SPICY SAMBAL SQUID
SPICY SAMBAL SQUID
Sambal is a popular chili sauce among Southeast Asia countries especially Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. It is typically made from ground chili pepper; secondary ingredients can be different depending on personal preference and taste.
Tips:
- Dried chilies may cause irritation, use rubber gloves when handling.
- This recipe use 2 onion, one for chili paste and another one for stir-frying.
Ingredients:
- 500g fresh squid
- 70g fresh red chili
- 30g dried chili
- 2 onion (about 200g)
- 30g shallot
- 15g garlic
- 15g dried shrimp
- 2 Tbsp sugar (30g)
- 1 ½ tsp salt (10g)
- 130g-150g cooking oil
Instructions:
1 Cut squid from the middle, remove internal organs.
2 Peel off the skin.
3 Wash and clean under running water, score the inner surface diagonally in a crisscross pattern, do not cut through the squid. Cut into small pieces.
Cut into small pieces.
4 Bring a pot of water to boil, add in ½ tsp salt, blanch squid for 1 ½ minutes.
5 Drain and add in ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp sugar, set aside to marinate.
6 Add in 70g fresh chili (de-seed), 30g dried chili (de-seed), 1 onion, 30g shallot, 15g garlic, 15g dried shrimp, 130g-150g cooking oil into food processor. Process until fine, oil helps with the blending process; add just enough to blend all the ingredients. Stir with spatula in between blending when necessary.
7 Add 1 tsp of oil, pour chili paste into cooking pan, bring to the boil. Reduce to medium heat, cook for 8-10 minutes until fragrant.
8 Add in sliced onion, cook until slightly tender, add in squid, and cook for 2 minutes, season with 2 Tbsp. sugar and 1 ½ tsp salt. You may discard excess chili oil, if you put too much during the blending process, you may end up with more oil that you don’t really need.
Photo & Recipe credited to: My Kitchen 101
Ingredients used in this recipe
| # | Item Name | Unit | Quantity | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vesawit Cooking Oil | 500g | 1 | RM 4.20 | |
| 2 | Red Big Onion | 800g | 1 | RM 4.15 | |
| 3 | White Garlic | 500g | 1 | RM 5.95 | |
| 4 | Bawang Kecil Thai/Thai Shallot | 300g | 1 | RM 3.95 | |
| 5 | Squids/ Sotong Putih | Kg | 1 | RM 59.99 | |
| 6 | Double Swallow Fine Salt | 375g | 1 | RM 1.10 | |
| 7 | #PraiCoarse Sugar-limit 2 pack | 1kg | 1 | RM 2.85 | |
| 9 | Aromatic Dried Chilli 273 | 100g | 1 | RM 3.95 |
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