Hot & Cold Shrimp (Goong Kob Poh)

Name: Hot and Cold Shrimp (Goong Kob Poh)
Total time: P3H
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: shrimp; green chili peppers; garlic; sugar; salt; water; lime juice; red hot pepper sauce; coriander

Here is a recipe that is mainly a dip, since the shrimp are either grilled or eaten raw with the rest of the ingredients.

YIELD

10 appetizers

PREP

30 min

COOK

10 min

READY

3 hrs

Ingredients

KG SHRIMP
medium size *

EACH GREEN CHILI PEPPERS *

CLOVES GARLIC
peeled and minced

TABLESPOON SUGAR

1 ½

TEASPOONS SALT

CUP WATER
hot

TABLESPOONS LIME JUICE

TABLESPOON RED HOT PEPPER SAUCE
*

TABLESPOON CORIANDER
chopped

Directions

Sriracha or Sambel Lampung (Sriracha is a Thai hot sauce, available here, and comes in several varieties mildly warm to blisteringly hot. Some of them are quite similar to a thick Tabasco sauce which is what I would use for a substitute).

Peel shrimp, remove the center black line, leave the tail on. Clean and drain, arrange on a plate, chill for 2 hours.

Pound the chili and garlic until fine. Place into a small bowl. Mix sugar, salt and hot water and stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour over pounded chili and garlic. Add lime juice and hot sauce, stir and top with chopped coriander.

To Serve:

Thread the shrimp onto the sticks.

Cook over charcoal until done to satisfaction.

Dip in prepared sauce to taste. It can be served hot or cold.