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Monday, March 15, 2010
Best I've Had All Week Best I’ve Had All Week: Sambal Oelek
Posted By Tricia Childress on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Sambel Oelek is a ground chili paste and one of the more popular condiments of Indonesia. This condiment uses all parts of the chile including the seeds, but doesn’t have that lip searing heat many of the chili sauces have from this part of the world. I add Sambal Oelek to sauces like homemade peanut dipping sauce, and stir fries.
Huy Fong Foods, an American company based in California (their most famous product s Sriracha hot chili sauce) makes their Sambal Oelek with red jalapeños, salt and vinegar. As with other Huy Fong products, their Sambal Oelek is packaged in a clear container.
Some of the imported Indonesian Sambal Oelek have large labels occluding the product. There are a dozen or more types of Sambals - Sambal bajak, Sambal terasi – imported from Indonesian, Malaysia., Philippines, and Singapore available in local Asian markets.
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