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Chili anchovies recipe

Ingredients /nutrition

  • 12 dried chilies, soaked to soften
  • 8 peeled shallots
  • 2 crushed garlic cloves
  • 1 stalk thinly sliced lemon grass
  • 5 g fresh turmeric
  • 15 g dried shrimp paste
  • oil for deep frying
  • 120 g dried anchovies
  • 2 1/2 tbsp oil
  • 1 scrunched kaffir lime leaf
  • 2 tbsp calamansi juice
  • sugar to taste

Methods / instructions

  1. Ground the first 6 ingredients and set aside.
  2. Heat oil and deep fry anchovies until crispy.
  3. Remove from heat and drain on kitchen paper towel. Set aside.
  4. Heat oil in a wok and saute ground ingredients until fragrant.
  5. Add remaining ingredients and cook briefly.
  6. Allow to cool and stir with fried anchovies.
  7. Serve hot with fragrant coconut rice.

Servings: 4

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