ml) Fish Sauce; 10 g Coriander Root; about 5 cloves (25 g) Garlic; about 9 chiles (18 g) Bird's Eye Chile; about ⅛ tsp (1 g) Salt

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

DRESSING · THAI SALADS & SOM TUM-STYLE GREENS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for Blue Apocalypse reprint.

David Thompson's classic Thai salad dressing.

On the jar

THAI SALAD

Method: shake
Yield: about 1 cup
Ingredients: 8
Jar batch: 1.1× recipe

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Ratio

LIME JUICE 135 mlFISH SAUCE 60 ml

Ingredients

Sugar~3 Tbsp white sugar (45 ml)
Palm Sugar2 Tbsp palm sugar (30 ml)
Lime Juice9 Tbsp lime (135 ml)
Fish Sauce4 Tbsp fish sauce (60 ml)
Coriander Root10 g
Garlicabout 5 cloves (25 g)
Bird's Eye Chileabout 9 chiles (18 g)
Saltabout ⅛ tsp (1 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): LIME JUICE, FISH SAUCE.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add SUGAR, then PALM SUGAR. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: 5 CLOVES GARLIC, 6 BIRD EYE CHILES.
Season to finish: CORIANDER ROOT (about 2 tsp), SALT (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

David Thompson works in Thai at Nahm; credentials include Michelin 1* (Nahm, Bangkok / historical).

Originally published as Thai Salad Dressing.

Adapted from a David Thompson recipe (David Thompson / Thai Food cookbook extract (Blue Apocalypse reprint)).

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 1.1× 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 David Thompson / Thai Food cookbook extract (Blue Apocalypse reprint) (published as “Thai Salad Dressing”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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