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Sour Pork Sausage

Naem, a Thai sausage of pork, cooked rice, garlic, and chilli, fermented until the meat turns sour. The acid comes from bacteria feeding on the rice.

Origin

A fermented sausage of northern and northeastern Thailand.

Flavour

Sour, garlicky, and porky.

How to use it

Eat a fully fermented sausage as it is, or grill and fry it. An under-fermented one is not ready.

Storage

Refrigerate. It is perishable even though it is fermented.

Recipes using it

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