DISH RESEARCH · Salad
Nam Tok Mu
Also known as: น้ำตกหมู
Praew’s selected nam tok mu tosses grilled pork neck with a lime, fish-sauce and chili dressing, sliced shallots, fresh herbs and toasted rice powder. Separate sugar portions season the pork marinade and the finished dressing.
About Nam Tok Mu
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Praew’s selected nam tok mu is a Thai grilled-pork salad associated with the Isan flavours she grew up cooking. Pork neck is the selected cut, paired with lime, fish sauce, chili flakes, herbs and toasted rice powder.
Oyster sauce and a first portion of white sugar coat the pork before grilling. After the outside is charred and the meat cooked, it rests briefly and is sliced thinly against the grain.
A separate portion of white sugar dissolves into the fish-sauce, lime-juice and chili-flake dressing. The pork strips are tossed through that mixture so their surfaces carry the seasoning.
Finely sliced shallots, chopped mint, green onions and prepared toasted rice powder are mixed through. The rice powder lends texture and helps the dressing cling to the meat and herbs.
The author’s fresh-serving step combines the salad while the pork is still warm. Separately prepared sticky rice or jasmine rice can accompany it, with cucumber, Thai eggplant and tomato offered as additional fresh sides.
Ingredients in Nam Tok Mu
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- Fish saucesauce
- Limeseasoning
- Shallotseasoning
- Coriandergarnish
- Mintgarnish
- Porkprotein
- Roasted Rice Powderseasoning
- Chilli pepperseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- Thailand
- Cooking traditions
- Thai-style
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