Nam Jim Fish Sauce-Lime-Syrup

Name: Nam Jim Fish Sauce-Lime-Syrup
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about ½ cup (90 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp fish sauce (30 ml) Fish Sauce; 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice (30 ml) Lime Juice; 1 Tbsp simple syrup (1:1 sugar:water) (15 ml) Simple Syrup; paste of mint stems + 2 large garlic cloves + bird’s-eye chilies to taste (~2 Tbsp recommended) Mint

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

DRESSING · GRILLED BEEF & FRUIT SALADS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for spicy grilled beef & grape salad.

Mukura's nam jim dressing for beef & grape salad.

On the jar

NAM JIM FISH

Method: shake
Yield: about ½ cup
Ingredients: 4
Jar batch: 3.4× recipe

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Ratio

FISH SAUCE 30 mlLIME JUICE 30 mlSIMPLE SYRUP 15 ml

Ingredients

Fish Sauce2 Tbsp fish sauce (30 ml)
Lime Juice2 Tbsp fresh lime juice (30 ml)
Simple Syrup1 Tbsp simple syrup (1:1 sugar:water) (15 ml)
Mintpaste of mint stems + 2 large garlic cloves + bird’s-eye chilies to taste (~2 Tbsp recommended)

Where it sits

One of 359 dressings in the catalog, with 4 ingredients against a median of 6.

The acid here is lime juice. In this category chefs also reach for lemon juice (106 recipes), rice vinegar (52), and red wine vinegar (34).

It carries no emulsifier, as 26% of the catalog’s dressings do.

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): FISH SAUCE, LIME JUICE, SIMPLE SYRUP.
Season to finish: MINT (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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4 ingredients. One pour.

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Provenance

Vichit Mukura. Thai. Cited awards include: Michelin 1* (Khao, historical); Mandarin Oriental Bangkok.

Originally published as Nam Jim Fish Sauce–Lime–Syrup.

Adapted from a Vichit Mukura recipe (Vichit Mukura / She Simmers (Mandarin Oriental Bangkok)).

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 3.4× 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 Vichit Mukura / She Simmers (Mandarin Oriental Bangkok) (published as “Nam Jim Fish Sauce–Lime–Syrup”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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