Showing posts with label Sweet and Sour Sauce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweet and Sour Sauce. Show all posts

Sunday, January 23, 2011

#271_Tilapia in Sweet & Sour Sauce

This Sweet and Sour Tilapia Fish recipe
beats Rachel Ray's 30-minute Meal because I made this dish
in less than 30 minutes and so can you.
This dish is real simple and easy to make and yet it is super delish!

A friend, Yaye, served this at her birthday party recently.
I loved it so much that I asked her how she made it.
She told me how and even gave me her secret ingredient!
I also asked her permission if I can post the recipe here
and of course she is kind enough to let me.


The key here to be able prepare this dish so quick is that
I used this already breaded Tilapia
from Costco which is truly a super time saver!


Tilapia fillets bake in their frozen state for 18 minutes.
(see cooking directions on back of package)


Okay, set your timer and start cooking.
See if you can beat the record...


While the fish are baking, make the Sweet and Sour Sauce:
Slice half an onion into chunks
slice 2 medium carrots thinly
jullienne a piece of ginger (slice like matchsticks)
(I already have some sliced red bell pepper ready in the freezer)

Heat some canola oil in a saute pan and saute the onion until they are almost limp, followed by carrots, ginger, pineapple chunks and red bell pepper and do a quick stir fry. Season with 2 tsp. patis, then add 1 Tbp. apple cider vinegar and 2 cups of lumpia dipping sauce (shhhh, lumpia or egg roll dipping sauce is the secret ingredient. My favorite brand is "Pantai"). Let it cook for just a minute and voila!! you have an awesome Sweet and Sour Sauce.


Arrange the baked fish in a serving platter
and top them with the Sweet and Sour Sauce.


Very good on white steamed rice.


Light and flaky tilapia...oh, so Delisioso!

Notes from MaMely:
1) When I made this dish, I just eye-balled the ingredients. The measurements listed are just approximate for your guidelines. On the egg roll dipping sauce, you can use less or more.....if you use too much of it though, you'll have too sweet sauce, so kind of experiment with it.
2) This sauce can be used to make Sweet & Sour Pork, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Sweet & Sour Meatballs and Sweet & Sour anything.
3) If you don't have access to the store-bought lumpia dipping sauce you can make the sauce from the Sweet and Sour Meatballs recipe #35, click here.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

#35_SWEET and SOUR MEATBALLS

Sweet and Sour Meatballs over Rice


Years ago my sister Melinda gave me a recipe of tempura chicken with sweet and sour sauce. It is the best sweet and sour sauce recipe there is and it is very versatile as you can pour it on fried fish or on pork tempura or chicken tempura or shrimp tempura.

What makes this sweet and sour meatball recipe extra easy to prepare is that you can make the meatballs ahead of time (recipe #33). The veggies are optional, but if these veggies don't bother you, it won't hurt to add them in the sauce. Actually, they enhance the flavor and the appearance of the sauce.

Recipe for the SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE:
2 Tbsp olive oil or canola oil
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
1 piece carrot, sliced
1/2 of green pepper, coarsely chopped
1/2 of red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
small piece ginger, julliened
1 small can tomato sauce or 1/4 cup ketchup
2 tbsp soy sauce
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tsp salt
dash ground pepper
1 can (15.25 0z) pineapple tidbits
2 tbsp cornstarch

Procedure:
1. In a skillet, heat the oil to hot but not smoking; quickly saute the onion, the peppers, carrots and the ginger for about 1 minute. Take them out of the skillet and put them in a little bowl
2. In same skillet, on medium high heat, pour in the tomato sauce, soy sauce, and vinegar. Stir in the brown sugar and add the salt and pepper.
3. Take the juice out from the canned pineapple. In the juice dissolve the cornstarch and using a whisk briskly mix it in with the tomato and vinegar mixture making sure there's no lumps.
4. Put the meatballs (recipe #33) in the sauce and continue to simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring ocassionally.
5. Add the pineapple tidbits and the sauteed veggies; simmer until the veggies are heated through


To be continued...MaMely is sleepy. there might be a lot of errors in this post, I will just edit it tomorrow or so.