Hae Bee Hiam 虾米香 (Spicy Dried Shrimps Sambal)

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 tbsp coconut oil
• 20 dried chillies
• 5 fresh red chillies
• 1 bulb garlic
• 5-6 shallots
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp unrefined demerara brown sugar
• 2 cups dried shrimps

Instructions

• 1 Soak 20 dried chillies until softened. Takes about 30 minutes.
  
  Note: I placed a plate over the chillies to weigh them down.
• 2 Remove the dried chillies from the water and dry them with paper towels.
  
  Keep the chilli water for use later.
  
  Cut off the stem. Use a knife to scrape the seeds out of the dried chillies.
  This is optional. If you prefer more spicy, you can skip this step and keep the
  seeds in.
• 3 Cut the chillies into smaller pieces.
• 4 Soak 2 cups dried shrimps in hot water for about 15 minutes or until softened.
• 5 Remove the dried shrimps from the water and dry them with paper towels. Chop the
  dried shrimps finely with a food processor, or you can manually chop with a
  knife.
• 6 Cut off the stem of 5 fresh red chillies and cut the chillies into smaller
  pieces.
  
  Optional to remove the seeds if you prefer less spicy.
• 7 Peel 1 bulb garlic and cut into smaller pieces.
• 8 Peel 5-6 shallots and cut into smaller pieces.
• 9 Add the garlic, shallots, dried chillies, fresh red chillies, and some tbsp of
  the chilli water into a food processor. Blend into a chilli paste.
  
  Note: the chilli paste can be smooth or rough, depending on your preference.
• 10 Warm up a wok over medium heat. Add the dried shrimps and stir fry 2-3 minutes
  to remove any moisture.
  
  Then remove from the wok.
• 11 Over medium heat, warm up 4 tbsp coconut oil in the same wok.
• 12 Add the chilli paste and stir fry until it turns fragrant and the oil separates
  from the chilli paste.
• 13 Add the dried shrimps and stir fry to mix well.
• 14 Do a taste test. Add 1/4 tsp salt and 1 tsp unrefined demerara brown sugar to
  flavour the hae bee hiam. Adjust the seasoning as per your taste reference.
  
  Stir fry to mix well.
• 15 Turn off the heat. Let the hae bee hiam cool down completely. Store in air tight
  containers in the fridge.

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