Tsai Family Egg Rolls With Sweet And Sour Sauce And Spicy Mustard Recipes

Steps:

• In a hot sauce pot coated with oil, saute the onions, ginger and carrots until soft, about 8 minutes. Season and add the pineapple, juice and vinegar. Cook until pineapple is soft, about 5 minutes. Puree mixture and check for seasoning. In another sauce pot filled 1/3 full of oil, heat to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix together the flour, paprika, cayenne and sesame seeds. Whisk in the soda until a pancake batter consistency is achieved. Dip the chicken fingers individually in the batter and fry until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt.
• PLATING Serve the soup in a small bowl on the same plate as a pile of mac-n-cheese. Place fingers on a plate around a small bowl of dipping sauce.
• Drink Suggestion: Fresh Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Limes and Club Soda for house made spritzers.

Steps:

• Whisk together all the ingredients in a small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, whisking all the while until it thickens.
• Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.

Steps:

• To make sweet and sour sauce, in 1-quart saucepan, mix sugar, ketchup, 2/3 cup water, 1 tablespoon soy sauce and the salt. Cook 5 minutes. Stir in vinegar.
• In small bowl, mix cornstarch and 1/3 cup cold water. Add to sauce; cook until thickened.
• To make egg rolls, in 12-inch skillet, cook ground beef, onion and green onions until beef is thoroughly cooked. Drain off excess fat.
• Stir in coleslaw mix. Add soy sauce by pouring around top of mixture about 2 times. Taste and check saltiness; you can always add more. Cook until thoroughly heated.
• While cabbage mixture is cooking, place egg roll skins on large work surface. Spoon 1 serving spoon-size of beef mixture on center of each skin. For each egg roll, bring up bottom corner; fold in side corners and roll up. Bring down top corner; wet with small amount of water to stick.
• In small skillet, heat oil. When oil is hot, fry egg rolls until crispy. Shake off excess oil.