Roasted Prahok Steak Sauce

Name: Roasted Prahok Steak Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 3 cups (700 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 4 oz fermented prahok (113 g) Prahok; about 4 tomatoes (600 g) Tomato; about 3 shallots (120 g) Shallot; 6 charred cloves Garlic; about 6 chiles (12 g) Bird's Eye Chile; about 13½ leaves (4 g) Makrut Leaf; 2 oz charred (57 g) Lemongrass; 3 Tbsp (50 g) Tamarind; 2 Tbsp (20 g) Msg; 4 oz culantro (113 g) Cilantro; 300 g Eggplant; 8 oz (240 ml) Lime Juice; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Fish Sauce

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

DIP · STEAK & GRILLED MEATS

In the published recipe, this is the dip for Mawn.

Phila Lorn's roasted prahok sauce for steak, grilled meats.

On the jar

PRAHOK

Method: blend
Yield: about 3 cups
Ingredients: 13

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Lime Juice 240 mlFish Sauce 30 ml

Ingredients

Prahok4 oz fermented prahok (113 g)
Tomatoabout 4 tomatoes (600 g)
Shallotabout 3 shallots (120 g)
Garlic6 charred cloves
Bird's Eye Chileabout 6 chiles (12 g)
Makrut Leafabout 13½ leaves (4 g)
Lemongrass2 oz charred (57 g)
Tamarind3 Tbsp (50 g)
Msg2 Tbsp (20 g)
Cilantro4 oz culantro (113 g)
Eggplant300 g
Lime Juice8 oz (240 ml)
Fish Sauce2 Tbsp (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.

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Provenance

Cambodian-American chef of Mawn in Philadelphia; James Beard Emerging Chef 2025. Khmer noodle-house cooking with fish sauce, herbs, and Southeast Asian sauces in a compact Bella Vista BYOB.

Adapted from a recipe published by Phila Lorn in StarChefs (Mawn).

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 StarChefs (Mawn) (published as “Roasted Prahok Steak Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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