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"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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