Name: Crisp Dried Anchovies
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Makes 6 servings as a snack or side dish
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: ½ cup dried baby anchovies; About 3 tablespoons corn, grapeseed, or other neutral oil; 3 shallots, minced; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon peeled and minced or grated fresh ginger; 1 small fresh chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced, or ½ teaspoon hot red pepper flakes, or to taste; 1 teaspoon sugar; ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste

Preparation info

Makes
6
servings as a snack or side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

Like the nut and bean preparations, these savory crisp snacks from Southeast Asia (closely related to the similar recipe from Korea that follows) can be eaten out of hand. Also like them, they’re great with beer. Though unfamiliar to some people, they’re instantly liked by most. (You can buy dried baby anchovies—described—at most Asian, and some Latin, markets.) In Thailand, they’re sometimes tossed with