Guide to Making the Best Tây Ninh Salt - Mytour

Tây Ninh salt is an essential condiment when enjoying fruits, rice paper, or making dipping sauce that many people love. In the following content, Mytour will suggest for you the best way to make Tây Ninh salt, delicious and authentic.

1. What makes Tây Ninh salt so special?

Tây Ninh salt is known as a favorite dipping condiment for many people. You can use Tây Ninh salt as a substitute for soup powder, dipping sauce... and use it for fruit dipping, mixing rice paper. This is a famous specialty in the Tây Ninh region.

The main ingredients that make up Tây Ninh salt are salt, chili, and dried shrimp. Salt is sourced from coastal provinces, and under the skillful hands of artisans who prepare their own salt recipes, they create the specialty Tây Ninh salt with a stimulating taste of spicy, salty, and sweet flavors that excite the taste buds. 

Nowadays, instead of having to go all the way to Tây Ninh or travel far to get this type of salt. You can completely practice making delicious and authentic Tây Ninh salt at home with a very simple step-by-step guide. 

2. The best way to make delicious and authentic Tây Ninh salt

You can pocket the method of making delicious and authentic Tây Ninh shrimp salt with a few easy-to-find ingredients and simple steps suggested in the article below.

Ingredients Needed

• 500g whole salt grains
• 200g dried shrimp
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Chili peppers
• Sugar
• Utensils for making salt such as a pan, grinder…

Execution Steps

Step 1:After purchasing dried shrimp, soak them in water for 20 minutes to soften. Then, remove the shrimp, rinse them with water, and drain.

Step 2: Rinse fresh chili peppers thoroughly and let them dry. Peel the dry garlic. Put the chili peppers and garlic in a blender with soaked shrimp, 400g of fine salt, and blend until smooth. Transfer the finely blended salt mixture into a small bowl.

Step 3: Heat a pan over the stove, then put the roasted salt mixture on it and stir evenly over low heat for 30 minutes. Stir constantly until the salt feels completely dry, with no moisture left.

Note: During the process of making Tây Ninh shrimp salt, if you have too much salt, you can divide it into several roasting sessions to ensure the mixture does not burn and dries evenly. While roasting the salt, you can check its dryness by gently stirring with a spatula. If it stirs easily and lightly, the salt is dry. If it requires effort, the salt is still moist and not ready.

The Finished Product of Tây Ninh Shrimp Salt Meets the Requirements

Once the salt is completely dry, you can turn off the stove and transfer it into an airtight glass or plastic jar for storage. Each time you have fruit or rice paper rolls, you can use the salt as a condiment. Making Tây Ninh salt at home is quite simple yet yields a final product that is fragrant and delicious, just like the original from Tây Ninh. Each grain of salt has a vibrant orange-yellow color, is dry, silky smooth, with a spicy, savory aroma of dried shrimp, incredibly enticing.

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3. Tây Ninh shrimp salt recipe without shrimp

Besides using dried shrimp to make Tây Ninh salt, you can also apply the suggested recipe below to make Tây Ninh shrimp salt without shrimp quickly and deliciously.

Ingredients Needed

• 400g coarse salt
• 200g horn peppers
• Dried garlic
• Other seasonings such as sugar, MSG...

Steps to Follow

Step 1: After purchasing horn peppers, rinse them thoroughly, remove stems, deseed, then finely chop with scissors. Peel and rinse the garlic.

Step 2: Take the mixture of horn peppers and salt into a blender and blend until smooth. If the mixture is too dry and difficult to blend, you can add some distilled water to make the blender operate more easily.

Step 3: After the shrimp-free shrimp salt mixture is finely blended, proceed to roast the salt. Heat a pan over the stove, add the finely blended salt mixture along with 5 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of MSG, then stir evenly. Stir for 20 minutes over low heat until the mixture is dry, then turn off the stove.

The Finished Product of Tây Ninh Shrimp Salt Without Shrimp

Tây Ninh salt without shrimp can be used as a dipping sauce for fruits or for dipping grilled dishes, seafood dishes, and even vegetarian dishes. Especially, this type of salt can also be used for vegetarian meals. With its balanced spicy and fragrant flavor combined with a moderate saltiness, it will awaken your taste buds.

4. Some Notes on Using and Storing Tây Ninh Salt

Here are some tips on how to make simple, fragrant, and authentic Tây Ninh salt at home. Tây Ninh salt can be made once and stored for a long time. Therefore, the process of storing salt is extremely important. Here are some notes on storing salt:

• During the process of making Tây Ninh salt, make sure to roast the salt evenly over low heat until it is completely dry before storing and preserving.
• After finishing Tây Ninh salt, put it in a clean glass or plastic jar, cover tightly to avoid moisture. When needed, simply take out a sufficient amount for one meal and cover tightly again. Avoid taking out too much and pouring it back, as it may cause the salt to become damp and moist.
• Place a piece of absorbent paper at the bottom of the jar to absorb all the moisture, keeping the salt dry and preventing clumping or water leakage.
• Avoid storing Tây Ninh salt in the refrigerator or in a place with high temperature as it may cause the salt to become damp, moist, leaky, and spoiled.
• Only use the salt while it is still bright yellow. When the salt has turned dark yellow, you should not use it anymore because it has expired and is no longer safe.

Here is a super simple, easy-to-make, and authentic Tây Ninh salt recipe. Hopefully, with the recipes shared in this article, you will be able to easily make this spice at home. Don't forget to follow Mytour for more exciting cooking recipes!

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