15 Best Asian Recipes With Ginger: From Broth To Sauce
Ginger is a delicious spice that can be used in both sweet and savory dishes. It’s perfect for wintertime meals when you want something warming and comforting.
If you’re looking for some new recipes to try out, we’ve got you covered. From breakfast to dinner, we’ve got a variety of recipes that will show off the versatility of ginger.
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- 1 Best 11 recipes with ginger
- 1.1 Japanese Shogayaki ginger pork
- 1.2 Filipino Sweet and Sour pork
- 1.3 Japanese Pink gari sushi ginger
- 1.4 Japanese teppanyaki hibachi beef noodles
- 1.5 Filipino Paksiw na bangus
- 1.6 Japanese Pork Belly Udon Soup
- 1.7 Filipino Escabeche sweet & sour fish
- 1.8 Filipino Pesang isda
- 1.9 Japanese miso eggplant (Nasu dengaku)
- 1.10 Filipino Pinaputok na tilapia
- 1.11 Filipino Laing with taro leaves
- 2 Best 4 sauce recipes with ginger
- 3 15 Best Asian Recipes With Ginger
- 4 Conclusion
Best 11 recipes with ginger
Japanese Shogayaki ginger pork
Shogayaki is one of the most popular pork recipes in Japan, right up there with Tonkatsu (or deep-fried pork).
Shogayaki is a dish with a thinly sliced pork loin from the shoulder or belly, seasoned with soy sauce, mirin, sake, ginger, onion, and garlic cooked in a pan in less than fifteen minutes.
It’s one of those recipes you can throw together in minutes and then enjoy alongside a crispy cabbage salad or rice.
Filipino Sweet and Sour pork
It’s a dish that’s well-loved by the whole family and is one of the regular dishes you will see on the dining table on special occasions.
The ginger (luya in the Philippines), gives it a nice kick.
The blending of the sweetness and sour taste of the dish makes it very delectable.
But although it’s always been associated with the Chinese people, Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe has also been one of the preferred Filipino Foods.
Filipinos have adopted this as their very own dish and you can see this in almost any household gatherings.
Japanese Pink gari sushi ginger
Gari can be used on other dishes besides sushi or sashimi. And because it tastes so good, it instantly complements any sufficiently delicious delicacy!
Here are a few examples:
- You can use it for stir-fry recipes, although you may need to chop it up into tinier pieces, then pour the brine into cold noodles.
- You can also whisk it together with salad dressings.
- Mix it with salted green beans and peanuts.
- It can also be used in lemonade and cocktails to have a better blend.
- Add it to braised meat in order to enhance the taste.
- And, of course, eat it as a side dish with your sushi and sashimi!
Japanese teppanyaki hibachi beef noodles
If you’re using pre-packaged noodles, follow the package directions. Otherwise, cook the noodles in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, or until tender. Drain and set aside.
To make the sauce, combine the ingredients, like the garlic and ginger, in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. This can take some time but it’s worth it to get a smooth consistency for covering and marinating the beef.
Filipino Paksiw na bangus
No doubt, paksiw na bangus is an amazingly simple and delicious dish for seafood lovers. However, some can’t get the recipe perfect. It’s a subtle balance of ginger (luya), vinegar, garlic, and patis (fish sauce).
By following the below tips, there’s nothing to stop you from making the recipe to perfection!
Japanese Pork Belly Udon Soup
Though it may seem similar to ramen, udon is a very different kind of noodle-based dish. The noodles are generally thicker and different ingredients are used when making it.
One of the few ways that the two dishes are similar is that they both use dashi as the stock.
After all, since dashi works well in ramen and miso soup it makes sense that it would go great in a bowl of udon.
Filipino Escabeche sweet & sour fish
The aroma of ginger in escabeche is so appetizing. The ginger strips serve 2 purposes: to give an aromatic flavor and to lessen the fishy odor of the fish.
There are also red and green bell peppers to add some slight capsicum flavor. The carrots are sliced thinly, and some are carved into small flowers for plating and garnishing.
Filipino Pesang isda
This recipe is simple and easy to follow, as this is mainly a ginger stew with a strong fishy flavor!
The fish commonly used for this recipe is dalag (murrel) or hito (catfish); however, you can actually use any type of fish for this recipe. One perfect substitute is tilapia.
Aside from fish, the recipe also includes heaps of sliced ginger to counter the strong fishy smell of the fish and also to act as the main driver of the taste in this dish.
Also included are peppercorns (very important since this will give another layer of pungency to the dish), sayote (squash), napa cabbage or cabbage, and pechay.
Japanese miso eggplant (Nasu dengaku)
Eggplant can be enjoyed in multiple forms. Because you can use so many different cooking methods, each Japanese region and culture has its way of making it.
Since it’s easily available and has such great taste, eggplant is liked by almost everyone. It has a very low-fat content so it’s always a part of people’s dietary plans.
In this section, I’ll talk about the most popular and in-demand eggplant recipes.
Filipino Pinaputok na tilapia
As the recipe lends itself to naming its main ingredient in the name itself, pinaputok na tilapia recipe is made of tilapia stuffed with different ingredients such as sliced onion, ginger (luya), tomato, spring onion , and soy sauce.
To make the fish tastier, one can marinate it using freshly squeezed calamansi juice. You can spread the juice generously before putting in the ingredients to be stuffed.
You can also garnish the top of the fish with the stuffing. The tilapia is then covered with banana leaf and aluminum.
Filipino Laing with taro leaves
The sauce is prepared first. This is done so that all the flavors of the ginger, (luya) shrimp paste (bagoong), and garlic are well blended and incorporated. The shrimp paste and coconut milk give an aromatic and savory laing sauce.
The secret to achieving a thick sauce is to avoid stirring the coconut milk. Mixing the gata or coconut milk will only make it watery.
This laing recipe can be made in advance and kept frozen for a week. Thaw and reheat before serving.
Best 4 sauce recipes with ginger
Sesame Ginger Soy Sauce
Love trying new sauces? I’ve got the perfect recipe for you – sesame ginger soy sauce!
This delicious sauce is perfect for adding flavor to any dish. It’s just spicy enough to at a little kick and salty because of the soy sauce.
If you don’t want to spend money on a bottled sauce or want to make sure it has all-natural ingredients, you can make it at home.
Miso Ginger Dressing for Salad
Ginger is an excellent digestive aid. It can also reduce inflammation, relieve nausea, and boost your immune system when you’re ill.
Sesame seeds are a good source of fiber and plant protein. They are also packed with nutrients such as zinc and copper.
Meanwhile, limes are high in vitamin C and antioxidants, and the acetic acid content in unfiltered apple cider vinegar can help with blood sugar control and reduce cholesterol.
Last, but certainly not least, honey is rich in antioxidants and nutrients, and can lower blood pressure and triglycerides.
Japanese Ginger, Onion, And Carrot Salad Dressing
Japanese salad dressings, such as ginger, carrot, and onion are very unique, as they usually involve a puree of veggies, as well as other ingredients in order to have an extremely flavorful and fresh dressing.
Mostly, they are known as wafu dressing, which can be translated to “Japanese-style dressing.”
The Japanese salad dressing consists of two common bases, which include tomato paste based dressing and soy sauce-based dressing.
Tonkatsu Sushi Sauce
Authentic tonkatsu sauce can be hard to make because it uses a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables to get the acidity and sweetness, but luckily there’s an easier way to make it.
This tonkatsu sauce has been adapted to fit sushi especially well with the perfect flavor balance.
You can use this recipe to make tonkatsu sauce at home for your sushi rolls.
15 Best Asian Recipes With Ginger
Ingredients
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 large tomato diced
- 1 thumb ginger chopped
Instructions
Create a ginger marinade
- In a bowl, combine garlic, onion, tomatoes, and ginger then mix.
- Stuff a fish with the garlic, onion, and ginger mixture or rub it on meat and let it sit for a while.
Let it simmer with ginger
- Pour your ingredients for the sauce like soy sauce into your saucepan, then toss the spring onion, ginger and garlic as well.
- This time add your pork or other protein into the saucepan along with the other ingredients and simmer it until much of the liquid has evaporated leaving only a sticky sauce that makes it look glossy.
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Conclusion
These Asian recipes use ginger in lots of interesting ways. Can’t wait to try one out? Start cooking!
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Joost Nusselder, the founder of Bite My Bun is a content marketer, dad and loves trying out new food with Japanese food at the heart of his passion, and together with his team he's been creating in-depth blog articles since 2016 to help loyal readers with recipes and cooking tips.