"A hot sauce in one of its purest forms, Indonesian sambal oelek is merely freshly ground hot red chiles with some salt and vinegar for flavor and preservation. Sure, it's simple, but it's also incredibly awesome and infinitely useful. Thought I would post this here for safe keeping. It may come in handy to have if you make Ethnic recipes. From Serious Eats - Joshua Bousel. Yield 1.5 cups"

Original recipe yields 12 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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1 pound hot red chilies (such as red jalapeños, fresnos, or red serranos)
2 tablespoons rice vinegar

1 tablespoon salt

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (41.8 g)
Calories 10.7
Total Fat - 0 g
Saturated Fat - 0 g
Cholesterol - 0 mg
Sodium - 707.3 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 2.5 g
Dietary Fiber - 1.2 g
Sugars - 1.3 g
Protein - 0 g
Calcium - 0.5 mg
Iron - 0 mg
Vitamin C - 4.5 mg
Thiamin - 0 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Place chilies, vinegar, and salt in workbowl of a food processor. Pulse until chilies are finely chopped and form a paste, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl as necessary, Transfer to an airtight container and store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.