This Laotian Dipping Sauce, Laos Jeow Som Sauce, is tangy, sweet and spicy, Like Vietnamese Nuoc Cham, Thai Nam Jim Jeaw and Filipino Sawsawan (Toyomansi). Tt's the perfect Asian dipping sauce for chicken, shrimp, and more. Just be warned, it's fingerlicking good so you may end up overeating! (Healthy- No Mayo!)
Ingredients
You will need a few simple ingredients:
- a bunch of cilantro sprigs (coriander) :3-4 sprigs will do the trick. Separate the leaves and stems and, if you're lucky enough to get some with roots, save them for your Thai cooking. Cut the stems into 1-2 inch pieces.
- garlic cloves: peel the cloves of 1 whole bulb
- fresh ginger: peel and chop 1 piece that's about 1-2 inches. Using the back of a spoon makes the peeling easier.
- Small Red Chilies: use 3-5 Thai red chilies or chili padi. Note that they're spicy so use less if you can't take the heat. Also be careful NOT TO TOUCH YOUR EYES after handling chilies!
- Fresh lime juice: Squeeze enough to make ½ Cup
- Fish Sauce: ½ Cup- do not substitute with soy sauce!
- Sugar: Palm sugar is best but if not use 4-5 Tablespoons of white sugar.
- Optional, ½ scallion: thinly sliced
Tip: You can make this recipe in a blender but it will taste better if you pound it in a mortar and pestle.
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Laos Jeow Som Sauce
Equipment
- Blender OR mortar and pestle
Ingredients
- 3-4 cilantro sprigs (coriander) Separate the leaves and stems and, if you're lucky enough to get some with roots, save them for your Thai cooking. Cut the stems into 1-2 inch pieces.
- 1 bulb garlic peel and rough shop the cloves
- 1-2 inches fresh ginger peel and chop-Using the back of a spoon makes the peeling easier.
- 3-5 Small Red Chilies use Thai red chilies or chili padi. Note that they're spicy so use less and don't include the seeds if you can't take the heat. Also be careful NOT TO TOUCH YOUR EYES after handling chilies!
- ½ Cup Fresh lime juice
- ½ Cup Fish Sauce do not substitute with soy sauce!
- 4-5 Tablespoons Sugar Or to taste. Palm sugar is best but if not use white sugar.
- ½ scallion Optional, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Using a blender or mortar and pestle, blend the cilantro stems, ginger, chilies and garlic till fine. This will take under a minute in a blender- you'll need to scrape down the sides- or longer if you do it by hand.
- Once you get a fine paste, add the sugar, lime juice, fish sauce and mix till well combined. Stir in the cilantro leaves (and scallions if using.)
Notes
Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker and I am not responsible for its veracity.
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