O-M-G this is soooo good and soooo simple! Here’s my favorite new recipe for a chinese meat coating sauce. It only makes enough to coat one pound of meat so you’d need to multiply it for a full family meal. I don’t think you’d want it for rice, so serve with a fried rice, steamed rice or stir fried veggies. The inspiration came from a disgusting sounding recipe named “Slippery Shrimp” that calls for butterflied shrimp but those little frozen salad shrimp work very well as does bite sized pieces of catfish (really!), beef, chicken and pork.
Slippery Chinese Meat Coating Sauce
1 lb meat of your choice cut into bite sized pieces
1/3 C cornstarch
cooking oil
Dust meat with cornstarch and fry in the oil until done. Drain on a rack or paper towels.
Coating Sauce:
1 heaping teaspoon garlic power
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons sugar or sugar substitute or honey
2 Tablespoons ketchup
1 1/2 Tablespoons vinegar
2 Tablespoons water
handful of green onion tops, chopped
Combine in a small saucepan and heat until warmed and sugar is disolved.
Toss in the cooked meat. Serve.
My husband is allergic to honey so I either substitute brown sugar or an English item called Lyle’s golden syrup.
Sounds great!