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Prik Nam Pla (Thai Fish Sauce with Chilies)

Name: Prik Nam Pla (Thai Fish Sauce with Chilies)
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp thinly sliced shallots; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp lime juice; 1–2 tbsp chopped Thai or local chilies; 1 tbsp palm or brown sugar

Spicy

Prik nam pla, or fish sauce-soaked chilies, is an all-around Thai dipping sauce that works as sawsawan for Filipino food, too.

Difficulty

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Servings

1 serving

Prep Time

5 mins

Active Time

5 mins

In Thailand, when a dish needs a little extra something, you reach for prik nam pla. This all-around sawsawan has chilies (prik) and fish sauce (nam pla) as its core ingredients—everything else is to taste. Take this recipe as a guideline for you to tweak and tinker with.

And of course, this funky, spicy condiment plays well with Filipino food!

Ingredients