The combination of egg white and tapioca starch makes the pieces of fish very crispy but you may use cornflour. The sauce is enhanced with the addition of lychees. All in all, one to impress your guests.
In this dish the fine beans are not overcooked thus retaining a lot of their vitamins and crunch. This is an easy one-dish meal when combined with freshly cooked rice.
Serve this hearty stew with a twist with rice or bread. The star anise and cinnamon (use whole spices) give it a light spicy flavour. As an alternative, replace beef with pork or chicken.
Hoisin Sauce is made from soya beans, vinegar, plum sauce and other flavourings. It is sweet and spicy and the flavours combined with toasted sesame seeds complement this simple vegetarian dish
<p>Crispy duck is served with Chinese pancakes, shredded spring onions, cucumber and Hoisin sauce. Some restaurants serve this dish with Plum sauce as an alternative.</p>
Ideally, you need a food processor to blitz the onions and garlic in this recipe. However, if you do not have one, chop up the onions and garlic finely. Serve with steaming, hot rice.
We have added sliced pineapple to our sweet and sour prawns to make this a special dish to be remembered. If preferred, replace prawns with chicken or pork. Remember to cut the meat into bite size pieces and season before lightly dusting in cornflour.
Fried red chillies in this dish adds a little heat. Leave out the chillies for a milder flavour.
Use any fish steaks you like for this dish. I used Swordfish steaks but cod, hoki or monkfish work just as well. Delicious served with hot white rice.
A meal on a plate. We have used a combination of prawns and squid for this dish. Feel free to use fish and or scallops as well. If fish is the choice we suggest a firm fish like monkfish.