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Grilled Chicken Wings, Vietnamese Caramel
Vietnamese Caramel
Sugar 4#
Shallot, Minced 12oz
Garlic, Minced 4oz
Fish Sauce 12oz
Black Pepper, ground 16g
Dried Chili, coarse ground 20g
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Lime Juice 12 oz
Cornstarch 2oz.
Method: Slowly cook the sugar into a dark caramel in the large saute pan, be careful not to burn or stir too much while cooking. After the caramel is made remove from heat and stir in the shallots, allow the bubbling to subside, then add the garlic, black pepper, and chili. Stir to combine then SLOWLY add the fish sauce while stirring taking care not to crystallize the sugar. Finish with the lime juice and cornstarch in the same way, bring back to simmer, cool and reserve.
