# Crying Tiger Steak with Nam Jim Jaew Sauce

This recipe shows how to make a Nam Jim Jaew sauce (Crying Tiger Sauce) and serve it with grilled A5 Wagyu steak.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 123 min
- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 tsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp tamarind paste/sauce
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 1 tsp sugar cane
- 1 tsp hot chili flakes
- 1 tsp toasted rice
- 1 handful cilantro
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 handful shallots
- 1 handful scallion or green onion
- 1 A5 Wagyu steak

## Instructions

1. Toast the rice in a frying pan until golden brown.
2. Crush the toasted rice in a mortar and pestle.
3. Add cilantro and garlic to the mortar and pestle and crush into a paste.
4. Add fish sauce.
5. Add lime juice.
6. Add sugar cane (or brown sugar).
7. Add chili flakes.
8. Mix all ingredients together.
9. Grill the steak over a fire.
10. Slice the steak.
11. Serve the steak with the sauce.

## Equipment

- frying pan
- mortar and pestle
- grill
- knife
- spoon

## Tips

- Toast and crush the rice before adding it to the sauce
- Marinate steak with fish sauce and watered down cane sugar for about 30 minutes before grilling or pan-frying
- Adjust sauce flavour to your liking

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDkP6YBSxyB/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1a1c8b6c-aa23-48e4-8d7e-455d41cb2e54
- Extracted: 2025-04-11

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