Tsai Family Egg Rolls With Sweet And Sour Sauce And Spicy Mustard Recipes

MOM'S EGG ROLLS WITH SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• To make sweet and sour sauce, in 1-quart saucepan, mix sugar, ketchup, 2/3 cup water, 1 tablespoon soy sauce and the salt. Cook 5 minutes. Stir in vinegar.
• In small bowl, mix cornstarch and 1/3 cup cold water. Add to sauce; cook until thickened.
• To make egg rolls, in 12-inch skillet, cook ground beef, onion and green onions until beef is thoroughly cooked. Drain off excess fat.
• Stir in coleslaw mix. Add soy sauce by pouring around top of mixture about 2 times. Taste and check saltiness; you can always add more. Cook until thoroughly heated.
• While cabbage mixture is cooking, place egg roll skins on large work surface. Spoon 1 serving spoon-size of beef mixture on center of each skin. For each egg roll, bring up bottom corner; fold in side corners and roll up. Bring down top corner; wet with small amount of water to stick.
• In small skillet, heat oil. When oil is hot, fry egg rolls until crispy. Shake off excess oil.

SPICED CHICKEN FINGERS WITH SWEET-SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• In a hot sauce pot coated with oil, saute the onions, ginger and carrots until soft, about 8 minutes. Season and add the pineapple, juice and vinegar. Cook until pineapple is soft, about 5 minutes. Puree mixture and check for seasoning. In another sauce pot filled 1/3 full of oil, heat to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix together the flour, paprika, cayenne and sesame seeds. Whisk in the soda until a pancake batter consistency is achieved. Dip the chicken fingers individually in the batter and fry until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt.
• PLATING Serve the soup in a small bowl on the same plate as a pile of mac-n-cheese. Place fingers on a plate around a small bowl of dipping sauce.
• Drink Suggestion: Fresh Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Limes and Club Soda for house made spritzers.

SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE (FOR DIPPING EGG ROLLS AND MORE)

Steps:

• Place pineapple preserves in a small saucepan.
• Whisk together the remaining ingredients and stir in .
• Heat over low heat, stirring, until preserves melt and mixture thickens slightly and is well blended.
• Remove from heat and cool before using.

SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE II

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix together water, distilled white vinegar, white sugar, tomato paste, pineapple tidbits and cornstarch. Cook, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes, or until mixture reaches desired color and consistency.

SWEET & SPICY EGG ROLL SAUCE

Steps:

• Warm apricot preserves if needed.
• Mix all together.
• Eat.

SWEET AND SPICY DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir the vinegar and sugar together in a small saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves completely, 7 to 10 minutes; add the salt, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir the chili garlic sauce into the mixture. Allow to cool slightly before serving.