Sauce for stirfry

[Funkstar]

I don't like using the packets of chinese sauces you get from the likes of sharwoods etc. but i really don't know how you make chinese style sauces. any recipies?

Not looking for anything complicated or time consuming, just something that will liven up a stirfry of baby sweetcorn, asparagus, mushrooms and bean sprouts

TIA

[herulach]

No meat? if youre using meat, marinade in soy, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger and 5 spice for a couple of hours, throw it all (including the marinade) in the pan, then when its cooked slop a bit of warm water and a chinese oxo in there and you get quite a nice juice.

Sweet and sour is also pretty easy, but not that fast, and i cant rightly remember the recipe (tomato puree, vinegar sugar and orange juice, but i havent got the quantities written anywhere, i just do it itill it tastes right)

[Moby-Dick]

how about some sugar , light and dark soy sauce and a touch of rice wine ( or in finest kenhom style , you can use dry sherry )

[Funkstar]

i eat a lot of meat when i'm offshore and when i eat out, so when i cook for myself i prefer to avoid meat. balances out in the end i think

not a fan of sweet and sour, i always think of that pink or orange gloop you used to get from take aways with the chunk of pineapple at the bottom

i'll try these suggestions out though, i think i could use the marinade without actually using it as a marinade.

thanks guys

[Moby-Dick]

get some sweet chilli sauce too

[johnny02004976]

get some sweet chilli sauce too

AGREED - i have bottles of it in my cupboards and use it on everythin

[herulach]

sweet chilli is just wrong imo, you may as well cover your tea in jam.

[Funkstar]

yeah, sweet chili is ok for dipping etc, but not as a main meal sauce IMHO anyway

[Moby-Dick]

it works very well as if you put a slug of it in at the end of a stirfry

I have a Nick recepie for a pasta salad of pasta , mayo sweetcorn and sweet chilli sauce which is very tasty

[0iD]

hoi-sin, soy, rice wine vinegar. All you'lll ever need.

[toomanycooks]

Soy, lemon juice, a little honey, ginger, black pepper, some fresh red chilli.

Play with the quantities a bit until you find what you like.

[Dr. X]

SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE
serves 2

1 tbsp cornflour
5 tbsp water
2 tbsp tomato puree
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp malt vinegar
5 tbsp pineapple juice (can use orange juice but halve sugar)

Heat together slowly.

[GDVS]

I'd say to use the pinapple chunks as well as the juice. And some crunchy carrot sticks for added texture