Fish Sauce Dressing

Name: Fish Sauce Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about ½ cup (140 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk (120 ml) Coconut Milk; 1 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste (22.5 ml) Tamarind; 1 1/2 tsp fish sauce (7.5 ml) Fish Sauce; 1 tsp grated lime zest (5 ml) Lime Zest; 1/2 tsp fresh lime juice (2.5 ml) Lime Juice

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

DRESSING · TUNA TARTARE & TROPICAL SALADS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for tuna tartare.

Compton's coconut-tamarind-lime dressing for tuna tartare.

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COCONUTTAMAR

Method: shake
Yield: about ½ cup
Ingredients: 5
Jar batch: 1.75× recipe

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Ratio

COCONUT MILK 120 mlFISH SAUCE 8 ml

Ingredients

Coconut Milk1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk (120 ml)
Tamarind1 1/2 Tbsp tamarind paste (22.5 ml)
Fish Sauce1 1/2 tsp fish sauce (7.5 ml)
Lime Zest1 tsp grated lime zest (5 ml)
Lime Juice1/2 tsp fresh lime juice (2.5 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): COCONUT MILK, FISH SAUCE.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add TAMARIND. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Season to finish: LIME ZEST (about 1½ tsp), LIME JUICE (about 1 tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Nina Compton works in Caribbean / Creole New Orleans at Compère Lapin; credentials include James Beard Best Chef: South 2018 (Compère Lapin).

Originally published as Coconut–Tamarind–Lime Dressing.

Adapted from a Nina Compton recipe (Nina Compton / Food & Wine (tuna tartare)).

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 1.75× 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 Nina Compton / Food & Wine (tuna tartare) (published as “Coconut–Tamarind–Lime Dressing”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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