Thai
Nam Phrik Ong (Northern Tomato and Pork Relish)
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Nam Phrik Ong (Northern Tomato and Pork Relish) is Thai home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the condiment. 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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Soak the dried chilies in hot water for 10 minutes, then drain.
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Blend the softened chilies, shallots, garlic, shrimp paste and bruised lemongrass into a paste.
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Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat and fry the paste until fragrant and slightly darkened, about 5 minutes.
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Add the ground pork and cook, breaking it up, until no longer pink.
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Stir in the cherry tomatoes and simmer, mashing them into the pork as they soften, until the mixture thickens into a loose relish, about 15 minutes.
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Taste and adjust the seasoning, then serve warm with sticky rice and raw vegetables.
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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 Phrik Ong (Northern Tomato and Pork Relish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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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 Phrik Ong (Northern Tomato and Pork Relish) carries shellfish. 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 | Yes | Ajat (Cucumber Relish) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| 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
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 13 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 50 mg
- Saturated fat
- 6 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Nam Phrik Ong (Northern Tomato and Pork Relish) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. 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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