Black Chili Paste - Nam Prik Pow

• 1 cup vegetable oil for deep-frying
• 4 ounces jalapeno pepper dried
• 1 cup shallots chopped
• 1 clove garlic chopped
• 8 ounces shrimp dried
• 2 tablespoons shrimp paste
• 13 cup fish sauce nam pla
• 1/4 cup sugar

1. Heat a small pan with the oil and deep-fry the dried peppers, shallots and garlic until dark brown.
2. Place the fried ingredients with all the others in a blender, and process until a smooth mixture forms.
3. Pour the entire mixture into a medium skillet and fry on medium heat for 5 minutes.
4. Remove, cool, and place in a jar with a tight fitting lid and use as needed.
5. It will keep indefinitely.

vegetable oil, pepper, shallots, garlic, shrimp, shrimp paste, fish sauce, sugar

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/black-chili-paste-nam-prik-pow-5389 (may not work)