May 15 2026 – Holly Ong
Sambal shrimp baked on banana leaves, sticky and caramelised, fresh from the oven with asparagus
Sambal
Shrimp
3-ingredient marinade · OMG Sambal heat · oven-baked in 25 minutes.
Sticky, spicy, caramelised — straight from the oven.
The best dinner party move? A dish that cooks itself while you're busy being a good host.
This is the dish we make when we want to feed people well without spending the evening in the kitchen. Three pantry ingredients — jam, OMG Sambal, olive oil — become a marinade that clings, caramelises, and delivers every time. The oven does the work. You pour the wine.
We first made this on a warm May evening — shrimp on banana leaves, spring asparagus alongside, pearl couscous on the side. It disappeared in minutes. It's been on the rotation ever since.
This recipe travels through
The marinade — and why banana leaves are worth it.
What you need
A rimmed oven-safe pan or baking dish — large enough to hold 2 lbs of shrimp in a single layer. We used a wide ceramic dish, but any oven-safe pan works.
Banana leaves to line the pan — find them frozen at most Asian grocery stores. They add a subtle floral fragrance that elevates the whole dish. Foil is a perfectly good substitute.
Serve straight from the pan over pearl couscous, steamed rice, or alongside roasted asparagus.
Low effort, high flavor — the only kind of dinner party we throw.
Spicy, savory, and deeply aromatic — OMG Sambal is built for exactly this kind of cooking. One tablespoon transforms a simple marinade into something that tastes like you spent all day on it.
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