There’s a lovely spicy hot Cantonese dipping sauce that you can recreate at home by the following substitutions:
1 part vinegar (rice, but white wine will do)
1 part chilli sauce (Tabasco is fine)
1 part soy (shoyu is best)
The twist will be if you get that green Tabasco sauce, which is much milder than the red stuff as well. It’s a bit gloopy so mix well. I’ve done this myself - it won’t be bright green, more of a sort of dirty pond green, but it tastes great.
I swear, I read the subject line, bust musta gotten excited! Anyhow, one of my suggestions was Asian and green.
That’s what I am talking about. Simple, asianish and green (spicy is a welcome bonus). Will try.
Just out of curiosity, what is it about the green curry that your guests don’t like? If it’s the coconut, there’s plenty you can do with the remaining green ingredients. You can never go wrong with a base of lime and green chiles. Here’s another recipe for a dipping sauce which is sure to satisfy the green requirement.
Green Chinese Sauce
I really like Ming Tsai. I miss “East meets West”.
As for green curry, I could probably just call it something else and half of them would happily eat it. They just have this thing about turmeric and the fact that there is no turmeric in green curry makes no difference to them.
Here’s a recipe I found online that might do the trick, it’s definitely asian inspired.
Jade Sauce for Rice, Fish, Pasta
Categories: Sauce
Serves: 1 Servings
Ingredients:
1/2 c Spinach leaves; firmly packed
1 ts Grated orange peel
1/4 c Fresh mint leaves
1/2 c Fresh cilantro leaves
12 lg Fresh basil leaves
2 Green onions; chopped
2 tb Dry sherry
2 tb White vinegar
2 tb Dark sesame oil
1 tb Soy sauce
2 ts Hoisin sauce
2 ts Sugar
1/2 ts Chili sauce; Asian
1/2 ts Salt
Instructions:
Place ingredients in a blender or food processor container. Blend until
pureed. Refrigerate.
Uses: Make “Jade Rice”. Serve grilled meats and fish on a puddle of this
sauce. Add to pasta. Serve as a dip for crudites or melon pieces.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #178
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 13:10:13 -0700 (PDT)
that’s just awesome, thanks.
