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Thai Anchovy and nut snack

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup anchovies roasted or fried
  • 11/2 cup peanuts roasted or fried
  • 1 Tbsp cooking oil sunflower, bran, canola - not olive

Seasoning

  • 1 Tbsp chicken powder or chicken bullion
  • 5 dried chilies reconstituted or fresh chilies
  • 8 kaffir lime leaves if dried reconstituted, or use fresh
  • 1 large onion or 5 shallots
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 Tbsp vinegar white or rice
  • 2 Tbsp raw or coarse sugar

Instructions
 

Seasoning

  • Grind the onions, garlic, chilies and kaffir lime leaves together to a coarse paste. You should still be able to see bits and pieces of the chilies and lime leaves.
  • Heat a pan with the cooking oil to medium heat.
  • Add the ground paste.
  • Add the roasted or fried peanuts and anchovies. and stir through.
  • Add the fish sauce, vinegar and sugar according to taste.
  • Cool to room temperature before serving.