Sambal Kecap (Sweet Soy Dipping Sauce)

This sweet, thick, soy sauce is spiked with chiles and shallots. This recipe first appeared in our May 2011 issue, with the article The World of Satay.

  • Serves

    makes about 1 cup

Ingredients

  • 34 cup kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
  • 3 tbsp. fresh lime juice
  • 10 red Thai chiles, sliced thin
  • 4 Kaffir lime leaves, stemmed, very thinly sliced crosswise
  • 3 shallots, very thinly sliced

Instructions

Step 1

Stir together kecap manis, lime juice, chiles, lime leaves, and shallots in a bowl; let sit 30 minutes.
  1. Stir together kecap manis, lime juice, chiles, lime leaves, and shallots in a bowl; let sit 30 minutes.
Recipes

Sambal Kecap (Sweet Soy Dipping Sauce)

  • Serves

    makes about 1 cup

Sweet Soy Dipping Sauce (Sambal Kecap)
TODD COLEMAN

This sweet, thick, soy sauce is spiked with chiles and shallots. This recipe first appeared in our May 2011 issue, with the article The World of Satay.

Ingredients

  • 34 cup kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
  • 3 tbsp. fresh lime juice
  • 10 red Thai chiles, sliced thin
  • 4 Kaffir lime leaves, stemmed, very thinly sliced crosswise
  • 3 shallots, very thinly sliced

Instructions

Step 1

Stir together kecap manis, lime juice, chiles, lime leaves, and shallots in a bowl; let sit 30 minutes.
  1. Stir together kecap manis, lime juice, chiles, lime leaves, and shallots in a bowl; let sit 30 minutes.

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