Thai-Style Broiled Shrimp

• 1 garlic clove
• minced Thai chiles
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• black pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds peeled shrimp
• Cilantro and mint

1. Turn on the broiler, and put the rack close to heat.
2. Mash 1 garlic clove and a few minced Thai chiles with 1 teaspoon salt until it forms a paste.
3. Add to it 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 2 tablespoons lime juice and a little black pepper.
4. Rub paste all over1 1/2 pounds peeled shrimp.
5. Broil, 2 to 3 minutes per side.
6. Garnish: Cilantro and mint.

garlic, chiles, salt, sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, black pepper, shrimp, cilantro

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015195 (may not work)