Step-by-Step Guide to Make Favorite Hakka Dried shrimp Sambal

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, hakka dried shrimp sambal. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Hakka Dried shrimp Sambal is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Hakka Dried shrimp Sambal is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hakka dried shrimp sambal using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Hakka Dried shrimp Sambal:

1. Get A. Main Ingredient
2. Prepare 180-200 g dried shrimps
3. Make ready B. Blended Spices for the Sambal
4. Prepare 1/2 C dried chili paste
5. Take 4 big cloves garlics
6. Get 4 shallots (100 - 120 g)
7. Get The Optionals
8. Get 4 candlenuts
9. Take 1/2 thumb size Belacan/shrimp paste/terasi
10. Take C. Seasonings
11. Get 1/2-1 tsp chicken seasoning powder
12. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp white sugar
13. Make ready D. 2/4 C cooking oil
14. Make ready Note:
15. Take Some add 1/4 tsp of tamarind paste when sautéing in step 3 and add finely sliced lemongrass in B (blended paste), but it’s totally optional. We make this sambal with what ever is left in our pantry 🥰

Instructions to make Hakka Dried shrimp Sambal:

1. A - Clean dried shrimp thoroughly removing any hard shells, if any. Soak for 10mins. Then wash well and drain the water. Place in a colander and leave shrimps to dry. Use dry blender to blend the shrimps. Blend in small batches. Set aside.
2. B - For the sambal, start with the dried chilies. Cut each chili in half and discard seeds and stems. Its alright if u still have some seeds left. Next, soak chilies in hot boiling water for 10mins or until they are soft, then drain the water and blend into a fine paste with few tbsp of water. Transfer out from the blender. Next blend the rest of the ingredients in B, with the optionals, if using. Blend with few tbsp of water into a very fine paste.
3. Cooking & Preparing - Heat 2/4 c of cooking oil in a wok or deep pan. Add garlic & shallot paste (plus candlenuts + Belacan, if using). Sauté until aromatic. Stir in dried chili paste. Keep stirring until your paste is well-cooked with slightly darker colour. Add the shrimp. Mix well and season with chicken seasoning powder and sugar. Keep frying, stirring and mixing over medium low heat so it wont stick to the pan. Continue frying until it is very dry.
4. Remove from the heat and leave to cool completely before storing in an airtight container. Refrigerate.

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