Comments on: Savory Stir Fry Sauces

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:22:36 +0000

Oh, brilliant! That makes sense. So you have to push yourself over the edge of worrying that the water will dilute the flavor… since you already know that a lot of it will evaporate! I think I understand why that seems counterintuitive at first—you are trying to make the perfect sauce, and you are “diluting it”—but you have to see beyond its initial form. Magic!

By: Alisa Stutzbach

Alisa Stutzbach — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:09:01 +0000

Do you think the sauce has enough flavor, but just that it evaporates? If so, you could just add some water, the miracle “free” ingredient! I don’t know why this was such an epiphany in culinary school, but it totally was. Still boggles my mind sometimes (just don’t add water to chocolate!).

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:54:05 +0000

Tonight, I couldn’t find a suitable tamarind paste in the house, so I decided to try making your sauce #1 with amchur (powdered mango). It was quite nice! I also like to add a little more spice to this one–usually just red pepper flakes, though there are probably other good options.

Every time we make this, we wish there was extra sauce—some of it usually ends up getting cooked off when I add it at the end and there’s rarely enough to sufficiently flavor the vegetables, protein and rice all together. Any hints for that, beyond just doubling the recipe?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:58:15 +0000

They were both very good, and both went very well with my stir fried vegetables and chicken. It’s been so long I’ve forgotten the differences in taste, but I enjoyed using odd (to me) ingredients like grenadine and molasses in this kind of cooking.

I ground my coriander seeds very roughly because I like the texture.

Although I didn’t add it this time, I like adding a little white ground pepper to Asian dishes. I may add a dash next time.

Hope all’s well!

By: Alisa Stutzbach

Alisa Stutzbach — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:55:46 +0000

Hope you enjoyed them, Jeff! Any suggestions for improvements or variations? (If you even remember – I’m so sorry for the slow response, but somehow I didn’t get the notification about your comment. Apparently I have some kinks to work out… Hope you guys are doing well!)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:29:08 +0000

I now know what I’m preparing for dinner tonight! I think I’ll mix up each of these sauces so we can taste them both.

I love the idea of using grenadine as an ingredient!