Sambal Belachan Paste

Name: Sambal Belachan Paste
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 3¼ cups (800 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: about 71½ chiles (500 g) Chile; about 50 chiles (100 g) Bird's Eye Chile; about 15 cloves (75 g) Garlic; about 2½ shallots (90 g) Shallot; about ⅔ cup (146 ml) Shrimp Paste; 1½ Tbsp (20 g) Sugar

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Malcolm Lee recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Malcolm Lee.

STIR-FRY SAUCE · KANG KONG STIR-FRIES

In the published recipe, this is the stir-fry sauce for sambal kang kong with prawns.

Malcolm Lee's sambal belachan for kang kong stir-fries.

On the jar

SAMBAL

Method: blend
Yield: about 3¼ cups
Ingredients: 6

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Shrimp Paste 146 ml

Ingredients

Chileabout 71½ chiles (500 g)
Bird's Eye Chileabout 50 chiles (100 g)
Garlicabout 15 cloves (75 g)
Shallotabout 2½ shallots (90 g)
Shrimp Pasteabout ⅔ cup (146 ml)
Sugar1½ Tbsp (20 g)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Malcolm Lee — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. Michelin 1* (Candlenut, Singapore).

Adapted from a Malcolm Lee recipe (Malcolm Lee / James Martin Chef).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Malcolm Lee / James Martin Chef (published as “Sambal Belachan Paste”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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