HELP! 5# of green Thai chiles- What to do???

salsalady · Jan 23, 2016

Hey, Mates! I'm hosting a Making Hot Sauce class at the Grange hall tomorrow. I'd ordered 5 pounds of Thai chiles expecting them to be red chiles that could be used for sambal. What was delivered is 5 pounds of GREEN Thai chiles.

I figure I can do a basic green sauce, but I thought I'd do a ShoutOut to see if anyone has any great ideas of what to do with 5 pounds of green thai chiles. The class will have about 12 people so we want somethign that can be divided up to at least 12 portions. I can get some additional chiles or other ingredients at the store in the morning.

Any great inspirations? Or just grind it up with onion/garlic/lime/vinegar?

Suggestions?

Thanks~

Rymerpt · Jan 23, 2016

You can do a Thai dipping sauce with sticky rice.

Sauce is called Prix nam pla:

http://thai-fresh.com/2009/08/nam-pla-prik-thai-chillies-and-fish-sauce/

salsalady · Jan 23, 2016

Thanks, Ryme~ that looks like a very simple traditional condiment. I'll take all the suggestions to the class and let them decide what to do.

Other suggestions? I'll post pics of the class and sauces etc after the class tomorrow. Last year, I forgot to take pictures. This year? More Pics!!!

Rymerpt · Jan 23, 2016

Im just a hack at making sauce but I've dabbled with asian. I used rice wine vinegar, ginger, lemon grass, a touch of lime, and a shot of hoisen. Blend it all with garlic, shallots and a fist full of Thai peppers.

It worked for me and was gone quickly.

salsalady · Jan 23, 2016

That's kind of what I was thinking for ingredients....

green thai chiles
lots of garlic
lemon grass (because we have some for another sauce)
lime
???other green chiles like jalapeno, anaheim, pasillo???
tamari
fish sauce
shallots

(hoisin! gonna get some of that in the morning on the way to the class...)

hogleg · Jan 23, 2016

https://youtu.be/xA9n2M9BopY

hot stuff · Jan 24, 2016

I've made a green hot sauce with them before, just vinegar, garlic and salt.

How about a green curry?

Lucky Dog Hot Sauce · Jan 24, 2016

Green curry coconut green Thai chile sounds pretty awesome to me.

salsalady · Jan 24, 2016

Thanks for the suggestions. I didn't have time to plan anything, so I just threw it to the class. 5# chiles, make a sauce!

It ended up as a Kitchen Sink Sauce. and is pretty dang good! I'll post all the ingredients when I get the final list into the house. from what I remember it was-
5# Thai green chiles
2# jalapeno
apple
onion
garlic
tamari
cilantro
apple juice
balsamic vinegar
coriander?
peas
mango?
salt
?????

Greenguru · Jan 25, 2016

All the input you should have gave them taste buds a nice jingle yum everyone just ROCKS