Kam lu wantan

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    • Hello Dear friends, today I am sharing with you my recipe for Kam Lu Wantan. 

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    • Kam Lu Wantan or just Kam Lu is a Chinese/Peruvian dish, when I think about this recipe, reminds me of when back on the day I use to visit the “Chifas” (a type of Peruvian/Chinese restaurant ) with my family, my little brother, he always asked for this dish he did not like Chinese food except for this dish and since in Peru most of the restaurants serve a good amount of food, we usually ordered 1 dish for two, so I always ended eating a bit of his “Kam Lu Wantan” that is how I ended liking this dish and now when I go to a Chinese restaurant I order this dish. for the ones that never heard about the dish, it is a Vegetable Stir-fry served along with wontons and a sweet-sour sauce, if you like sweet-sour & salty flavors along with vegetables this recipe might be for you.

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Here are some tips to get your Kam Lu Wantan the right way:

  • – Use multiple types of meat, most restaurants use duck, pork, shrimp, and chicken, any combination of those will do. 
  • – If you can’t find fresh tamarind, you can use Tamarind paste. 
  • – The Tamarind sauce should be sour and sweet, find a balance that works for your palate. 
  • – Adding chili to the sauce gives it a touch of heat that makes everything better. 
photo of a Kam Lu Wantan

"Kam Lu Wantan"

different types of meat, veggies, and wontons in a bittersweet tamarind sauce
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chifa, peruvian
Keyword kamluwantan
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 people
Author Brandon Castillo

Ingredients

  • Vegetable Oil
  • 1 tbps Sesame Oil
  • 1/2 Chicken breast sliced
  • 250 gr Shrimp about 1/2 lb
  • 250 gr Pork about 1/2 lb
  • Half Pineapple in chunks
  • 2 cups of Snowpeas
  • 2 Red bell peppers chopped
  • 3 cups of Spring onions chopped
  • 16 Wontons fried

Tamarind Sweet Sauce:

  • 1 Ají Amarillo any mild chili
  • 1 tbsp of minced girger
  • 3 Garlic cloves minced
  • 250 gr Tamarind paste
  • 1/4 cup of Ketchup
  • 1/4 cup of Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsps of Cornstarch

Instructions

Tamarind Sauce

  • In a pot add tamarind, 2 cups of water, garlic, sugar, ginger, ají Amarillo, bring to a boil until the tamarind start to fall apart and the sugar is dissolved, let the tamarind get soft, strain the liquid, and set it aside.
  • Transfer the liquid to a clean pot then add ketchup, a pinch of salt, and cornstarch (dissolved in a tablespoon of water), stir, bring to a boil, and then save it for later.

Ka lum

  • In a hot pan stir fry the meats, until fully cooked then reserve.
  • In the same pan, stir fry your veggies (Onions, Bell pepper, Snow peas), add a teaspoon of salt then reserve.
  • add the meat back, tamarind sauce, veggies, add pineapple, add salt, pepper (cornstarch if necessary).
  • Fry your wontons and then reserve.

Plating

  • On a big plate put fried wontons at the base then pour the tamarind sauce with veggies and meats on top, sprinkle some chopped spring onions (green part) & some sesame seeds on top, it can be also be served with fried rice on the side.
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raw ingredients on a tab;e

Ingredients for this dish are not so hard to get, most of the flavor comes from the tamarind sauce.

I used Tamarind paste, that is how I got that rich dark color, some restaurants use food coloring to get a different red color, flavor it is not so different. 

meats on a pan

Try to not get so much color on your meats, you could finish them on the sauce

veggies on a pan

Veggies are the best of the dish, they add color, texture to the Kam Lu Wantan. 

Stew

A simple dish, with a lot of flavors and textures, so crunchy, sweet, and sour, perfect combination! 

photo of a asian dish

Kam Lu Wantan, a simple dish that you can make at home, your guests will love it! you can serve it with Arroz Chaufa and Wontons. 

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Brandon Castillo

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