Straits Chinese Sweet & Sour Chilli Paste

Serves 5 to 7 persons. Yield: ~660 ml sauce (sufficient for one whole 700 g fish)

Cooking Ingredients:
400g Stingray, cut into chunks
125g Chef Justin’s Straits Chinese Sweet & Sour Chilli Paste
20g Tamarind, soaked in 50 ml warm water
1 Stalk Lemongrass, crushed
200g Fresh pineapple purée (frozen purée is fine)
3 Kaffir lime leaves, crushed
1g Laksa leaves with stem (optional)
10g Galangal, sliced
330g Water
15g Fish sauce (to taste)      
5g Sugar      
1 tsp Thai palm sugar      
25g Chopped ginger flower (optional)    

Vegetable Garnishes:
30 g Lady’s fingers (lightly deep-fried)
30 g Eggplant (lightly deep-fried)
30 g Diced tomatoes
30 g Diced pineapple

Cooking Instructions:

  1. Heat oil in a wok, fry lemongrass and galangal until fragrant.

  2. Add Chef Justin’s Straits Chinese Sweet & Sour Chilli Paste and cook gently over low heat for 2 minutes

  3. Stir in tamarind water, pineapple purée, kaffir lime leaves, palm sugar, white sugar, and water. Simmer for 10 minutes.

  4. Add stingray and cook for 15 minutes until done. Season with fish sauce to taste

  5. Stir in vegetable garnishes, cook for 2 minutes, then remove from heat.

  6. Garnish with sliced shallots, red chilli, coriander leaves, and ginger flower (if available).

    Chef’s Notes: This recipe also works beautifully with prawns, squid, sautéed clams, or mixed seafood.r Sambal Kang Kong

Cooking Ingredients:
200g   Kang Kong (separate stems and leaves)
10g      Dried shrimp (pre-soaked)
3g       Chopped garlic
5g       Sugar
1 tbsp Chef Justin’s Sambal Seafood Paste
10ml Water
30ml Cooking oil

Cooking Instructions:

  1. Heat oil in a wok, stir-fry dried shrimp until fragrant.

  2. Lower heat, add garlic, sugar, and Chef Justin’s Sambal Seafood Paste.

  3. Stir in kang kong, cook on high heat, then add water. Adjust seasoning to taste.

    Serve hot with steamed rice.

Nutrition Facts (Serving Size: 32g)

Calories / Energy
80kcal
Total Fat 4g
5%
Saturated Fat 2g
10%
Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 1090mg
47%
Total Carbohydrate 15g
5%
Dietary Fiber 6g
21%
Total Sugars 9g

Includes 0g Added Sugars
0%
Protein 1g

Vitamin D 0mcg
0%
Calcium 14mg
2%
Iron 0.4mg
2%
Potassium 130mg
2%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet.

Ingredients:

Palm Oil, Plum Sauce, Tamarind, Onion, Sugar, Garlic, Ginger, Pickle Leek, Chili, Ginger Torch Flower (Etlingera elatior), Turmeric, Lime

Product does not contain pork or lard. Gluten Free.