5 Minutes Sambal Shrimps, Way Sambal Sauce

Shopping in the Asian grocers can be like treasure hunting for me. It can be full of surprises, or it can be of disappointments. There are times I discover great ingredients unexpectedly; there are times I struggle to find the ingredients that I am looking for. This is exactly the experience I have with a bottle of Way Sambal Sauce.

Sambal aka spicy chili paste is not an easy dish to make at home (for me) as it required more than 10 types of spices or ingredients. Some of the ingredients are beyond reached such as galangal, shrimps paste, kaffir lime leaves etc. I may need to travel to the Asian grocer next towns for some of the ingredients. So it does not cross my mind at all to attempt any homemade sambal sauce.

One day while shopping in the Asian grocer, I unexpectedly discovered a hidden jam – Way Sambal Sauce. I was in joy and quickly grabbed a bottle and added it into my shopping cart without checking the price tag. Ingredients like these are scarce and I am willing to pay a premium price for it, so long it can save me a lot of works and time. (By the way, a bottle of 200g sambal sauce costs ~ 4.5 EUR).

I fell in love with the sambal sauce as it tastes super good, as good as the sambal served in restaurants. I regretted for not buying an extra bottle as the next round when I shopped in the Asian grocer, it has been out-of-stock. I doubt it would be restocked any time sooner since it is not an item by popular demand.

Anyway, enough with the grandmother story. Let's start cooking now.

Ingredients
1 bottle Way Sambal Sauce (200g)
300g shrimps
2 onions (sliced)
1/2 lime
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
cooking oil

Directions
1. Heat up some cooking oil in the pan, stir fry the onion for 5 min or turn translucent.
2. Add in the sambal sauce. Stir fry for 1 min.
3. Add in the shrimps, sugar and salt. Stir for 3-4 min until the shrimps are cooked.
4. Squeeze in the lime juice, ready to serve.