hi, im in the uk. does anyone know how to make a curry sauce just like you have from a chinese takaway.?

Answer 1

You buy it from the chinese/international supermarket. There are plenty of different ones but they are all quite similar. Just try a few to see which one you like. I get a couple of different ones from my local chinese supermarket. They are really easy to use - just add the paste to water and boil while stirring!

The Maysan extra hot one on page 2 is my personal preference.

http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/find.php?search=curry&criteria=product

Answer 2

The Bisto chinese curry sauce granules are really horrible. If you want chinese curry sauce but cheaper, go to any chinese supermarket and you can buy it. I buy Mayflower brand, which is in a plastic tub, in paste form. you can use a little and then refrigerate the rest, it seems to last forever. you then make the paste up to sauce with some water. Its exactly the same as the stuff from the Chinese takeaway but much cheaper and convenient.

Answer 3

Ingredients & Instructions
Saute slowly until tender:

1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped tart apple

in:
1/4 cup butter

Stir in and cook, without browning, for 4 or 5 minutes:
2-1/2 tablespoons flour
1/2 to 2 teaspoons curry powder

Add slowly, stirring constantly and simmer until well blended:
1 cup chicken broth
1 cup cream
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel


If you wish to have a perfectly smooth sauce, add the chicken broth and grated lemon peel only, cook for 10 minutes, strain through a sieve, add the cream and bring back to a boil. You may liven up this sauce if you like a hot curry, with dashes of: hot pepper sauce, cayenne, ginger, chopped chutney, and/or dry sherry.

Answer 4

Buy a jar from the shops, takaways have different curries anyway ... why not ask the one you like what mix they use ... it might come out of a packet anyway.

Answer 5

I love this sauce, and it is not the same as any you can buy in the shops. I wonder if you can buy it in the Chinese quarter in London or Birmingham?

There are companies that sell trade only to chinese takeaways, I suspect it's from there.

Let me know if you find it.

Answer 6

Hello,

It depends what type of curry you mean....

Chicken chinese curry,

3 cups Chicken, cubed
1 cup celery, diced
1 cup onion,diced
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cups coconut milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon white pepper powder
1 Tablespoon curry powder
2 Tablespoons corn starch (mix with enough water to form paste)
Heat wok or pan on high. Add olive oil. Place chicken in oil, cooking
only 80% and drain off oil. (Takes less than a minute) Set aside
chicken, stir into heated wok, celery and onion and cook 30 seconds.
Return chicken to wok, add coconut milk, all spices, dash of water and
prepared corn starch. Stir on high heat less than a minute and serve
with prepared rice or noodles.

.................

Chinese Curry Chicken

Ingredients

6 tb oil
1 md onion; chopped
2 tomatoes; chopped
2 tb curry powder
2 tb soy sauce
2 ts minced peeled fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves; minced
1 ts ground turmeric
1 ts chili powder
1/2 lb boiling potatoes; cut into
-1-inch
1 ; cubes
1 c canned chicken broth
1 tb dry white wine
2 lb boneless skinless chicken
-breast ha; lves, cut into 2
1 ; pieces
1 salt and pepper

Instructions

Heat 6 tablespoons oil in wok or heavy large skillet over medium-high
heat. Add onion and stir-fry until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add
tomatoes and next 6 ingredients and stir 4 minutes. Mix in potatoes,
broth and wine. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add chicken; cover and cook
until potatoes are tender and chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.

Answer 7

Buy any can of soup that says cream of..... In a casserole, pour the contents, add water to taste, I suggest until only slightly salty. Heat contents and put curry powder, again to your taste. Add drops of lemon, to your taste.

Answer 8

Go to your butchers, they'll have curry paste in a tub....just as good as the takeaways if not better....really dont know why people buy chinese takeaways any more when you can buy this....mmmmmm

Answer 9

um we have this chunky Japanese thing that are like chunks of curry and so...your supposed to buy that then you need milk and some carrots chicken and potato mix everything (well make it this stew) then there!! presto you've got Chinese like curry.

Answer 10

How about this recipe. It is Indonesian, but with a strong Chinese influence.

Chicken pineapple

- 400 grams of boneless chicken
- 1 table spoon of soy sauce (preferably the Indonesian sweet soy sauce, ketjap manis. If you don’t have this, add some brown sugar)
- 1 table spoon of sherry
- 1 tea spoon of corn starch
- 1 tea spoon of curry powder
- Salt, pepper

- 1 green sweet pepper, cut in pieces of about 1 inch
- 1 red sweet pepper, cut in pieces of about 1 inch
- 1 can of pineapple pieces in syrup, drained
- 1 dl of the pineapple syrup
- 1 dl of sherry (or white wine)
- 1 dl of chicken stock (from a cube)
- 1 table spoon of soy sauce(preferably the Indonesian sweet soy sauce, ketjap manis. If you don’t have this, add some brown sugar)
- 1 tea spoon of corn starch

Cut the boneless chicken breast in to pieces of about 1 inch. Mix 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of sherry, 1 teaspoon of corn starch, salt, pepper and 1 teaspoon of curry powder and mix with the chicken breast pieces. Put aside for about 15 minutes.

Clean the sweet peppers and cut them in pieces of about 1 inch
Heat some oil in a wok and bake the chicken until golden. Add the sweet peppers and continue to bake for about a minute. Add the pineapple pieces and continue to bake for another minute. Add the chicken stock, the pineapple syrup, soy sauce and the sherry or white wine. Dilute 1 teaspoon of corn starch with some water or sherry and add it to the pan. Bring slowly to boil whilst continuously stirring until the sauce has thickened. Serve with rice.

variations: I sometimes replace the chicken stock with tomato juice: like that it tastes a lot like the typical red sauce you get from the chinese take away.