Introduction to Vegetable Tempura

Series Summary

Are you tired of the same old thing for dinner every night? Food in a bucket doing a number on your waistline, eh? Well, take a little break from your routine and invest a few minutes in learning how to make some traditional Asian cuisine. Our expert chef, Ian McSwain, will guide you step-by-step through two easy Japanese recipes.

The first recipe is a vegetable tempura dish. Essentially deep fried vegetables, tempura comes to the Japanese by way of a Portuguese influence many years ago. Although vegetable tempura is a fried food, technically, you are getting your veggies. It is definitely a more healthy choice than french fries or fried chicken, especially if you just have to have something fried.

The second recipe is a ginger orange chicken meal. This dish is great for a meal that’s just slightly out of the ordinary. The strong flavors imparted by the ginger and orange take the chicken to the next level. Served on a bed of rice with a little bit of dipping sauce, ginger orange chicken certainly satisfies.

So try these two dishes from Japanese cuisine and see if you can’t devise a better way to live…if not at least a better way to eat.

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village this is Ian McSwain with Passion Foods in Miami, Florida and today we're showing you quick and easy Japanese recipes. The first with 3 Japanese quick and easy recipes I'm going to do for you today is vegetable tempura vegetable tempura as you know is vegetables with the tempura batter deep fried and usually served with a tempura sauce. This tempura sauce is a combination of soy sauce see food broth or fish broth I should say not fish salt fish broth there's a big difference and merman is which is a Japanese cooking wine which is right here. And is usually topped or added to your sauce is white daikon root or radish it's a root and the reason why that is served is that not only with this dish with but with most Japanese fry dishes is that the radish helps you digest or break down the oils in the fry foods. So there is a purpose for it and it also taste nice it's not a strong radish flavor it's very mild but it also helps you to digest the food."