Oc Xao Me

Name: Oc Xao Me
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1kg sea snails (or clams), cleaned; 4 tbsp tamarind pulp dissolved in water; 2 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp butter; 4 garlic cloves and 2 shallots, chopped; Red chillies and Vietnamese mint (rau răm); Baguette, to mop up the sauce

Ốc xào me/ohk sow MEH/

Also known as: Oc Xao Bo Toi, Vietnamese Tamarind Snails, Saigon Tamarind Sea Snails

About this dish

Sea snails stir-fried in a sweet, sour and buttery tamarind sauce with garlic and chilli, eaten with toothpicks and crusty bread.

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Ingredients

🐚1kg sea snails (or clams), cleaned

🫙4 tbsp tamarind pulp dissolved in water

🍬2 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp fish sauce

🧈2 tbsp butter

🧄4 garlic cloves and 2 shallots, chopped

🌶️Red chillies and Vietnamese mint (rau răm)

🥖Baguette, to mop up the sauce

Method

Serves 2

Boil the snails for a few minutes and drain.

Fry the garlic and shallots in butter until golden.

Add the tamarind, sugar, fish sauce and chilli and simmer until thick.

Toss in the snails and coat well.

Scatter with herbs and serve with bread.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ốc xào me is a favourite at Saigon's lively snail (ốc) restaurants, where friends share plates of shellfish over beer.

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