Snack · 30 min · thai

Nam Prik Ong

Ground pork does the heavy lifting here, with cherry tomatoes rounding it out. A Thai snack that takes 30 minutes, start to finish.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 lb Ground pork
• 2 cups Cherry tomatoes
• 6 Dried chilies
• 1 tsp Shrimp paste
• 6 cloves Garlic
• 4 Shallots
• 2 tbsp Fish sauce
• 4 cups Crudités

Steps

1. Soak the chilies until soft, then pound with garlic, shallots, and shrimp paste to a coarse, rust-red paste.
2. Fry the paste in oil 3 minutes until it darkens and smells intensely savory.
3. Add the pork, breaking it fine, and cook 8 minutes until browned and crumbly.
4. Crush in the cherry tomatoes by hand and simmer 10 minutes until they collapse into a thick, brick-red dip.
5. Season with fish sauce and a pinch of sugar; it should be spicy, porky, and tomato-sweet all at once.
6. Serve warm in a bowl surrounded by cucumber, cabbage, long beans, and pork rinds for scooping.
7. Northern Thai comfort: the dip that turns raw vegetables into dinner.

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