Sweet, Salty, and Sour Marinade
A vibrant Thai-inspired marinade combining palm sugar, lime juice, and fish sauce with aromatic herbs and chiles. Perfect for marinating pork or seafood, this versatile sauce delivers a perfect balance of sweet, salty, and sour flavors.
Ingredients
- •3 ounces palm sugar
- •½ cup fresh lime juice
- •½ cup fish sauce
- •½ cup fresh cilantro
- •2 tablespoons fresh ginger
- •4 whole red Thai chiles
- •3 tablespoons lemongrass
- •Ingredient info
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Stir palm sugar and 3 tablespoons water in a small saucepan over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat.
5 min
- 2.
Combine lime juice, fish sauce, and 3 tablespoons water in a medium bowl. Whisk in 1/3 cup palm sugar syrup (reserve remaining syrup for glaze). Stir in cilantro, ginger, chiles, and lemongrass. Put pork or seafood in a glass, stainless-steel, or ceramic dish. Toss with marinade. Cover; chill for at least 3 hours or overnight.
10 min
- 3.
Remove pork or seafood from marinade, pat dry, and grill.
15 min
- 4.
Simmer marinade and reserved palm sugar syrup in a small saucepan until reduced to 3/4 cup. Brush glaze onto meat or fish during the last few minutes of grilling.
10 min
