Asian Caramelized Potatoes

May 5, 2009 at 6:29 pm · Filed under Asian, Food, Vegetarian ·Tagged #recipes, Asian recipe, Chinese food, potatoes, Vegetarian, veggie

A few months ago the food network featured this  lady who was preparing typical Eastern Asian dishes. It seemed like every recipe she was making consisted of 4 main ingredients, brown sugar, ginger, Shao Hsing wine and black rice vinegar. I went down to China town to pick up the wine and vinegar and started cooking, this is what i came up with.

Ingredients

• 500 g fingerling potatoes
• 2 tbsp peanut oil
• 5 cm piece of finely sliced ginger
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp shao hsing wine
• 1 tsp black rice vinegar
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• salt and pepper

1. boil fingerling potatoes whole until soft
2. drain and cut into bite size pieces
3. in a wok heat oil and add potatoes, cook until lightly brown
4. add ginger and stir-fry for 30 seconds, then add brown sugar, shao hsing wine, vinegar, soy and salt & pepper
5. stir-fry for a few more minutes until potatoes are caramelised

Serve this dish hot with some chicken or steak, add some hot peppers to give it a slight kick.

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