Chile Fish Sauce

This is the lifeblood of Thailand. If you cut me open, I’d probably leak prik nam pla. The name directly translates to chile fish sauce, and that’s essentially what this is—a sauce of fish sauce, chiles, a hit of sugar and lime, and some garlic. You’ll find prik nam pla in every condiment caddy in Thailand right next to the sugar, dried chiles, and chile vinegar. Use it for fried eggs, noodles—pretty much everything goes.