Sweet And Pungent Sauce For Carrots Recipes

SWEET-AND-PUNGENT SAUCE FOR CARROTS

Steps:

• 1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until sauce thickens and is smooth. 2. Pour over cooked carrots and serve. NOTE: This sauce also goes well with cooked cabbage. VARIATIONS: * For the water, substitute pineapple juice. * In step 1, also add 1 tablespoon soy sauce. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

SWEET-AND-PUNGENT SAUCE I

Steps:

• 1. Bring water to a boil. Add sugar, stirring, and cook another minute to dissolve. Add vinegar cook 1 minute more. 2. Meanwhile blend cornstarch, soy sauce and remaining cold water to a paste. Then stir in to thicken. Pour sauce over deep-fried meat or fish and serve. NOTE: Sweet-and-pungent sauces, because of their vinegar content, are best prepared in enamel pans. Their color can be enhanced by the addition of 2 tablespoons tomato sauce or 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring. VARIATIONS: * For the sugar, use brown sugar or honey. * For the vinegar, use cider vinegar. * For the soy sauce, use heavy soy sauce. * For the water in step 1, substitute stock. Or use equal parts of water and tomato juice or water and pineapple juice or pineapple juice and tomato juice. * After step 1, add any of the following: 1 to 2 tablespoons sherry 1 to 2 tablespoons catsup or tomato sauce 1 tablespoon molasses 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 scallion stalk, minced 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce few drops of Worcestershire Sauce few drops of sesame oil 1 teaspoon ginger juice juice of 1/2 lemon 1/2 cup subgum ginger, sliced 1/2 cup sweet mixed pickles, shredded * Omit the cornstarch paste in step 2. Instead, combine the cornstarch with the water in step 1 before heating it. Then cook, stirring, to thicken as the sugar and vinegar are added. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

SWEET-AND-PUNGENT SAUCE COMBINATIONS

Steps:

• POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS FOR SWEET-AND-PUNGENT SAUCES FOR CHICKEN LIVERS: scallions, ginger root, carrots, green peppers, sweet mixed pickles FOR FISH AND FISHBALLS: ginger root or pickled ginger carrots, turnips and onions. Or green pepper, pineapple chunks, tomatoes, pickles. (You may also add roast pork, sliced, diced or slivered, when adding the vegetables.) FOR PORK: green peppers, pineapple chunks, tomatoes, lichee fruit, molasses FOR SHRIMP:bamboo shoots, crab apples, green peppers, tomatoes, pineapple chunks, catsup FOR SPARERIBS: carrots, green peppers, honey, pickles, tomatoes, pineapple chunks FOR WONTONS: onions, pineapple chunks, tomatoes, green peppers, bamboo shoots, pickles, mushrooms, roast porkThe Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

SWEET 'N' TANGY CARROTS

Steps:

• Place 1 in. of water, carrots and salt in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until tender, 15-20 minutes. Drain., Return carrots to pan; add the brown sugar, butter, mustard and pepper. Cook and stir over low heat until well coated. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with a slotted spoon.