75. Teochew Sng Mi Chou 蒜泥醋 - Chilli Garlic Vinegar Sauce

21 June 2021

Teochew food is sometimes enjoyed with this salty-tangy- spicy sauce. 

typical teochew meals include

- steamed fish

- braised goose, 

- braised pork or pork trotters in black/dark soya sauce, 

(also called tau yew pork or tau yu/you/yew bak)

- teochew porridge and accompanying dishes.

this sauce seems to have also been adapted in thailand as well 

(i hear that the teochew community there is quite large)

Recipe

Sng Mi Chou 蒜泥醋

Teochew Chilli Garlic Vinegar Sauce

red or green chilli / chillipadi - blended or cut into small pieces

tau cheo (fermented brown soya beans)

rice vinegar

fresh garlic clove - pounded or chopped

fresh chilli sauce mix (teochew sng mi chou 蒜泥醋)

1. pound red chillis and fresh garlic into a paste, not too fine

2. add rice vinegar and light soya sauce (or fermented brown soya bean)

if cooking this mix, 

cook the chilli paste (without garlic paste) 

with a little water first, 

then turn off fire, 

add the raw garlic, 

rice vinegar and light soya 

into the cooked chilli sauce

sometimes, we blend the chilli & garlic 

instead of cutting the chilli & garlic

sng mi chou or garlic vinegar chilli sauce

below:

10 April and 26 April 2024

蒜泥醋 Teochew Garlic Chilli Vinegar Dip

my recipe version:

chopped garlic & red chilli

pieces of tau cheo - fermented beans

rice vinegar & sugar

fresh coriander

below is a different version of 蒜泥醋

it seems leeks can be used instead of garlic