sweet and sour

Taiwanese sweet and sour pickled ginger recipe:

By Jodie Sun, 09/06/2019 - 15:00

Ingredients

1000g young ginger

4 teaspoons salt

400ml rice vinegar

200g crystal sugar

What is young ginger?

There are several things to look for to identify young ginger:

1. The color is pale, not dark like aged ginger.

2. The texture is tender, not strong like older ginger.

3. Young ginger is less than 30 days old. Aged ginger is from 3 months to 2 years old.

Iron Plate Sweet and Sour Tofu

By Jodie Sun, 17/03/2019 - 21:26

Sweet and sour sauce ingredients

4 tablespoons vinegar
4 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
Freshly chopped chili, 1 teaspoon (optional, depending on your preference)
Freshly chopped garlic, 1 teaspoon
Freshly chopped ginger, 1 teaspoon

Note: Prepare the sweet and sour sauce in advance because you will use it during cooking. For this recipe, you need about 6 tablespoons of this sauce. If you make more than that, you can keep the rest of the sauce in a closed container in the fridge for later use.

Cooking ingredients

Cooking oil, 3 tablespoons
Hard tofu about 270g, cut into triangular shapes
Mushrooms about 50g, 0.5cm, sliced
Bell pepper about 50g, 1cm sliced
Green onion, chopped

Instructions

1. Prepare a flat pan for cooking – for example, a frying pan. Place it on the stove top and add a few tablespoons of cooking oil to the pan. Adjust the stove to medium heat.

Toasted eggplant with 5 flavors sweet and sour sauce

By Jodie Fri, 25/07/2014 - 21:43

Dressing Ingredients

4 tablespoons vinegar
4 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon freshly chopped garlic
1 tablespoon freshly chopped ginger
1 tablespoon freshly chopped coriander
1 teaspoon freshly chopped chili (optional)

Cooking Ingredients

3 long, slender purple eggplants

Instructions

1. Mix all the ingredients well. You can adjust the amounts slightly to taste, and find out the balance of ingredients you prefer.
2. Chop the eggplants into sections 4cm long, and then carefully slice each piece into two halves lengthwise. Soak the chopped eggplants in 1 tablespoon of salt and 2 cups of water for about 2 hours.
3. Drain away the salty water from the eggplant. Cook the eggplant in the toaster oven or oven with 220C, for about 15 minutes, or until they are cooked.

Spicy with sweet and sour sauces

By Jodie Mon, 03/03/2014 - 19:28

Sweet and sour sauce

4 tablespoons vinegar, 4 tablespoons sugar, and 3 tablespoons soy sauce. Mix well.

Fresh spicy sweet and sour sauce

Freshly chopped chili, 1 teaspoon

Freshly chopped garlic, 1 teaspoon

Freshly chopped green onion, 1 teaspoon