Spicy Fish Sauce Caramel

Name: Spicy Fish Sauce Caramel
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 1¾ cups (420 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (120 ml) Fish Sauce; 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) Red Pepper; 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) Sugar; 1/4 cup (60 ml) Shrimp Paste; 1 tbsp, whisked in at the end (15 ml) Water

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

GREAT ON · FRIED CHICKEN WINGS; CRISPY PORK; ROASTED SQUASH

Great on Fried chicken wings; crispy pork; roasted squash.

Sweet-sour glaze for duck, pork, and vegetables.

On the jar

SPICY FISH

Method: stove
Yield: about 1¾ cups
Ingredients: 5

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Fish Sauce 120 mlRed Pepper 3 mlSugar 360 mlShrimp Paste 60 mlWater 15 ml

Ingredients

Fish Sauce1/2 cup (120 ml)
Red Pepper1/2 tsp (2.5 ml)
Sugar1 1/2 cups (360 ml)
Shrimp Paste1/4 cup (60 ml)
Water1 tbsp, whisked in at the end (15 ml)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Ricky Moore works in North Carolina coastal seafood at Saltbox Seafood Joint; credentials include James Beard Best Chef: Southeast 2022 (Saltbox Seafood Joint, Durham).

Originally published as Spicy Fish-Sauce Caramel.

Adapted from a Ricky Moore recipe (Ricky Moore / WRAL (shrimp fat chicken wings, Saltbox)).

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 Ricky Moore / WRAL (shrimp fat chicken wings, Saltbox) (published as “Spicy Fish-Sauce Caramel”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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