Name: Asian Pear Dipping Sauce
Yield: Makes about 1½ cups ; Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ⅔ cup sake, Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry; ⅔ cup soy sauce; ½ teaspoon black pepper, or more to taste; 1 Asian pear, peeled, halved, cored, and finely chopped; 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds; ⅓ cup sugar; 3 scallions, trimmed and finely chopped

Preparation info

Makes about 1½ cups ; Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy

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How to Grill

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

About

The delicate interplay of fruity and salty flavors makes this sauce the perfect accompaniment to almost any type of grilled meat, especially lamb, like the Sesame-Ginger Leg of Lamb, or seafood. The Asian pear adds a moist, sweet crunch.

Ingredients

⅔ cup soy sauce
⅔ cup sake, Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry
⅓

Americas
United States
Sauce
Vegan

Method

Place the soy sauce, sake, and sugar in a nonreactive mixing bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the pear, scallions, sesame seeds, and pepper. Divide the sauce among small bowls for dipping.

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