Butterroom State Bird Garum

Name: Butterroom State Bird Garum
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1¾ cups (400 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1⅓ cups fish sauce (319.92 ml) Fish Sauce; ⅓ cup lime juice (79.92 ml) Lime Juice; 2 whole cloves Clove; 1 dried long pepper (or 10 peppercorns) Long Pepper; 1-inch cinnamon (3 g) Cinnamon; ⅓ nutmeg, cracked Nutmeg; 1 garlic clove Garlic; 1-inch ginger (10 g) Ginger; 1 small lemongrass stalk Lemongrass

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Stuart Brioza & Nicole Krasinski recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Stuart Brioza & Nicole Krasinski.

From a starred kitchen & national award winner.

Ratio

Fish Sauce 320 mlLime Juice 80 ml

Ingredients

Fish Sauce — 1⅓ cups fish sauce (319.92 ml)
Lime Juice — ⅓ cup lime juice (79.92 ml)
Clove — 2 whole cloves
Long Pepper — 1 dried long pepper (or 10 peppercorns)
Cinnamon — 1-inch cinnamon (3 g)
Nutmeg — ⅓ nutmeg, cracked
Garlic — 1 garlic clove
Ginger — 1-inch ginger (10 g)
Lemongrass — 1 small lemongrass stalk

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.

Companion jar

Butterroom State Bird Garum wants a blender — make it from this page.

The jar carries pour-and-shake sauces. These are its closest cousins from kitchens like this one:

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Provenance

Stuart Brioza & Nicole Krasinski works in California / dim-sum style progressive at State Bird Provisions; credentials include James Beard Best Chef: West 2015 (State Bird Provisions); James Beard Best New Restaurant 2013 (State Bird Provisions).

Originally published as State Bird Garum (Home ⅓ Batch).

Adapted from a Stuart Brioza & Nicole Krasinski recipe (Stuart Brioza / Viet World Kitchen (JBF home scale)).

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?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Stuart Brioza / Viet World Kitchen (JBF home scale) (published as “State Bird Garum (Home ⅓ Batch)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

Companion jar