Stir-fried squid with salted eggs
An exquisite dish with an original sauce prepared with the yolks of salted eggs.
Ingredients
- 300 g of squid cleaned and cut into pieces
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 3 racines coriander roots (or stems without leaves)
- 1-2 bird chillies (or more... or less... as you prefer)
- 1 tsp of palm sugar
- 1 tbsp of fish sauce
- 2 spring onions cut in 3 cm pieces
- 1/2 sweet chillies cut in thin slices
For the sauce:
- 1 tsp of oyster sauce
- 1 big tbsp of chili jam (nam prik pao)
- 2 tbsp of soy sauce
- 2 salted egg yolks
- 50 to 70 ml of water
Instructions
- Mix the ingredients for the sauce: crush the yolks, add the oyster sauce, soy sauce and chilli jam. Stir and add the water.
- Pound coriander roots with garlic and chillies.
- Heat the oil in a wok, sauté the garlic and chilli mixture.
- Still over medium-high heat, add the squid. As soon as they change colour, add the sauce mix, sugar and fish sauce.
- Mix well and garnish with sweet chilli and spring onions. Serve hot with jasmine rice.