Traditional Leche de Tigre

Name: Traditional Leche de Tigre
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1 cup (260 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 8 oz (240 ml) Lime Juice; 4 cloves Garlic; about 1 habanero (8 g) Habanero; to taste ~1 teaspoon Salt

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

FINISHING SAUCE · CEVICHE & TIRADITO

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for ceviche.

Nando Chang's classic leche de tigre for ceviche.

On the jar

LECHE DE TIG

Method: shake
Yield: about 1 cup
Ingredients: 4
Jar batch: 1.05× recipe

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Ratio

LIME JUICE 240 ml

Ingredients

Lime Juice8 oz (240 ml)
Garlic4 cloves
Habaneroabout 1 habanero (8 g)
Saltto taste ~1 teaspoon

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): LIME JUICE.
Add by count: 4½ CLOVES GARLIC.
Season to finish: HABANERO (1 habanero), SALT (about 1 tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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2 kitchens · 3 national awards

Traditional Leche de TigreNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: LECHE DE TIG
Ají Limo Leche de TigreNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: AJ LIMO LEC
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Provenance

Peruvian-Nikkei chef in Miami; James Beard Best Chef: South 2025 and Food & Wine Best New Chef 2023.

Originally published as Leche de Tigre Tradicional.

Adapted from a Nando Chang recipe (Nando & Valerie Chang / SouthBeachTopChefs).

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 1.05× 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 Nando & Valerie Chang / SouthBeachTopChefs (published as “Leche de Tigre Tradicional”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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