It is often mixed with Spanish peppers to give a spicy product called sambal, which is consumed with rice. From Wordnik.com. [5 Fish Processing and Preservation] Reference
Broadly speaking they're mostly curries, ranging from very wet and saucy to the drier type called sambal goreng kering. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Variation: For a spicy dish, add 1 teaspoon Asian chile sauce, such as sambal oelek, to the marinade. From Wordnik.com. [news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com] Reference
Add sambal oelek, soy sauce, agave and lime juice. From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Going To (GMO) Seed] Reference
Fry onion, sambal & brown sugar until onion is soft. From Wordnik.com. [isn't it weird...] Reference
Those fish looks good to deep-fry and eat with sambal. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Yotam Ottolenghi makes coconut rice with sambal and okra. From Wordnik.com. [Nasi lemak (coconut rice) recipe] Reference
Ada mee hoon tom yam, kurma ayam dan sambal telur rebus. From Wordnik.com. [kieli Diary Entry] Reference
I dragged every greasy piece through a tiny dish of sambal. From Wordnik.com. [Sea Empress - Who is Waverly?] Reference
I always stir-fry them with sambal or put them in my curries. From Wordnik.com. [Stir-Fried Okra (Bhindi Masala) with Peanuts and Coconut] Reference
Always, of course, covered with a generous spoonful of sambal. From Wordnik.com. [Tong Dang Thai - "Doesn't Like Travelling nor Long Walks on the Beach"] Reference
I too make almost the same way except for hot sauce and sambal. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Manchuria] Reference
Top: Rice with a dab of sambal oelek, stirfried tofu and green beans. From Wordnik.com. [August « 2008 « Were rabbits] Reference
Our chicken or mutton curries and sambal would not be complete without it. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Mumbai Marketplace] Reference
Where can I get sambal oelek & sriracha sauce? would love to try with that. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Manchuria] Reference
Crispy thin chicken fillet, stirred fried with sambal, chilies, and kacang botol. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
Tip: Substitute ground chilies for the sambal oelek if you are unable to procure it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
One set is rolled up with raspberry filling and the other with some very spicy sambal oelek. From Wordnik.com. [Hands-on bread baking class] Reference
My mum used to have a stall selling nasi lemak with anchovy sambal and long beans in a curry sauce. From Wordnik.com. [Nasi lemak (coconut rice) recipe] Reference
Commented by my aunt's maid, my sambal was nicer than what she ate in the restaurant two streets away. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
I don't put mayo in it, but I do make a dipping sauce with chili paste sambal and mayo mixed together. From Wordnik.com. [Something's fishy - Salmon Croquettes] Reference
It is so delicious tossed into fried rice (I use sambal olek, kecap manis and soy sauce to make my "sauce"). From Wordnik.com. [Genius Vietnamese Fried Rice] Reference
Cucumber Noodle Salad, Tomato Sesame: cucumber threads spun into a nest with a light sambal spice dressing it. From Wordnik.com. [become a regular] Reference
If your peppers are mild, mix in a teaspoon (or more, to suit your taste) of sambal oelek (ground red chiles). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
I went to my Asian market and found many thai garlic chili pastes and I think they are also known as "sambal olek". From Wordnik.com. [Kalyn's Kitchen Picks: Thai Chili Garlic Paste] Reference
I like to dip them in the soup and some jungle sauce I conjured of consisting of fish sauce, hoisin and sambal oelek. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast Noodles in Chinatown, Los Angeles - A Tasting of Chiu Chow Soup Noodles] Reference
I love plums in savory applications – I like to make plum sambal with lots of scallions, cilantro and fresh ginger. From Wordnik.com. [Plum & Radicchio Panzanella with Honey Mustard Dressing] Reference
I'm addicted to the Lan Chi brand, which is thicker and spicier than sambal oelek, but I've not used the Thai version. From Wordnik.com. [Kalyn's Kitchen Picks: Thai Chili Garlic Paste] Reference
Peter M - sambal oelek is really a wonderful ingredient - it is a convenient way to add a fresh chili flavor to pretty much anything. From Wordnik.com. [Recipe: Kale and Myzithra Crostini (Χόρτα και Μυζήθρα Κροστίνι)] Reference
Yeah, you want to maximize the sambal by ordering rice. From Wordnik.com. [Chow Times] Reference
Kongpia with something that tasted like sambal dried prawns. From Wordnik.com. [My Longkang] Reference
Malay dishes like ikan asam pedas, sambal belacan and cencaluk. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Japan wants to exit from aid politics as China muscles in] Reference
¼ teaspoon sambal oelek (chili paste) (or more if you like it hot!). From Wordnik.com. [Neil Zevnik: To Beef or Not to Beef: Musings of a Healthy Carnivore] Reference
The barbecued fish, clams and shrimp, and sambal kang kong were delicious. From Wordnik.com. [mrbrown: L'infantile terrible of Singapore] Reference
Another great addition is sambal, which adds an extra 'kick' to the dish …. From Wordnik.com. [Rasa Malaysia] Reference
It is also good on it's own with some sambal belacan or your favorite curry. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator]
If you cannot do that, it's better for you to go home and eat 'sambal belachan'. From Wordnik.com. [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference
Then there is dishes with words like sambal, roti canai amidst other Chinese Malaysian dishes. From Wordnik.com. [Chow Times] Reference
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