I love spending relaxed weekends creating new dishes, pulling forgotten spices from the cupboards, dusting off old recipe notes and whiling away the hours experimenting. But some days, it’s simply not the time for spending hours in the kitchen, and that’s where shortcuts make a welcome entrance.
If you’re having friends round for a relaxed dinner, you can cheat your way to a fabulous home-cooked Asian-inspired meal with a little help from Amoy’s latest range of ‘Taste of Asia’ sauces, which is exactly what I did.
Above is a pork curry made with Amoy Thai Massaman Curry Cooking Sauce. I fried pork strips in hot oil with onion and garlic, then added sliced green peppers, mange tout, baby sweetcorn, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots. When the veggies were cooked but still bearing a little crunch, I added the sauce, turned down the heat and cooked for five minutes until it was ready to serve.
I also made up this Thai green curry using new Amoy Thai Green Curry Cooking Sauce. It’s simply chicken strips stir fried with cashews, mange tout, baby corn, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts, then in goes the sauce to heat for five minutes.
As a side, I made some simple griddled chicken skewers and served them with new Amoy Peanut Satay Sauce, which is ready in the microwave after just 40 seconds.
Finally, I served up some spring rolls, plenty of rice topped with chilli and chopped peanuts, and some Amoy Singapore Curry Noodles, prepped on the hob in minutes and served top with spring onions and a dash of chilli powder.
The plates were emptied in minutes, everyone had full bellies and I could enjoy the meal with everyone instead of being exhausted from hours in the kitchen. A win all round, I’d say.
This is a commissioned post for Amoy.
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Mummy Lala (Laura) says
17 November, 2015 at 10.05pmThese dishes all look fantastic. I love asian cuisine but haven’t used many of the Amoy products, so I’ll definitely be going to investigate and copy some of the meals you’ve cooked.
Laura x
Alex Lamb & Bear says
17 November, 2015 at 6.49pmOh wow, you’ve literally just cooked my favourite food! Massaman, Thai free and satay. I’d eat them all day if I could! I’ve been desperately trying to find a satay dipping sauce in the supermarket and now Amoy have one! Yessssssssssssssssss!!!! Xx
Five adventurers says
17 November, 2015 at 6.35pmWow! How gorgeous are your photos and how mouthwatering does that meal look. I’m literally drooling :)
Kellie Kearney says
16 November, 2015 at 11.52pmAh my mouth is watering here. What a delicious selection of food!! Can I come to your house?
Lori says
16 November, 2015 at 11.44pmOoh this looks delicious and I wouldn’t mind tucking into this right now! x
Alice says
16 November, 2015 at 10.52pmThis all looks absolutely delicious. All the recipes you’ve put together look so yum I would definitely like to be invited to that dinner party. Will have to check these sauces out! Thank you for sharing xx
Danielle says
16 November, 2015 at 10.19pmThese look so delicious! I am a big fan of Asian food and peanut sauce is my favorite! Now I’m super hungry and want my dinner! x
Ickle Pickle says
16 November, 2015 at 9.24pmOh this food looks delicious! I haven’t tried many of the dishes but would love to! Kaz x
Emma @sophieellaandme says
16 November, 2015 at 9.20pmEverything looks lovely! Great post and brilliant photography. I will have to try cooking one or two of those dishes myself x
Janine says
16 November, 2015 at 9.12pmI have to admit, I love Asian food. This looks delicious. Thai green curry can be a hit and miss sometimes. I had one the other day and it was so spicy you could barely eat it.
Lisa says
16 November, 2015 at 5.44pmOh wow that looks amazing, I’m so hungry now. Always looking for ways to create a tasty and quick meal midweek. Will be saving this blog post. #love2blog
Gemma @ Confessions of a Nagging Mother says
16 November, 2015 at 4.50pmWow that all looks so yummy especially the noodles! Delicious!!
Gemma xx
Jess says
16 November, 2015 at 2.52pmOh my god Emma! These all look so yummy, I’m such a sucker for oriental food and the beef sucked me in straight away! Haha. Delicious :) x
adnan @ themoneyhabits says
16 November, 2015 at 11.46amAsian dishes are always tasty and less expensive. Being an Asian myself, I can safely say that you will enjoy them to the last bite.