Sambal Tauco Labu Siam - Chayote in Spicy Fermented Soy Beans

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Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Side Dish Vegetarian

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Vegetables

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoon fermented/salted soy beans (Indonesian: tauco)
• 1 inch galangal, thinly sliced
• 1 Indonesian bay leaf (Indonesian: daun salam), optional
• 3-5 fresh/dried red chilies, bird eye/serrano/fresno
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon each: sugar, turmeric, chili powder
• 3 chayote (Indonesian: labu siam), peeled, seeded, cut into thin slices
• 1 cup water/vegetable stock
• Spice paste (grind the following together)
• 75 gram shallot
• 3 cloves garlic

Instructions

1. Heat 3 tablespoon oil in a wok/skillet over medium high heat. Sauté spice paste, fermented/salted soy beans, galangal, Indonesian bay leaf, and chilies until fragrant. About 3 minutes.,
2. Add tomatoes, salt, sugar, turmeric, and chili powder. Mix well. Reduce heat to a medium, and cook until tomatoes have wilted and become saucy.
3. Add chayote and water/stock. Mix well. Once the sauce boils, reduce heat to a simmer, cover the wok/skillet with a lid, and cook until chayote becomes translucent and tender.
4. Turn off heat. Transfer to a serving plate, and serve with steamed white rice.