Title: Spicy Peanut-Tamarind Sauce
Categories: Blank
Yield: 1 Servings

1	tb	Peanut oil
1		Garlic clove, minced
1	c	Chunky peanut butter
1	tb	Red pepper flakes
2	tb	Brown sugar
2	ts	Concentrated tamarind dissolved in 2 tablespoons water
1/2	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Shrimp paste
1	c	Good-quality chicken stock

Heat the oil in a saucepan. Stir in the garlic and cook gently for about 30 seconds. Do not let it get brown. Stir in the remaining ingredients, mixing well after each addition. Cook over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring. The mixture should have the consistency of a paste. Serve warm.

SF Chron 4/89

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; October 22 1992.

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