Mike's Asian Dipping Sauce & Fried Catfish. No dumpling meal is complete without a delicious sauce. Hoisin sauce is an intensely-flavored, thick, and sticky dipping sauce that can be served with dumplings, or used in Asian stir-fries, meat marinades, and noodle dishes. Asian dipping sauce for spring rolls, lettuce wraps, or even use for Asian salad dressing.

The Asian hot sauce in the ingredient list below can be subbed with Asian hot chili oil, if you prefer. I like to use Sriracha Hot Chile Sauce. This simple sauce can be thrown together with items most people have in their pantries! You can cook Mike's Asian Dipping Sauce & Fried Catfish using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mike's Asian Dipping Sauce & Fried Catfish

You need of Spicy Asian Garlic Sauce.
It's 3/4 cup of Soy Sauce.
You need 1/2 cup of Chicken Broth.
It's 3 tbsp of Extra Fine Minced Fresh Garlic [shaved then minced].
It's 1/2 cup of Fine Shaved Scallions [separate rounds].
It's 1/3 cup of Hot Chile Peppers [thin sliced - Jalapeños - Thai - Habenero - Scotch Bonnet - Ghost - Dried Red Peppers Or Serrano Chiles].
It's 4 tbsp of Fresh Or Bottled Lime Juice [or less].
Prepare 1/2 cup of Fresh Cilantro [packed-rough chop-no stems].
It's 1/2 tsp of Fresh Minced Ginger.
Prepare 6 tbsp of Light Brown Sugar [more or less].
You need 1 of Red Pepper Flakes [optional].
Prepare 1 of Chopped Chives [optional].
It's of Chinese Rice Wine [optional].
Prepare of Fresh Parsley [optional].
You need 1 tsp of Orange Juice Or 1/2 teaspoon Orange Zest [optional].
Prepare of Shreaded Carrots [optional-for color].
Prepare of Crispy Fried Catfish Nuggets.
Prepare 1 of 3 lb Frozen Bag Catfish Nuggets [de-thaw amount desired].
You need 2 large of Egg Cold Whites [whisked until frothy].
Prepare 1 cup of All Purpose Flour.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Each: Garlic Powder & Onion Powder.
Prepare 1 tsp of Each: Black Pepper [or 1/2 tsp white pepper] - Old Bay Seasoning.
You need 1/4 tsp of Chinese 5 Spice [optional-if omitting old bay for sodium content concerns].
It's 1 cup of Cornstarch.

Great for dipping potstickers, Spring rolls or Summer rolls. Asian Dipping Sauce adds flavor to a dish and makes it taste good. This Recipe will help you learn how to prepare this sauce. Basic Asian Dipping Sauce is a simple dip that is made from soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil.

Mike's Asian Dipping Sauce & Fried Catfish step by step

Items you'll need..
Chop all ingredients as directed and mix everything together in the Spicy Asian Garlic Sauce Section. Leave sauce in fridge to marinate for 45 minutes or longer..
Your sauce can be served hot, warm or cold and with a myriad of other dishes. Serve this dipping sauce with any type of well coated, deep fried, crispy seafood. If choosing soft shell crab, this recipe will support six medium sized crabs..
Tonight, this sauce will accompany several thick, well seasoned, deep fried, crispy catfish nuggets..
°De-thaw your required amounts of catfish nuggets in sink. Whisk cold egg whites in a cold metal bowl until frothy. In a separate bowl, mix all powdered ingredients together. Place your [dabbed dry] catfish pieces in egg mixture then dip into your flour coating. Deep fry at 350° or fry nuggets in a stove top pan with 2"-3" of high heat oil. Don't overfill your fryer or pan with too many pieces. 4 or 5 smaller ones should fry at one time, tops. Fry nuggets until done, meaning golden brown and crispy on the outside. About 3 minutes on each side if they're slightly larger pieces. Drain in strainer or on paper towels and serve immediately with a side of your dipping sauce. Enjoy!.
Authors Note: While your sauce may taste even better with some additional marinade time in the fridge, aesthetically speaking, it won't be nearly as pretty the following day. And, it certainly won't be as vibrant color wise. Plan to make this sauce just before serving but make sure it's chilled for your guests. Enjoy!.

Since Asians like some heat in their food, chilies are sometimes. Put soy sauce, water, sugar, ginger and sesame oil in a small saucepan. Delicious fish sauce that can be used for dipping fish, chicken, beef, veggies, etc. You can make a lot like I did, pour it into a jar, and save it in the. The sauces that you serve with them are just as important as the rolls themselves and why should be only be limited to only one sauce?