Sauce Chien

Name: Sauce Chien
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 cups
Cuisine: caribbean
Ingredients: 1/2 cup finely diced peeled shallots; 2 ripe plum tomatoes, finely diced; 2 teaspoons finely minced, seeded hot chili, preferably habanero; 1 cup fresh lime juice; 1/2 cup rice vinegar; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves

Recipe from Sheila Lukins

Adapted by Florence Fabricant

Total Time: 15 minutes
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Sauce chien is Caribbean in origin (literally dog sauce but from the idiom "avoir du chien," or to have pluck) —Florence Fabricant

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Ingredients

Yield:2 cups

½cup finely diced peeled shallots
2ripe plum tomatoes, finely diced
2teaspoons finely minced, seeded hot chili, preferably habanero
1cup fresh lime juice
½cup rice vinegar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
¼cup chopped cilantro leaves

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Preparation

Step 1
Mix all the ingredients except the cilantro together in a bowl. Refrigerate for up to two hours.
Step 2
Just before serving stir in the cilantro.