Asian chili garlic paste & sauce

[john b]

I bought an 18 oz. jar and only needed two tsp. for a peanut sauce recipe. What can I do with the rest of it?

[Chris Amirault]

Anything that you could make with sriracha but that can include the slightly chunky paste for texture will work.

[Lynn Dinwoodie]

Be bold and adventureous...add to

.....soups...rice...noodles..veggies

make another sauce...be the ultimate at fusion...add sour cream

make a marinade..go wild ..enjoy

[NulloModo]

It is great mixed in with scrambled eggs for breakfast. I also love a hearty dollop in a bowl of egg-drop or miso soup.

Mix some in with the beef next time you make burgers, should give a bit of extra flavor. Top salads with it (chili sauce and blue cheese dressing go very well together).

Use some when you make chili, or beef stew. Slice some cheese, and spread some overtop. Eat it by the spoonfull from the jar (works great to satisfy those midnight hunger cravings).

Really, anything you would do with fresh chiles, or pepper sauce, you can do with that paste.

[savvysearch]

which is the chili paste? Is it the one that looks like ketchup, very thick, the type you put in pho? Or is it the one in which you can still see the chili seeds, sort of bathing in oil that you use at chinese dim sum restaurants?

[john b]

which is the chili paste? Is it the one that looks like ketchup, very thick, the type you put in pho? Or is it the one in which you can still see the chili seeds, sort of bathing in oil that you use at chinese dim sum restaurants?

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Lots of seeds. Here it is:

http://huyfong.com/no_frames/garlic.htm

[bigbear]

Mix a little with some mayo and coat a fish filet/steak with it before charcoal grilling.

[KARENR65]

I put it on my hamburgers instead of ketchup. Also dunk my tater tots in it!

[Chris Amirault]

For more uses, click here for the sriracha thread, which includes a wide array of unexpected pleasures!

[reesek]

i love that stuff.

i mix it with a little canola oil, fish sauce, sugar and rice vinegar for an addictive thai/viet style salad dressing. wonderful with tuna (thai tuna salad) and on cabbage. i usually also use some of the dressing as a marinade for the fish - it would be killer as a marinade for grilled steak too.

mix with sour cream and sweet chili sauce - use to top anything potato (chip, tot, baked potato, fry)

add to fried rice, mix with mayo and use on sandwiches....mmm lunchtime!

[stet]

You can mix a lil' bit with black vinegar and soy sauce for a good dumpling sauce.

[scott123]

Whatever you add it to, be careful about adding additional salt, as this stuff can get pretty salty- at least the brand I use is.

[hzrt8w]

Mostly garlic, dried red chili pepper flakes, oil and seasoning.

I posted my process here:

Ah Leung Hot Garlic Chili Sauce (蒜蓉辣椒醬)

[snowangel]

Ah Leung, that looks wonderful, and I'm wishing I'd had some this morning to accompany my scrambled eggs or for my potstickers last night.

For those who don't often wander over to the China forum, Ah Leung has a series of absolutely wonderful pictorals. The index is located here.