Wondering what to do with Chu Hou Sauce? Try these quick, healthy, and crowd-pleasing recipes.
Sea snails are cleaned and quickly blanched, then cooked in a fragrant, spicy clay-pot sauce built from ginger, garlic, onion, dried chillies, spicy bean paste and Chu Hou paste. Soy sauce and oyster sauce bring a deep savoury backbone, while white pepper adds a gentle kick. The finish is all about aroma: Huatiao wine, rice wine, and a final splash of rose wine create a bold, warming, restaurant-style seafood dish with a rich, glossy sauce—topped with fresh red chilli and green onion for a bright lift.
Both of my sons love to eat beef brisket. In the past, I would have a headache whenever I thought of stewing beef brisket, because firstly, it would take a long time to stew, and secondly, it might not be stewed until it was tender. Later I discovered that the pressure cooker is the key to stewing beef brisket. It can stew the beef brisket until it is soft, and beef brisket has become our home-cooked dish. The secret to making curry beef brisket tender and with a curry flavor is to stew it twice.
Char siu is a Hong Kong barbecue flavor. When I was a child, I would cut the old char siu every night to add dishes. Unexpectedly, in recent years, every household has made their own char siu. The recipes vary, but it is still a hometown delicacy. This time, this dish of char siu uses pork belly, full of oil fragrance, plus char siu sauce, seafood sauce sweetness, although not as delicious as restaurants, but fresh and hot, also quite popular with children.
A rich, aromatic clay-pot dish that pairs juicy chicken pieces with tender abalone, driven by the deep savoury punch of chu hou paste, soy bean paste, oyster sauce, and soy sauce. Garlic, ginger, and shallots bring that classic “sizzling” fragrance, finished with a generous splash of hua tiao wine for a restaurant-style, glossy, umami-packed finish.
Chu Hou sauce, beef brisket and potatoes are the perfect match for rice lovers! Potatoes are rustic and simple, but they turn into a noble sauce after being coated with Chu Hou sauce. Beef brisket is even more delicious, and is stewed until soft and tasty. Workers can have a bowl of this after get off work, and it will instantly replenish their blood. It is a great companion for rice lovers.