Nam Prik

Name: Nam Prik
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 cups (500 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 (2-inch) square paste + 1/2 cup hot water pulp (120 ml) Tamarind; about 37½ chiles (75 g) Dried Chile; 1 cup (240 ml) Rice Bran Oil; 2 heads thinly sliced (100 g) Garlic; 5 medium thinly sliced (200 g) Shallot; 2 Tbsp Thai shrimp paste (30 ml) Shrimp Paste; 1/2 cup chopped (100 g) Palm Sugar; 2–3 Tbsp (use 2.5 Tbsp mid) (37.5 ml) Fish Sauce

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

CONDIMENT · RICE, NOODLES & GRILLED MEATS

A condiment for rice, noodles & grilled meats.

Pim Techamuanvivit's nam prik pao for rice, noodles.

On the jar

NAM PRIK

Method: stove
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 8

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Tamarind 120 mlRice Bran Oil 240 mlShrimp Paste 30 mlFish Sauce 38 ml

Ingredients

Tamarind1 (2-inch) square paste + 1/2 cup hot water pulp (120 ml)
Dried Chileabout 37½ chiles (75 g)
Rice Bran Oil1 cup (240 ml)
Garlic2 heads thinly sliced (100 g)
Shallot5 medium thinly sliced (200 g)
Shrimp Paste2 Tbsp Thai shrimp paste (30 ml)
Palm Sugar1/2 cup chopped (100 g)
Fish Sauce2–3 Tbsp (use 2.5 Tbsp mid) (37.5 ml)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Thai chef of Michelin-starred Kin Khao in San Francisco; also opened Nari and later became chef–partner at Quince. Fish sauce–lime dressings and southern Thai curries.

Originally published as Nam Prik Pao (Chile Jam).

Adapted from a Pim Techamuanvivit recipe (Pim Techamuanvivit / Bittman Project).

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 Pim Techamuanvivit / Bittman Project (published as “Nam Prik Pao (Chile Jam)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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