Sweet Soy Sambal

Name: Sweet Soy Sambal
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (320 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 cup (250 mL) kecap manis Kecap Manis; 1 Tbsp water (15 ml) Water; about 2 chiles (6 g) Bird's Eye Chile; about 1 chile (10 g) Green Chili; 1 small French shallot (or 2 Asian shallots), thinly sliced Shallot; 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced Garlic; 2 Tbsp lime juice (30 ml) Lime Juice; about 4 tomatoes (60 g) Cherry Tomato

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

CONDIMENT · GRILLED WHOLE FISH OR SEAFOOD

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for grilled whole fish. The same recipe pairs it with Candlenut-Turmeric Fish Marinade Paste, the fish marinade.

Kaul's sweet soy sambal for grilled whole fish.

On the jar

SWEET SOY

Method: shake
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 8

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Kecap Manis 240 mlWater 15 mlLime Juice 30 ml

Ingredients

Kecap Manis1 cup (250 mL) kecap manis
Water1 Tbsp water (15 ml)
Bird's Eye Chileabout 2 chiles (6 g)
Green Chiliabout 1 chile (10 g)
Shallot1 small French shallot (or 2 Asian shallots), thinly sliced
Garlic1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
Lime Juice2 Tbsp lime juice (30 ml)
Cherry Tomatoabout 4 tomatoes (60 g)

Where it sits

One of 117 hot sauces in the catalog, with 8 ingredients against a median of 7.

The acid here is lime juice. In this category chefs also reach for rice vinegar (16 recipes), cider vinegar (11), and lemon juice (10).

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Add by count: 11 CHILES BIRD EYE CHILI, 5½ CHILES GREEN CHILI, 5½ SHALLOTS, 5½ CLOVES GARLIC.
Season to finish: KECAP MANIS (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Rosheen Kaul — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. James Beard Book Award: Visuals 2023.

Adapted from a Rosheen Kaul recipe (Rosheen Kaul / Broadsheet (Secret Sauce)).

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 Rosheen Kaul / Broadsheet (Secret Sauce) (published as “Sweet Soy Sambal”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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