Table of Contents
- A Truly Special Fragrant Sweet Salty Spicy and Sour Sauce
- What Are Lychees?
- How To Eat This Delicious Lychee Ketchup
- Recipe: Lychee Ketchup
A Truly Special Fragrant Sweet Salty Spicy and Sour Sauce
Lychee and tomato may seem like an unlikely pairing, but this curious and interesting combination produces an outstanding tongue tingling effect that works so well as a sauce to accompany seafood, chicken and pork. Add it to burgers, sandwiches or use it as a dip for chips or tortillas.
What Are Lychees?
Lychee is a tropical fruit native to China, known for its spiky, red, bumpy outer skin. The soft, pale, translucent flesh inside has a unique flavour best described as fragrant, sweet, and floral. Lychee is most often used in cocktails and desserts, such as sorbets or Asian-style salads. In the Western world, the most common way to buy lychees is tinned, with the skin removed and preserved in juice.
How To Eat This Delicious Lychee Ketchup
- Used as a sauce in burgers, sandwiches and wraps
- Dip for tortilla chips
- Sauce for fries
- With BBQ fish and meat
- Served alongside prawns and other fish
- Used it to coat pork meatballs
- Combined with soy sauce and other ingredients for a stir-fry sauce
Recipe: Lychee Ketchup
Lychee Ketchup
A tongue-tingling sauce with sweet, salty and a touch of sour flavour perfectly paired to seafood, chicken and pork.
Servings: 4 – 6
Ingredients
- 250ml ketchup
- 16 whole lychees from the tin, drained of juice and minced
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp – 2 tbsp Habanero hot sauce, depending on how spicy you like it
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp ginger minced
- Pinch of sea salt flakes
- Squeeze lime juice
Instructions
- Combine all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil, lower heat to simmer, stirring occasionally, for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool before transferring to an airtight jar. The sauce will keep in the fridge for 1 week.
