When it comes to culinary excellence, the marriage of crispy tempura-battered vegetables with a delectable dipping sauce is a match made in heaven. Whether you prefer a classic tempura sauce, a spicy kick, or a tangy accompaniment, the right dipping sauce can elevate your tempura experience to new heights. In this extensive guide, we'll embark on a culinary journey to discover the best dipping sauce recipes for tempura-battered vegetables. From traditional Japanese sauces to modern fusion creations, we'll delve into a world of flavors and textures that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving more. So, get ready to immerse yourself in the world of tempura dipping sauces, where every bite is a symphony of flavors.
Let's cook with our recipes!
DIPPING SAUCE FOR TEMPURA VEGETABLES
This dipping sauce hits so many flavor notes-salty, sweet, sour, umami. It's the perfect accompaniment to termpura vegetables.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Quick & Easy Recipes
Yield Makes 1/2 cup
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Using a ginger grater or the fine side of a box grater, grate ginger root. Fold a 12-inch square of cheesecloth into quarters. Place the grated ginger in corner of cheesecloth. Working over a medium bowl, tightly wring the ginger in order to extract the juice. Discard the cheesecloth and the remaining root.
- Add the soy sauce, fish sauce, 3 tablespoons water, mirin, scallion, lemon juice, and vinegar to the ginger juice. Whisk to combine. Dipping sauce can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 week.
VEGETABLE TEMPURA
Tempura batter is very handy and easy to make. You can use it with just about any vegetable, as long as they are cut thin enough so that the vegetable can just cook and soften in the same time as it takes for the batter to crisp. These can be eaten alone as a starter with a good sprinkle of rock salt, halves of lemon or lime and possibly some of the dips. The battered vegetables also make a nice side dish, especially with simply cooked meat or fish and a salad.
Provided by Jamie Oliver
Categories appetizer
Time 35m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Add all the flour to a bowl. With the handle of a spoon, or a chopstick, mix, and stir in the ice-cold water until the mixture is slightly thicker than buttermilk consistency. Make a point of not mixing thoroughly, as tempura is renowned for lumps of flour.
- Dip sliced vegetables (zucchini, onions, eggplants, carrots, bell peppers, sweet potatoes, string beans, broccoli, wild mushrooms, fresh herbs, and bok choy) any vegetables will work but these are the most commonly used) into the batter mixture and shake off any excess.
- Deep fry vegetables in a wok or deep fat fryer (you can use a frying pan if you do not have anything else, you just need about 7cm/3 inches of clean oil) at 200C/400F/Gas 6 until the batter is light golden in color and crisp. (Any large amounts of hot oil in a kitchen, especially in woks which are not always that sturdy, scare me, please be careful and do not leave the pan unattended.) Turn the vegetables at intervals to ensure that both sides are cooked equally and then fish them out with a slotted spoon, shaking off any excess oil. Place them on kitchen paper towels and eat as soon as possible. The reason that I keep going on about eating them so quickly is because as your hot cooked vegetables cool down inside the batter they begin to steam, making them less crisp as time goes on. Good tempura should be crispy and is one of those things that should be made and cooked quickly and eaten straight away.
- Pour the rice wine vinegar into a small bowl. Add the sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Taste for sweetness. Add cilantro, chile, and garlic and mix well. Season with salt and pepper and allow to sit for 10 minutes to 1 hour, for flavors to combine.;
TEMPURA DIPPING SAUCE
The traditional Japanese dipping sauce for shrimp or vegetable tempura. This is the full-flavored version - unlike the thinner, watery, less robust sauce being served in some restaurants. Serve in small bowls at each setting. Optionally, provide grated fresh ginger and grated daikon to mix into sauce.
Provided by CRIMSON667
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes
Time 5m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in dashi, and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in mirin and soy sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 37.9 calories, Carbohydrate 5.3 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0.6 g, Sodium 452.8 mg, Sugar 4.8 g
VEGETABLE TEMPURA WITH SOY & DIPPING SAUCE
These crisp Japanese-style treats are great for nibbles or a veggie main course.
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Snack, Starter, Vegetable
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Mix together the sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Make the batter (see right). Cover a baking tray with sheets of kitchen paper. Start to heat a deep-fat frying pan or large wok a third full of oil and have the frying basket, or slotted spoon to hand
- When the oil reaches 190C dip some of the prepared veg briefly into the batter, shake off any excess, then lower straight into the hot oil. Don't crowd the frying basket. Fry for about 2 mins until light golden and crisp, then drain on kitchen paper.
- Repeat with the remaining vegetables in batches, dipping into the batter just before you fry them and remember to let the oil heat back up to temperature between each batch. Keep the tempura warm in the oven, leaving the door slightly ajar so that they stay crisp. They are best served immediately on a warm plate with the sauce alongside for dipping.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 471 calories, Fat 35 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 33 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 2.08 milligram of sodium
TEMPURA FOR VEGETABLES
Quick and easy tempura vegetables make for a great appetizer or side dish. Recommended vegetables are: bell pepper slices, green beans, bite-sized broccoli or cauliflower, mushrooms, and zucchini strips. To ensure the batter sticks well to the vegetables, make sure they have been washed and dried thoroughly.
Provided by Tukaussey
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 10m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Pour in sesame oil, soy sauce, and club soda; mix briefly until a loose, lumpy batter forms.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 148 calories, Carbohydrate 29.9 g, Fat 1 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 187.9 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
ULTIMATE TEMPURA BATTER & TENTSUYU DIPPING SAUCE
I got this recipe out of an authentic Japanese Cuisine book, I tried it because it was simple and seemed legit and it was WONDERFUL! My whole, non-cultural family loved it, even my brother who hardly eats anything (besides mac & cheese and McDonald's) said it was awesome! EDIT: Site editors added complementary sauce recipe on 10/4/21.
Provided by Esuka
Categories Vegetable
Time 35m
Yield 25-35 vegetable pieces
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large bowl place the egg yolks.
- Add iced water gradually, stirring (preferably with hashi(chopsticks)) and blending well.
- Add flour all at once, stir BRIEFLY; that is well enough to coat but leave the lumps and bumps!
- To fry vegetables heat a large frying pan with a half-inch oil (or more if necessary) and heat on high.
- Coat selected large vegetables in batter and fry for a minute or two on each side.
- To make the tentsuyu sauce, mix all three ingredients and serve in small dipping bowls.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 36.5, Fat 0.4, SaturatedFat 0.1, Cholesterol 13.3, Sodium 45.1, Carbohydrate 6.8, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 0.1, Protein 1.2
SESAME TEMPURA GREEN BEANS WITH SOY DIPPING SAUCE
Categories Beer Vegetable Fry Cocktail Party Quick & Easy Green Bean Soy Sauce Gourmet
Yield Makes 6 (hors d'oeuvre) servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat 2 inches oil in a 4-quart heavy pot over moderate heat until a deep-fat thermometer registers 365°F.
- While oil is heating, make dipping sauce by stirring together soy sauce, lime juice, and sugar until sugar is dissolved. 3Whisk together flour and sesame seeds and whisk in beer until batter is smooth.
- Toss about 10 beans in batter until coated. Add to oil 1 at a time (to keep separate) and fry, turning, until golden, about 1 1/2 minutes. Transfer with tongs to paper towels to drain and sprinkle with salt to taste. Coat and fry remaining beans in same manner.
- Serve beans with dipping sauce.
VEGETABLE TEMPURA
Use any combination of vegetables for tempura-the list is as long as the vegetables available at your market.
Provided by Tadashi Ono
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Combine the dashi, soy sauce, and mirin in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat. As soon as the dipping sauce comes to a boil, turn off the heat.
- Combine the yolks and water in a bowl, mixing until they're incorporated, then add the ice cubes (the "wet" part of the batter). In another bowl or container, add the flour (the "dry" part of the batter).
- When you're almost ready to cook the tempura, reheat dipping sauce over low heat. Grate the daikon on the coarsest side of a box grater. Squeeze out excess liquid and set aside. Grate the ginger finely and set aside. Keep the sauce warm while you prepare a tempura cooking station.
- To prepare a tempura cooking station, beside your burner, arrange the vegetables, a plate with the ½ cup of cake flour, and the wet and dry parts of the batter. Also, ready a tray lined with paper towels or newspaper to absorb the excess oil from the cooked vegetables, and the tools you'll need: chopsticks, a metal strainer, and a candy thermometer, if you have one. Place a cooking vessel on the burner; use one with a uniform size to heat oil evenly, like a large cast-iron skillet or Dutch oven (don't use a wok). Add the vegetable oil and sesame oil.
- Heat the oil to 360°F over high heat. When the oil has reached 360°F, prepare to cook the vegetables in batches. Be careful not to overfill the skillet, which will lower the cooking temperature; use, at most, half of the surface area of the oil to cook. While the tempura is cooking, check the oil temperature with a candy thermometer. Regulate the heat to maintain a constant 360°F oil temperature. If the oil is too hot, the tempura will burn; if too low, the tempura will come out soggy and greasy.
- When you're ready to cook the tempura, quickly add the flour (the "dry") to the liquid (the "wet"), in one shot. Hold 4 chopsticks together, the tips pointed down, like you're grabbing a bottle. Stab at the batter with the chopsticks, mashing down again and again to combine the dry and wet parts. Do not stir; you barely want to mix the batter. Mix for about 30 seconds, or until the batter becomes loose and liquidy, with the consistency of heavy cream. It should be lumpy, with visible gobs of dry flour floating in the liquid, and with unmixed flour sticking to the sides of the bowl. Remember, if you overmix the batter, you'll ruin it.
- Lightly dredge the vegetables in the reserved cake flour, then dip into the batter. Immediately lay the vegetables in the hot oil. Working in batches, deep-fry the harder vegetables like sweet potato, carrot, or lotus root first, for about 3 minutes, until the vegetables turn golden brown. Transfer the vegetables to the prepared tray to drain excess oil. Repeat with the other vegetables. Cook softer vegetables like asparagus, broccoli, and pumpkin for about 2 minutes. For shiso leaves, dredge only one side of the leaf with flour, and cook for about 1 minute.
- Serve the vegetable tempura with the grated daikon and ginger on the side of the warmed dipping sauce. When you're ready to eat, add the daikon and ginger to the dipping sauce and dip the tempura into it.
TEMPURA DIPPING SAUCE
Has a milder flavor, not too sweet or too much soy. Serve with tempura shrimp or vegetables or vegetable pancakes as a dipping sauce.
Provided by PalatablePastime
Categories Sauces
Time 5m
Yield 1 cup
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Mix (make sure instant dashi is thoroughly dissolved if using).
- Serve with food; store unused sauce in refrigerator.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients for the best results. Fresh vegetables, clean oil, and a well-made tempura batter will make all the difference.
- Make sure the oil is hot enough before frying the vegetables. This will help the batter to cook quickly and evenly.
- Don't overcrowd the pan when frying the vegetables. This will cause the oil temperature to drop and the vegetables will not cook properly.
- Drain the vegetables on paper towels after frying to remove excess oil.
- Serve the vegetables immediately with your favorite dipping sauce.
Conclusion:
Tempura-battered vegetables are a delicious and easy-to-make appetizer or snack. With a variety of dipping sauces to choose from, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Whether you prefer a classic tempura sauce, a spicy mayo, or a sweet and sour sauce, you're sure to find a dipping sauce that you love. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy appetizer, give tempura-battered vegetables a try. You won't be disappointed!
Are you curently on diet or you just want to control your food's nutritions, ingredients? We will help you find recipes by cooking method, nutrition, ingredients...
Check it out »
You'll also love