Summer recipes with Lee Kum Kee Chinese sauces

I’ve been busy cooking some tasty BBQ treats, chinese style. This is to tie in with the Lee Kum Kee summer BBQ carnival. Unfortunately the weather was not kind to me on the day and the barbecue had to be abandoned in favour of the oven. But I’ve made sure that my recipes have both barbecue and oven instructions.

First let me tell you about the Lee Kum Kee summer BBQ carnival. Take a look for your chance to win flights to Hong Kong, cookery classes, supermarket vouchers and other prizes. But be quick, as the competition closes on 9th August. Also if you shop in Asda, keep an eye out for the discounted offers on the Lee Kum Kee Chinese sauces this month.

So I received a selection of four of the Lee Kum Kee sauces free in use in my recipes. They also sent a USB key ring and a copy of their Wok Along Discover Chinese Cooking book. The sauces comprised:-
Oriental Sesame Dressing (new to Lee Kum Kee range)
Chiu Chow Chilli Oil
Char Siu Sauce
Premium Oyster Sauce

Now on to my recipes. First up we have kebabs, both fish ones and vegetable ones. Kebabs are always a firm favourite on the barbecue in our household and the oyster sauce flavour really compliments them well.

Fish kebabs

Ingredients (makes 4-5)

12 frozen king prawns
1 bag of frozen fish pie mix (cod, smoked cod and salmon)
4-6 tbsp Lee Kum Kee premium oyster sauce

Method

Defrost the prawns and fish pie mix for about 3hrs at room temperature.
Heat BBQ up or preheat fan oven to 180 deg C.
Spoon the oyster sauce into a couple of bowls.
Add the fish pieces to one bowl and the prawns to the other bowl.
Mix to ensure they are nicely covered with the oyster sauce.
Allow to stand for 5 minutes.
Thread the fish pieces and prawns onto skewers in an alternating order.
Any leftover fish pieces, thread onto an additional skewer.
Place on either a foil tray for BBQ or baking sheet for oven.
Cook on BBQ or middle shelf of oven for approx 10 minutes.
Serve and enjoy.

 

Vegetable kebabs

Ingredients (makes 3)

1 courgette
3 small shallots
6 medium mushrooms
3 small sweet peppers
4-6 tbsp Lee Kum Kee premium oyster sauce

Method

Heat BBQ up or preheat fan oven to 180 deg C.
Chop sweet peppers in half and remove seeds.
Top and tail the courgette and cut into 6 pieces.
Remove skin from shallots and top and tail.
Spoon the oyster sauce into a couple of bowls.
Add two types of vegetables to each bowl.
Mix to ensure they are nicely covered with the oyster sauce.
Allow to stand for 5 minutes.
Thread the vegetables onto skewers in an alternating order.
Place on either a foil tray for BBQ or baking sheet for oven.
Cook on BBQ or middle shelf of oven for approx 15 minutes.
Serve and enjoy.

 

Next we have pork loin steaks with Char Siu sauce. I haven’t cooked pork steaks previously, but I will definitely be purchasing them again. Tasty, tender and very good value for money, approximately 50p per steak. And a delicious flavour with the Char Siu sauce.

Pork Loin Steaks with Char Siu Sauce

Ingredients

2 Pork Loin Steaks
4 tbsp Lee Kum Kee Char Siu sauce

Method

Spoon the Char Siu sauce into a flat dish.
Trim any excess fat off the pork.
Add the pork steaks to the dish, turning several times to ensure well coated with the sauce.
Allow to stand for 5 minutes.
Either cook directly on BBQ or on a low heat in a preheated wok.
If using wok, spray with oil first.
Drizzle any spare sauce from the dish over the steaks.
Turn the steaks over after about 5 minutes.
If necessary, turn again after a further 5 minutes.
Serve hot with your choice of vegetables and rice.
Enjoy.

 

As I’d bought a big pack of pork loin steaks, I cooked some more the following day using the same method, but served in a wrap. So easy finger food for summer eating.

Char Siu Pork Wrap

Ingredients (makes 2)

2 wraps
2 pork loin steaks
6-8 leaves of Little Gem lettuce
6 tbsp Lee Kum Kee Char Siu sauce

Method

Cook the pork steaks as above using 4 tbsp of the Char Siu.
Shred the lettuce.
Spread 1 tbsp Char Siu sauce over each wrap.
Heap the shredded lettuce onto each wrap
Chop the pork into pieces and add to wraps.
Fold each wrap closed.
Serve and enjoy.

And of course in the summer, you want a salad alongside your barbecued food. So I made a Tomato and Bread Salad, which you usually think of as an Italian dish, but I gave it a very tasty Chinese twist with the Oriental Sesame Dressing. Very yummy. You will need a very large dish for this. I thought mine was big enough before I started, but ended up having to split it across 2 dishes.

Tomato and Bread Salad

Ingredients

600g mixed tomatoes
200g sweet peppers
200g ciabatta bread, preferably stale
4 tbsp Lee Kee Kum oriental sesame dressing
6 tbsp olive oil
salt
pepper
1 tsp sesame seeds

Method

Cut the ciabatta into pieces and put aside to dry out. If necessary, toast slightly in the oven.
Chop the tomatoes into pieces and put in a large serving bowl.
Chop sweet peppers in half and remove seeds.
Add to bowl.
Season with salt and pepper.
Add the bread and mix together.
Stir in the oriental sesame dressing and olive oil. Add extra of either if necessary.
Sprinkle in sesame seeds.
Serve and enjoy.

I haven’t included a recipe in this post for the Chiu Chow Chilli Oil, but this adds a wow to my pasta salad.

Most of these products can be purchased in major supermarkets.

So what summer dishes would you make using Chinese sauces?

Regular readers of my blog may remember that I also blogged a selection of Christmas recipes using Lee Kum Kee Chinese sauces.

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Disclosure.  This post is a review of products I was sent for free.  All opinions are my own.