Thai
Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Chili Dipping Sauce)
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Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Chili Dipping Sauce) is Thai home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Thinly slice the shallots and scallion.
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Whisk the fish sauce, lime juice, and palm sugar together until the sugar dissolves.
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Stir in the Thai chili flakes.
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Fold in the sliced shallots, scallion, and cilantro.
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Taste and adjust, adding more lime for brightness or more chili flakes for heat.
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Let sit 10 minutes so the flavors meld, then serve alongside grilled meats or sticky rice.
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Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Chili Dipping Sauce), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Chili Dipping Sauce) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Ajat (Cucumber Relish) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 30 kcal
- Protein
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 980 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Chili Dipping Sauce) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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