How to Eat Thai Nam Prik (Thai Chili Sauce นำ้พริก)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Nam prik (or nam phrik, น้ำพริก), Thai chili sauces, are a component of one of the most typical, everyday Thai meals. Check out some of the most common Thai nam prik here: www.eatingthaif...
I think Thai nam prik (น้ำพริก) is one of the most under recognized dishes, or meals of Thai cuisine. There are many different types of chili sauces that you’ll come across in Thailand, some ranging from spicy and hot, other are fish tasting, and others are sweet and sour. Some are more sauce like, others are almost spreadable, and others are more sticky or liquidity. Nam prik (น้ำพริก) is the common name used to refer to all sorts of different chili sauces.
The way you eat nam prik (น้ำพริก) is along with a pile of boiled vegetables, which can included everything from long beans to eggplant, to morning glory. The chili sauces are also eaten with things like fried crispy fish or omelets. Also, a plate of rice is usually included in a full meal of nam prik (น้ำพริก) eating in Thailand. You can either choose to take some vegetables or fish, and dip it straight into the bowl or bag of nam prik, or you can choose to take some fish or vegetables onto your plate and spoon on some Thai chili sauce to get a full range bite of everything including rice. Either way works well, and both methods of eating are equally as popular.
Most of the time, Thai nam prik (น้ำพริก) is seen as one of the most basic and everyday foods in Thailand and it’s available in nearly every market. Most Thais would just drop by their market, order whatever nam prik they’d like, and then vendor will bag it up, along with whatever boiled vegetables and fish they chose, and then the person will head home to eat it. There’s usually never seating. You’ll also find nam prik (น้ำพริก) at nicer restaurants in Thailand where they might serve nam prik as a sort of an hordeavure dish. However, you rarely find a street food stall that serves Thai chili sauces (น้ำพริก) on the street, that also has tables and chairs for you to eat it right there.
I was pretty thrilled to find this Bangkok street food stall that dishes up delicious chili sauces (น้ำพริก) for lunch, and also has chairs for you to sit it. The first thing you do when you arrive is walk up to the front and choose all the vegetables and fish or other items that you’d like and put them on a plate. One of the most popular Thai nam prik (น้ำพริก) is nam prik kapi (น้ำพริกกะปิ), chili sauce made with fermented shrimp paste - it’s such a delicious combination of fishy, salty, sour, and spicy. Along with boiled vegetables and the crispy fish, it was marvelous. I also ordered nam prik da daeng (น้ำพริกตาแดง), translated from Thai as red eye chili sauce. It was less spicy than it looked (it looks on fire), but it had a nice chili flavor, plus a hint of sweetness to balance it out. Finally, for my third Thai chili sauce, I ordered nam prik pla ra (น้ำพริกปลาร้า), chili sauce made with fermented fish sauce. This was also delicious, a little fishy, but with so much depth of flavor. Along with the vegetables and chili sauces, I also ordered a pla too tod (which is a fried mackerel ปลาทูทอด), a couple pieces of pla tod krob (crispy fish ปลาทอดกรอบ), and last but not least cha om kai (an omelet filled with climbing wattle shoots ชะอมไข่).
Again, I think Thai nam prik (น้ำพริก) is one of my favorite parts of Thai cuisine, I love the compound flavors, and of course, the general spice and strong flavors that normally accompany each version. I also really like the vegetables and fried fish that goes with it. So if you’re interested in having a real local Thai meal, you should sample a variety of different Thai nam prik chili sauces.
You’ll find nam prik everywhere in Thailand, but usually for takeaway. If you’re in Bangkok and want to try this place here are the details:
Open hours: 11:30 am - about 3 pm (usually Tuesday - Saturday, but just so you know, this is street food, so sometimes they are closed without warning)
Prices: Our full meal here, everything we ate cost 130 THB (about $4)
How to get there: The stall is located right at the base of Sukhumvit Soi 101 in Bangkok, just a 20 second walk from Punnawithi BTS station exit #1.
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Nam prik is my favorite! It is very quick and easy to make. You just need 5 ingredients: a fresh clove of garlic, thai chili pepper, shrimp paste, sugar, and lime juice. Then crush everything together in a mortar and pestle to make the sauce. My mom has been making it for me since I was just 2 years old. She is from Thailand. Me and my mom have been calling it "stink sauce" for a long time because of the smell and potency from the shrimp paste used. Fried fish and rice is the best thing to eat with Nam prik
It's always interesting for me to see that in most places you've visited they serve everything separate on the table for you to mix and match on your plate. I kind of like that.
***** Good observation - this is really part of the Thai culture of eating - to order many things on separate plates and to pick and choose each bite - and usually just take bite by bite instead of serving a bunch of food onto your plate. I really like it too.
Love any Nam Prik with hard boiled eggs! Mmmmmm...just dicovered your channel a couple of days ago and I'm hooked! Thank you Mark and Ying!
This video made me so hungry. Everything I love to eat...rice, veggies and fish dipped in spicy sauce. YUMMM
There’s a restaurant in Jogjakarta, Indonesia where they serve many kinds of sambals, some are specialties from different regions of Indonesia. You might want to try it. I’m quite sure you’re going to love it. You can find its branch in other cities as well.
This makes me miss home so much! Thank you for bringing the best of Thai cuisine to the world! BTW, for the Nam Prik Ka Pi, the "Pi" is always a low tone, not falling. You only said it that way one time when you introduced it, but the ka pi with the falling tone on the pi means the lady bit, not the shrimp paste. :)
I am obsessed with the channel I literally watch it all day
A very healthy meal, wish my kids could eat like that.
Mark I've been following your Chanel for a couple of months now and I thank you so much for sharing your adventure. I'm form Thailand myself and haven't been home about 10 years, your video fulfill my heart and help me have less homesick feelings. thank you.
Great stuff mark, loved your Sri Lanka videos and now watching all the Thai videos before I visit Thailand in two weeks. Can't wait to try the food. Thanks very much for documenting the best of Thai street food so we can eat with our hesitation.
Hi! Hello! We're from the Philippines. We've only start watching jst recently and been interesting that lead us to subscribe. We love watching ur blog. And hope to see you eat some of our famous food too like lechon from Cebu, batchoy and mangoes with shrimp paste at Iloilo, bulalo of Batangas, Everlasting of Marikina and more. Thank you and God bless you and your family.
That food looks immense Mark. My stomach is grumbling. I cannot tell you how excited I am about visiting Thailand for a month and trying out all of the wonderful dishes that are on your channel.
Wonderful!!! My parents are Laos & Cambodian and every time I eat one of these dishes they could barely give me a name other than jeo. So this is amazingly helpful!!!
The video was great Mark! The dips or sauces look amazing although it can be a lot more spicy for the first time eaters. Woo that would be hot. Still worth the taste I believe.
One thing I noticed in this video that I liked very much was that you added Ying to your ending credits. "Produced by Ying and Mark Wiens". Really she does quite a good job in capturing you in frame. Keep it up. Lots of Love from Kolkata, India.
Rhishav Das Thank you very much Rhishav and also for the feedback. I could not do it without Ying!
This was one of the things I was hoping to find on my trip to Thailand. My first reaction was "ehh...not for me" but during the meal I kept coming back to the dish. I could easily see how this is a favorite once you acquire the taste. I think I might start making my own but slowing building up the amount of fermented shrimp, since coming from a western cuisine, that is not a flavour profile we are very accustomed to.
Dear Mark, I just discovered your channel a couple days ago and watched a lot of them since. This is my first comment on TH-cam ever, and this is because I like to tell you, how much I enjoy what you share with us! And your way of handeling spoon and fork is really esthetic, too! Thanks and greetings from Cologne, Germany
Sundanese in Indonesia also have kind of nam prik. They call it sambal. Eat along with vegetables raw or boiled called lalapan. Thumbs up Mark!
your excitement for food is so childlike and such an enjoyment to watch, props to you for always making me ever so hungry even after i've had food. keep up the great work, Mark!
Thanks, Mark. Seen this dish hundreds of times in BKK, and I've never been able to wrap my head around how it's consumed.
This is my kind of eating. I could eat this everyday. So simple, crunchy, rice, fresh vegetables and the salty, sour, spicy dipping sauces. Drool 🤤
its ridiculous that the quality and quantity of that delicious food is so cheap yet here in Australia you can barely by a bag of chips for $4. wish i was back there eating good food..
ผมว่านะ ถ้าชาวต่างชาติที่เข้ามาเที่ยวในไทย ไม่ใช่กินแต่ของแบรนๆ หรือที่ๆหาได้แต่ในห้าง แต่ลองหันมากินแบบพื้นๆเรียบๆ อย่างนี้ผมว่าจะเจอเสน่ห์ของอาหารไทยที่บางสื่อยังเข้าไม่ถึง ความเป็นอาหารไทยไม่ได้ขึ้นอยู่กับความที่ต้องหรูอย่างเดียว แบบนี้ผมว่าคุ้มค่าต่อการมาเที่ยวเมืองไทยมากครับ ขอบคุณมากๆครับที่เผยแพร่อาหารไทยในหลายแง่มุมครับ
Found your channel about a month ago. I love your videos, and the food looks delicious! Looks like a trip to Thailand is in order. Must. Eat. All the things!
***** Thank you very much Matthieu, hope you can visit soon.
I remember my first trip to Bangkok, went to Chinatown. The waitress gave us steam cooked fish along with 3 condiments of thaichili sauce> At first, I thought they were not too spicy, until the fire sensation kicks it... I cried like a sissy. Looking how Mark enjoying those Thai chilis sauce impresses me.
Had this in laksi of all places in 2011 while waiting for a dump truck too take us though the floods. Loved the balances of intense flavours in this.
Dan Fraser Great to hear that Dan
youve become one of my new favourite channels!!...cheers from the great white north!
Randy Head Thank you very much Randy
I love it when my Mum boiled vegetables (sometimes with crispy fried cuttelefish and young bamboo shoots), with nam prik
(she use to bring home from chiang mai, my favourites are Nam Prik gaeng (green chilli) and Nam prik ong (tomato based). I'm not very good with very spicy food so those are moderate.
That's the only time where I enjoy the soft boiled veg and its very healthy yet tasty. Thats those times where she make me eat my veggies hehe.
I watch very fascinated when she BBQ the green chillis, onion, garlics on a flat piece of metal plate. Pound them and add fermented fish sauce. yum the fragance.
She told me that it may have originated from Portugese and mexican chilli.
My palatte for Chiangmai food is better than common thai Bangkok food (tom yam, green curry) which is bit too rich for my taste.
Love the bloopers Mark ....the food ...comments....price....everything . To bad I am in Canada and I have to go tomorrow for my wedding anniversary dinner to a franchise restaurant 😠
It's all about the condiments !!!
Will be in Bangkok on the 5th of December for five days, and have been 'studying' your videos and making notes, thanks for all the info.
Moving from The Netherlands to Australia via Thailand, mostly to eat as much Thai street food as humanly possible!!!!!!!!!!
One of my favorite things to eat is fried fish, blanched veggies, sticky rice and nam prik kapi. Great video!
Some information of namprik.
1. It is said to be an authentic thai dish, eaten in every thai household. Southern thais eat namprik kapi in their every meal, as far as I know.
2. Cha-om kai is often eaten with namprik kapi only.
3. Crispy fried fish is eaten with rice, never dip it with any namprik.
Hope this help, traditionally or culturally.
Why am I so obsessed with your videos mark?!? I don't get it I just love it!
Mark, you're living my ultimate dream! God bless you man! Be safe and have fun wherever you are now
I used one of your videos for a project in my tourism class and we all enjoyed your food reaction face! thank you
TheLiights Thank you very much, say hello to your class!
Ohh that's foods are awesome....so so mouth watery !! Really enjoy your every video so much !! Keep it up Mark !!
Omg I miss Thai food! Nothing in any Thai restaurant in London as good as Bangkok street food! Great video as usual, thanks
Thailaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I love you and always will.....I have never smile so much while discovering your country.
Another mouth watering video Mark. It's on my list on my next visit.
Thanks.
Johno F Thank you Johno
Thai chili dips and sauces are the best invention of the Thais.
Mark, you can take big bite.
You so lucky to be able to eat all that fresh vegetables and fresh fish.
Lots of stalls in the street selling foods very good healthy foods thank you for sharing.
This video was awesome with the bloopers, food in your teeth....you were being your ‘Natural’ self without being so ‘correct’!
I mean, we All know what it is to Enjoy our food, have food in our teeth and even to Belch after a good meal!
I Loved you’re just being natural, human and YOU at the end. 🙂
I love thai chili sauces! Especially SHRIMP paste chili sauce are the best and my favorite one!!! I think if garlic was put in the chili sauce, then it will add a boost to its flavors too! Thanks for the video!!!
Janice Chang You're welcome, thank you for watching. Glad you love chili sauces too.
I hope Ying can demonstrate how to make thai chilli sauce and some other home made recipes!
I was born in Thailand but unfortunately I wasn't there long enough to see it. Came to the U.S. Right when I was born... So sad lol but when I do come back one day I'll try some of those. Looks so mouth watering lol
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Mark, you eat so much chili it makes my mouth water but it also scares me at the same time!
Even though I'm not into spicy food (in fact even weak spices are hard for me to eat) these videos make me wanna try them. :)
pezao143 Thank you, there are a few that are less spicy, and I'm sure you'd enjoy them.
i can watch you eat anything, and enjoy it
cheers
Looks very nice and very tasty! Mmmm!
***** Thank you
P'Mark that deep fried salty fish usually should be eaten together with rice. I usually eat that way because it's quite salty to eat that whole. Yeah, I grab it and bite that crispy fish and follow with a spoon of stream rice to reduce saltiness. That will be awesome combination in your munching if you do that. Also, the strong flavor of Nam Prik is designed to eat with a lot of vegetable too. It's very healthy to make you eat a lot of fiber. Do you think like me? Cheers, a Thai fan.
your the best food channel on you tube love it keep up the good work
Omg all of your videos always makes me super hungry and wanting what you eat! You are very lucky to be doing this. Keep making the awesome videos mark. Thanks
Will be there in a few weeks. Inspirational!
Great looking food, lots of vegetables. I wish the traditional food in germany would look more like that. We have way too less vegetables in it and if we do they are usually cooked to death...
Benjamin Zeller Thank you Benjamin
Germany has great MEAT. Love from Canada. I will visit your country soon :))
TabbyAngel2 Yes we definately do :). Hope you have a great time in Germany and lots of fun :). What places will you visit?
The Thai diet is extraordinarily healthy, (and capsaicin in chillies has been proved to fight cancer). And it's super-tasty too.
Yeah , it's traditional but new our new gen doesn't really eat vegetables usually fast food or Thai food without eating any vegetables boy more than girls but thanks to advertisement and internet many girl eat veg as for health benefits and to take care their skins .
Chili sauces! Can't live without them.
P Lox Great to hear you love them too!
Mark u can’t get any fancier then that ! Omg I luv it !!! Ur just amazing.. ty for all ur videos!! Ty for sharing my thai and Laos heritage and cuisine !! Buddha bless!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
You always make me hungry!
These foods are good source for staying fit and fine .yet another good review .keep it coming and goodluck
Husseinten Husseinyen Thank you
Great video Mark.
I don't know how you eat your food so spicy. I tried to add the same amount as you did with khow soi and I couldn't eat it, it was so spicy. I should have known better but I just grabbed the small little cup and scraped in all the roasted chilis. I'll never do that again. You are a crazy chili man. Thanks for all your hard work.
Lek Buzzy Thank you Lek, haha, yah I have an addiction with chili, I just love not only how it tastes, but how it burns!
Before I started going to Thailand I thought chilies were just hot. Now I do understand that they add taste / flavor to what ever I'm eating and now I have to have Nam prik pla. But with that Khow soi it was just burn your face off hot and I couldn't taste anything but hot, hot, hot. I'll have to post some pics on G+.
Nice one. I am still waiting for the ultimate street food sauce guide episode though. :)
Thank you, ok I gotta do that!
Yay Mark & Ying! Looks like I've got some answers to my thai chilli dips question. But this has now led to more questions.
I didn't know about the 'Nam Prik' meal. So the chilli sauces are the 'star of the show', with rice, fish, veg as supporting acts. Like roast chicken being the star and the potatoes and veg being the support?
This is such an incredible concept; and a bloody good one at that.
ps. would you consider doing a piece on all the nam priks - names, recipes etc on video and book.
ppss. loving the outtakes. Always make me chuckle. I didn't think you were going to make it with that giant cauliflower.
leenee loo Hi, good questions, and yes you're right, nam prik is the star of the show. The nam prik chili sauces often include small amounts of protein, like shrimp paste, or fish, so traditionally, just rice, garden vegetables, and a nam prik (without even more fish or more protein), would have been a common meal as well. That's a good idea, and something I've thought about as well - I'm going to try to write at least a huge guide for all the different nam priks I've had so far - and I will try to make some recipes as well. Thank you!
@@MarkWiens Looking forward to your recipes of Nam Prik. I have always loved Nam Prik and make them very often back home in Sweden. I love the addictive taste of Nam Prik! :)
Mark, you mad me hungry man. I may have to go for some Thai food tonight. Great video you look like your a real foodie.
Thai dishes very delicious.😋👍💯good video💖😍
If you can obtain the recipes for those sauces and do a video we will appreciate it!
The food your are eating is just like in Manila
Ami I the only one who noticed the writings in Mark's t-shirt?which absolutely matches with this episode.
When he says "it's a bit spicy" it means in real " it burns your stomach" :D :D
Nam prik da daeng are the best. I LOVE it. Its sweet but spicy at the same time. Sometimes it really depends on how sweet is it, too sweet isn't as good. A bit sweet and spicy is a killah.
changsta07 Yes I agree with you, I'm not a sweet fan either, but if it's not overly sweet, it can be really good.
Hey Mark, I'm curious about Thai sweets. I know you tend to stick to healthier food but I'd love to see some more sweet stuff.
Thanks!
amazing videos... thank you for making this vids.. i am now well inform on what to eat and where to go in thailand....
those fish chips or fish pork grind or whatever they are look hella good
MsTokies Thanks for watching.
Crispy fish in chili. Like tortilla chips and salsa. Must try this. Thanks Mark and Ying.
See Canon That's a good comparison!
G'day Ying & Mark,
Looks like you really enjoyed yourselves there. So much food to eat.....so little time!
Jim.
evogardens Thank you Jim!
คนไทยกินน้ำพริกเพราะบ้านเรามีพืชผักเยอะ เอาไว้กินแก้เผ็ดมีประโยชน์ต่อสุขภาพ เป็นความฉลาดที่เราปรับตัวให้เข้ากับสิ่งแวดล้อม
Absolutely satisfied after watching Mark eating Nam Prik! Btw, nam prik and 'bon' aren't they the same? Ex. Bon bla thoo (mackrel chili sauce) bon ma keua (eggplant chili sauce) hold on.. I gotta call my mom to prepare some, too! ^_^
SuriTui BeTheOneAllForOne I think you can use "bon" but more common is "jaew"
DELICIOUS!! Oh my God I had to rush out for Thai food today, no kidding!!
TheSpritz0 Ha, thanks, enjoy your Thai meal today!
Im drooling!!! Looks so yummy
Do u know ur videos r contagious! ? THE BEST. Thanks nong Mark. YUM. Greeting from The U.S.
Good video Mark,like always thanks for your expertise on the food selection! With respect Mr.Molina
Linzey Molina Thank you!
Looked like a nice little snack. Wish the Thai places here in Miami served nam prik.
Yes, I think nam prik is not as well recognized as it should be.
what a great video Mark! keep doing like this!
Mark!!!......stop cracking the fish...Krop! Krop! Krop!. Mouth watering. I usually cut my inner mouth lining eating these crispy fish.
Thanks for sharing.
น้ำพริกกะปิ+ชะอมชุบใข่ทอด ของโปรดผมเลยครับ
charnwit chimtavee Yes, I love that too!
Charnwit o
Great video as always!
TheArtofWar III Thank you
I like your starting music, you make it classic
Wow,those fish chips looks amazing.
whenever mark eats, he tilts his head and sighs. must be some great food
Wow. . That look delicious.
thein tway Thank you
Such a simple dish but you make it look delicious and interesting. I like them spicy, too.
EWWWWWWW......
Looks delicious!! Quick question, is there any sauce in Thailand that isn't spicy? Haha thanks for the fantastic video!!
trumpet craz Thank you, good question. While the majority of sauces are a bit spicy, there are some that aren't. There's a nam prik called "nam prik ong" that's made with minced meat and tomatoes and not really spicy at all.
This one is not spicy at all. It's called "Taw Jiew Lon". A bit sweet, creamy and cheesy one.
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Your reaction to the food is literally priceless! :)
Nithin Lalvani Thank you
That Great.
You need to try the Nam prik mang da (น้ำพริกแมงดา) (mang da-แมงดา - giant water bug).
Suttinan Tarkukasamesuk Yes, I love meng da as well, so unique and delicious!
Best part of video were the pedestrians who walking back and forth
Mark can you a video on how to make all the different Thai dipping sauce
Hi Mark...Please upload more Myanmar Food video. I'm one of your Fans from Myanmar, Currently who lived in Thailand. :)
I really want to have that omelette right now. I love eating it with Kaeng Som.
lol try to pause at 5:51, when he do like an extreme Markian face.... i totally cracked at that part... xD
Mark,How do you keep fit despite of eating so much yum yum food?;P
This made me so hungry but I'm waiting for my wife to return from a frog hunt before I eat............ Darn it Mark, you did it again.........👍
I think my favorite part of Thai food eating is the nam prik.. All the different ones.. Love ped, mak mak..
Can't wait to get back over there..
I can't do the frogs and some of the bugs..
I can't do the frogs either............ I have tried, but I don't like them. The only bugs I eat are the fried crickets.
Charlie Gould I like the spicy fried crickets, they are my favorite bug, lol
This made me so hungry, love the video! :)
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