When most people think of Asian lettuce wraps, they imagine eating the Asian Chicken Lettuce Wrap appetizer at P.F. Chang’s with the yummy dipping sauce. Of course, that is Chinese and not Thai.
In Thailand, they don’t really have Asian lettuce wraps, so if you want to make Thai-Style lettuce wraps, you have to make up your own. You can always put larb in lettuce wraps, which is delightful. But another Thai dish we like to put in lettuce wraps is Nam Prik Ong, a Thai pork and tomato dip.
Whenever I think about nam prik ong, it brings me back to Dom’s grandma’s house in Sukhothai, Dominic’s hometown in northern Thailand.
At dinner time, in the living room we would roll out Grandma’s worn straw mat on their painted red concrete floor that somehow was always spotless. Then as the smells of fried garlic and shallots wafted in, we would set down a rattling random assortment of colorful plastic plates in a pile, along with well-used forks and spoons.
From her “kitchen” outside, which was really just a burner set up on the floor of the back porch with bottles of Thai sauces surrounding it, she would bring out a plate full of fresh cabbage, long beans and fried pork rinds with a small bowl of nam prik ong in the center of it.
Then we would sit around, dipping our veggies in the nam prik ong, savoring its spicy, sweet flavor while watching Grandma’s favorite Thai or Korean soap operas as a large fan lazily spun next to us.
The simple, fresh meal, and relaxing time with her made us forget about the sweat oozing out our pores in her non-A/C house. It was magical.
Nam prik ong is one of Dom’s favorite Thai recipes that his grandma makes. Talk about pressure for me! For some reasons we hadn’t tried making it until recently, and once we did, our hearts felt a little bit closer to his grandma and like we saw her again briefly after not seeing her for 4.5 years.
You can eat nam prik ong in lettuce wraps, or use it as a dip for chips, and crackers, but use pork skins if you want to eat it Thai-style! Try it out and let me know your thoughts!
And here is the fun video Dom, and I love about how to make it:
When most people think of Asian lettuce wraps, they imagine eating the Asian Chicken Lettuce Wrap appetizer at P.F. Chang’s with the yummy dipping sauce. Of course, that is Chinese and not Thai.In Thailand, they don’t really have Asian lettuce wraps, so if you want to make Thai-Style lettuce wraps, you have to make up your own. You can always put larb in lettuce wraps, which is delightful. But another Thai dish we like to put in lettuce wraps is Nam Prik Ong, a Thai pork and tomato dip.Whenever I think about nam prik ong, it brings me back to Dom’s grandma’s house in Sukhothai, Dominic’s hometown in northern Thailand.At dinner time, in the living room we would roll out Grandma’s worn straw mat on their painted red concrete floor that somehow was always spotless. Then as the smells of fried garlic and shallots wafted in, we would set down a rattling random assortment of colorful plastic plates in a pile, along with well-used forks and spoons.From her “kitchen” outside, which was really just a burner set up on the floor of the back porch with bottles of Thai sauces surrounding it, she would bring out a plate full of fresh cabbage, long beans and fried pork rinds with a small bowl of nam prik ong in the center of it.Then we would sit around, dipping our veggies in the nam prik ong, savoring its spicy, sweet flavor while watching Grandma’s favorite Thai or Korean soap operas as a large fan lazily spun next to us.The simple, fresh meal, and relaxing time with her made us forget about the sweat oozing out our pores in her non-A/C house. It was magical.Nam prik ong is one of Dom’s favorite Thai recipes that his grandma makes. Talk about pressure for me! For some reasons we hadn’t tried making it until recently, and once we did, our hearts felt a little bit closer to his grandma and like we saw her again briefly after not seeing her for 4.5 years.You can eat nam prik ong in lettuce wraps, or use it as a dip for chips, and crackers, but use pork skins if you want to eat it Thai-style! Try it out and let me know your thoughts!And here is the fun video Dom, and I love about how to make it:
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