Oriental Zippy Paste Recipes

SESAME NOODLES

Steps:

• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to boil. Add pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain, and transfer to a serving bowl.
• Meanwhile, place a saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in garlic, sugar, oil, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili sauce. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves. Pour sauce over linguine, and toss to coat. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.

EASY THAI YELLOW CURRY PASTE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Peel the shallots - then drizzle with oil and wrap in foil. Peel the ginger and cut into thin slices. Arrange in a single layer, drizzle with oil, and wrap in foil. Pull the outer paper off the garlic. Cut the pointy tops off the heads of garlic so the cloves are partially exposed. Drizzle with oil, and wrap each head of garlic in foil.
• Place all the foil packets on a baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove the ginger (it should be soft), increase the temperature to 400, and roast the shallots and garlic for another 30 minutes until golden brown and very fragrant. When cooled, you can squeeze the garlic cloves out of the rest of the paper.
• While the aromatics are roasting, pour boiling water over the chili peppers to rehydrate them. Let them soak for 15 minutes. Drain the water.
• Put everything in a food processor or very strong blender. Pulse or puree until the yellow curry paste reaches your desired consistency. The recipe should make about 1 1/2 - 2 cups of curry paste, and I use about 1/3 cup or more in each of my yellow curry recipes, so usually I can get 4-5 batches of curry out of this yellow curry paste recipe. The paste keeps for about a week in the fridge and it freezes well!

ZIPPY ZUCCHINI PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute zucchini and garlic in oil until zucchini is crisp-tender. , Add the tomatoes, parsley, oregano and pepper flakes; heat through. Drain pasta; serve with zucchini mixture.

ZIPPY PASTE FOR PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Blend into a paste.
• Add more flour if too thin.
• Rub all over your tenderloin!

ORIENTAL ZIPPY PASTE

Steps:

• Peel Garlic bulbs and cloves. You can soak cloves in Hot water to make it easier to get the papery shell off.
• Peel Onions and cut each into 4 quarters.
• Use a food processor or blender. Place the cloves and the onions into the device, pulse to rough chop to your desired consistency. I like it chunkier, but you can even pulse until it is a puree.
• Heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in a 12 inch skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic and onions, sauté' until golden brown.
• Add Balsamic Vinegar and Fish Sauce to the pan, stir well to deglaze the bits that might be stuck to your pan. Simmer for 4-5 minutes. When the mixture has reduce in volume, add the brown sugar and the chili garlic sauce. ( I tend to use a 1/2 cup of chili garlic sauce for mild heat, I will add more if I want it to be medium to hot spicy.) Stir mixture frequently as it cooks, to dissolve the sugar. The paste is done when it is shiny and jam like in consistency.
• You can store your paste in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.
• See how I use the paste by looking at my other recopies with the term zippy in the title.