When fresh delicious seafood is at stake, one should do the seafood justice by having it with only the best condiment! Nam jim seafood is any Thai's must-have dipping sauce. When the seafood is so fresh (and expensive) don't cover up its flavour! Enhance it with this dip and I guarantee you'll wonder how you'll never have your lobster without it!
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Ingredients
Here are all the ingredients you'll need to make this recipe. For amounts, check out the full recipe card below.
- Thai chilies
- Garlic
- Cilantro stems, chopped
- Fish sauce
- Lime juice
- Palm sugar
If you have good seafood, this is the only sauce you need. In Thailand, there is never a seafood feast without this sauce. Garlicky, spicy, tart, it augments the flavour of shrimp, crab, fish, lobster, mussels...any kind of seafood you're having really! Try it once and you'll be hooked!
How to Make Seafood Dipping Sauce นำ้จิ้มซีฟู้ด (nam jim seafood)
Here are all the steps to make this recipe. If this is your first time, I highly recommend watching the video tutorial to ensure success.
- In a mortar and pestle, pound garlic and chilies to a paste. Add palm sugar and pound until dissolved.
- Add cilantro roots and pound to a paste.
- Add fish sauce and lime juice; stir to mix.
- Store in the fridge in a tightly sealed container.
Seafood Dipping Sauce นำ้จิ้มซีฟู้ด (nam jim seafood)
- Yield: Makes â…“ cup
Ingredients
- 2-5 Thai chilies
- 4 cloves garlic
- 5-6 cilantro stems, chopped
- 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- 3 Tbsp lime juice
- 2 tsp finely chopped palm sugar
Instructions
In a mortar and pestle, pound garlic and chilies to a paste. Add palm sugar and pound until dissolved. Add cilantro roots and pound to a paste. Add fish sauce and lime juice; stir to mix. Store in the fridge in a tightly sealed container.
Hale
My fave dipping sauce. I pretty much can't eat any steamed boiled or even fried seafood without it.
★★★★★
Margaret
I love this recipe! Easy and most importantly- very nice! My friends love it too. Thanks for sharing! Live your recipes Pai!
Jennifer
Delicious! Have tried many other versions of Thai seafood sauce but the flavours of yours are the most balanced (according to my palate). Thank you!
★★★★★
phil crookes
This was perfect with some barbecued jumbo prawns (aka shrimp)! Thanks
★★★★★
Adam The HTK Minion
Mmmmm sounds GOOD! 🙂
Jeannie
Hi Pai, I made this sauce today to accompany plain boiled shrimp served with hot jasimine rice. This recipe is easy and delicious. Thank you so much for sharing it.
★★★★★
Futile Resistance
Easily the best sauce for any type of seafood, or even fish. You can even add a big hit of coriander leaves and crushed cashews and put it over steak a la chimichurri!
★★★★★
Jai
Is there a substitution for palm sugar if we can't find it easily?
Eliot
Not exactly a substitute but any sugar with some flavour, like Demerara, would work well