Jaew Bong

Name: Jaew Bong
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Laotian
Ingredients: 10 dried chilies; 6 cloves garlic; 3 tbsp palm sugar; 2 tbsp fish sauce

ແຈ່ວບອງ/jaew bong/

About this dish

A thick, sweet-spicy chili paste made with dried buffalo skin, a distinctive Lao condiment.

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Ingredients

🌶️10 dried chilies

🧄6 cloves garlic

🍬3 tbsp palm sugar

🐟2 tbsp fish sauce

Method

Serves 4

Roast the dried chilies and garlic until fragrant.

Pound into a paste using a mortar and pestle.

Cook the paste in a little oil with palm sugar and fish sauce.

Simmer until thick and glossy.

Serve as a dip with sticky rice and vegetables.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Jaew bong is a traditional Lao condiment, valued for its rich, smoky, sweet-spicy flavor.

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