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Sambal Telur - Eggs in Chili Sauce
Turn hard-boiled eggs into a scrumptious side dish with spicy Indonesian chili sauce. This recipe only uses common pantry ingredients that anyone can prepare in their kitchen.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 tablespoon oil
- 5 tablespoon tomato ketchup
- 10-12 hard boiled eggs, peeled
- 100 ml canned whole-fat coconut milk
- juice of 1/2 lime (~ 1 tablespoon)
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa), or to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 100 gram shallot/onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 inch ginger
- 3-5 red bird-eye chilies
Instructions
- 1
Fry chili paste in oil over medium heat for 3 minutes, or until fragrant. Add tomato ketchup, stir, and cook for another minute.
- 2
Add peeled eggs, mix well, and cook for 2 minutes. Add coconut milk, mix, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for another 2 minutes.
- 3
Season with lime juice, salt, and palm sugar. Continue simmering for about 3-5 minutes, or until the sauce is thick and clings to the eggs.
- 4
Turn off heat, transfer to a serving plate, and serve with steamed white rice.