Prik Nam Pla

[Chris_in_SoCal]

This is a Thai condiment that sits on tables in restaurants and in most homes from what I have been seeing lately. I slightly Americanized it a little.

No measurements, just by looks and taste.

Thai peppers
red jalapeno peppers (both seeded)
white onion
garlic
quality fish sauce
white rice vinegar
Lime Juice
sugar

It smells great. I will give it a couple of days in the fridge before I use it.

Late night edit: I forgot to add lime juice. I just did and had a little taste. It is hot but tastes damn good. This will be great to top almost any dish where you want a little heat with umami flavors.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Sounds tasty, and hot.

David

 

[millerbuilds]

This is a Thai condiment that sits on tables in restaurants and in most homes from what I have been seeing lately. I slightly Americanized it a little.

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No measurements, just by looks and taste.

Thai peppers
red jalapeno peppers (both seeded)
white onion
garlic
quality fish sauce
white rice vinegar
Lime Juice
sugar

It smells great. I will give it a couple of days in the fridge before I use it.

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Late night edit: I forgot to add lime juice. I just did and had a little taste. It is hot but tastes damn good. This will be great to top almost any dish where you want a little heat with umami flavors.

Sounds and looks great! Thank you for sharing!

- Jason

 

[JLinza]

Looks great , is there a particular dish you use it with or does it pair well with many things?

 

[Fueling Around]

Looks great Chris.
When I'm in Thai mode there is a couple of Prik and a jar of Do Chua in the fridge.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

Looks great , is there a particular dish you use it with or does it pair well with many things?

I think it will work with anything you want to spice up a little bit. Here it is on a chicken burrito I just made.

 

[nlife]

I just made up a small batch of this. I wasn't able to get Thai fish sauce so I'm using a Vietnamese fish sauce. I believe the Thai fish sauce is a bit more savory while the Vietnamese fish sauce is a touch sweeter.

It's pretty good as is, but it should be a great sauce once it's had time to mellow out in the fridge for a bit.

 

[jcam222]

Sounds umami and spicy! Right up my alley

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

I just made up a small batch of this. I wasn't able to get Thai fish sauce so I'm using a Vietnamese fish sauce. I believe the Thai fish sauce is a bit more savory while the Vietnamese fish sauce is a touch sweeter.

It's pretty good as is, but it should be a great sauce once it's had time to mellow out in the fridge for a bit.

I used Red Boat fish sauce which is Vietnamese. After one day in the fridge it completely changed the taste of it. I will probably make it fairly often.

 

[nlife]

I used Red Boat fish sauce which is Vietnamese. After one day in the fridge it completely changed the taste of it. I will probably make it fairly often.

I picked up some Thai Squid Brand fish sauce today and compared it to the Vietnamese Little Saigon brand I used yesterday. The Squid Brand isn't as quite as sweet (sweet being relative since we're talking about fish sauce!) and seems to have a bit more of a pungent odor. I'll have to try making this again.

I had originally seen the sauce on Pailins Kitchen (Thai YouTube chef) she recommended Red Boat, Squid Brand and one other I can't recall at the moment. Squid Brand is the only one I can find locally.

 

[Fueling Around]

Personally, I don't like Red Boat as it has an off flavor to me. I prefer the fish sauce that a market in Grand Forks ND sells. Don't remember the brand. Salty as all fish sauce beyond my liking, but the back flavor is great.
I mostly use Coconut Amino to add the umami with less salt.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Good stuff. Love me some Thai food.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

My wife was hesitant to even try it thinking it would be too spicy for her. Then her Filipino friends showed up for a breakfast with fried fish and they absolutely loved it on top of their fish.

My wife reluctantly gave it a taste and decided she loved it too. I got up this morning and there was just a half filled jar of fish sauce left.

Round two I decided it needed some cilantro added. I think this will give it an even better taste.

 

[gmc2003]

Looks great West Coast Chris. Funny we have more Thai restaurants around here than Mexican, and I still haven't tried one.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[civilsmoker]

Holy smokes gonna do it….its crazy but that’s almost the same combo as the Asian cucumber salad my wife just did for our A5 cook….just minus the hot peppers!

 

[sandyut]

ok I missed this somehow. looks and sounds amazing!

Where do you get Thai peppers? Kroger is all that is half way close. we also have a natural grocers up here,but never been

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

Looks great West Coast Chris. Funny we have more Thai restaurants around here than Mexican, and I still haven't tried one.

Point for sure
Chris

You are missing out. I don't like it all the time but when in the mood there are some really good dishes at a Thai place.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

ok I missed this somehow. looks and sounds amazing!

Where do you get Thai peppers? Kroger is all that is half way close. we also have a natural grocers up here,but never been

I just got a 4oz pack at Walmart. If you can't get Thai peppers you can substitute with a Serono or like I did with Jalapeno. I prefer the red ones because the are more ripe than the green which gives them a sweeter less sharp taste. My wife gets them at an Asian market.

 

[sandyut]

I just got a 4oz pack at Walmart. If you can't get Thai peppers you can substitute with a Serono or like I did with Jalapeno. I prefer the red ones because the are more ripe than the green which gives them a sweeter less sharp taste. My wife gets them at an Asian market.

Nice! Thanks!

 

[Fueling Around]

I just got a 4oz pack at Walmart. If you can't get Thai peppers you can substitute with a Serono or like I did with Jalapeno. I prefer the red ones because the are more ripe than the green which gives them a sweeter less sharp taste. My wife gets them at an Asian market.

I disagree on the chili peppers. I have not found an acceptable substitution for a Thai chili. My wife agrees. My last batch of curry chicken didn't have any Thai chili as they got lost in the pantry. Don't remember what I substituted but my wife said it wasn't the same as with 3 dried Thai in the coconut broth.