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Chicken Wings in Soy-Ginger Sauce

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Chicken Wings Soy Ginger Sauce Recipe

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Chicken Wings in Soy-Ginger Sauce

This is an original recipe from our restaurant, Tanpopo Noodle Shop and enjoyed by our customers for many years. Made-to-order and freshly served for a delicious, succulent chicken wings.  

Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword chicken wings, fried, ginger, japanese, soy sauce, vinegar
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 20 pieces
Author Koshiki Yonemura

Ingredients

  • 20 pics chicken wings and drumsticks about 2.5 pounds
  • 1/2 inch fresh ginger julienne
  • 1/2 cup corn starch or more
  • oil for frying

sauce

  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/8 cup sake
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions

  1. Make the sauce by heating the soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sake, sugar and water. Set it aside. (This sauce will keep up to 2 weeks in refrigerator. ) 

  2. Heat the oil to 350 degrees.

  3. Pat dry the wings and drumsticks. Dust them with cornstarch then deep fry until cooked through, about 10 minutes.  (note: work in batches so not to over crowd the pot with oil.) 

  4. Heat the sauce in a frying pan and add wings and drumsticks. Coat wings and drumstick with the sauce.  

  5. Plate wings and drumsticks with sauce. Garnish with fresh ginger.  

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Bitter Melon, Beef and Eggs with Oyster Sauce

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Beef and Bitter Melon with Oyster Sauce Recipe

Have you ever wondered why people eat astringent, medicine-like bitter tasting melon? And yes, I never enjoyed this  as a small child growing up in Japan, but as an adult it’s become an acquired taste and something I now crave. Native to southeast Asian and Africa, this plant is widely eaten in Japan, especially in Okinawa and Kyushu, where I spent my early childhood.

Despite its taste, bitter melon is packed with nutrients like iron, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B and helps lower your blood sugar.  I enjoy bitter melon when it’s in season at farmers’ markets during the hot summer months. It will give you a healthy energy booster. Try sauteing bitter melon with meat, tofu or egg to make an entree to serve with rice.  

 

Bitter Melon with Beef Ingredients

Beef and Bitter Melon with Oyster Sauc
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Beef and Bitter Melon with Oyster Sauce

Farmer's market bitter melon sauteed with beef and oyster sauce

Cuisine Japanese
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • `1 bitter melon
  • 300 grams thinly sliced beef
  • 3 eggs lightly beaten eggs medium sized
  • 1 tablespoon freshly chopped ginger
  • 1 sliced red pepper
  • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated garlic
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sake
  • 1/4 cup chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil canola or soy bean oil works well
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Instructions

  1. Cut bitter melon lengthwise and remove seeds and fibrous core then slice them crosswise into quarter inch thickness. 

  2. In a pot of boiling water, add 1 teaspoon of salt and blanch the bitter melon about 30 seconds. Drain the bitter melon and set it aside.  

  3. Place beef in a bowl and sprinkle with salt, pepper and sake. Set it aside.

  4. Mix together oyster sauce, garlic and soy sauce in a small bowl. Set it aside

  5. Heat large frying pan and add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil. Scramble eggs and take it out. Set it aside.  

  6. Return the frying pan to heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil. Add ginger and red pepper. When fragrant, add beef and saute until cooked through. Add bitter melon and scrambled eggs to beef then #4 (oyster sauce, garlic and soy sauce). Pour chicken stock and drizzle the dish with 1 tablespoon of sesame oil. Adjust seasoning. Serve hot. 

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