Gia-Ninh and I have been friends for over 10 years and he really REALLY knows his way around a kitchen. When he talks, I listen. He came over a couple of weeks ago to make us dinner and taught us how to make this sauce/marinade. We haven't looked back since. Wayne has seriously made it at least 3 times already. It's delicious. And it goes with everything chicken, shrimp, tofu, etc). Gia-Ninh tossed it with lo mein noodles and veggies when he was here but we've since combined it with beef and marinated chicken in it - all equally good things. Make it. Slather it on everything. Smile.
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- 1 clove garlic
- approx. 1/2-1 inch of grated ginger
- juice of 1/2 a lime (with pulp)
- 1-2 tbsp raw sugar
- 1/2 to 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/8 tsp Siracha hot sauce (or any other chili garlic puree) to start, taste before you add more
- up to 1/4 cup water
Crush the garlic & sugar with a mortar & pestle (see? I told you this would be fun).
Add ginger. Add lime juice & pulp (get the pulp out with a fork).
Add soy sauce & Siracha. Blend.
Taste as you go & add the water to balance it out.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Siracha, it's asian chili garlic burning fire sauce. It's hot as hell and goes great in everything. You can usually find it in the ethnic aisle of a regular ole grocery store:
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