**“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Blue Dragon. I received product samples and a promotional item to thank me for my participation.**
I love Asian food. There’s just something about the flavors and textures working together that does it for me. I’ve always loved a good Asian dish, but when my husband and I went to Asia, it cemented my love of the cuisine. My husband and I had a wonderful trip last summer. We stopped in Japan and China, taking in the scenery and the wonderful food along the way, but the bulk of our trip was Thailand. It was amazing. We got to ride elephants, which was worth the trip itself! It was so exciting – and a little terrifying – to climb up onto the back of those enormous, majestic creatures. We also got to pet monkeys, go in cages with lions, and sample local Thai cuisine like General Tao Chicken. It was marvelous! It was the trip of a lifetime. The kind of trip you never forget.
That’s why I was so excited to give Blue Dragon sauces a try. I thought it would be a great way to bring back the flavor – and the memories – of our Asia trip, and I was right. When I started to cook, the aromas instantly brought me back to that wonderful trip and all the sights, sounds, and tastes that my husband and I had the opportunity to enjoy!
General Tao Chicken & Rainbow Pepper Stir Fry
I decided to use the Blue Dragon Cookbook to make General Tao Chicken & Rainbow Pepper Stir Fry. When I read about this recipe in the cookbook, I knew I needed to make it for my family. This is a similar recipe to one I made in Thailand and I wanted to share those memories with all of the important people in my life who didn’t have a chance to taste this wonderful dish in Asia’s beauty, the way my husband and I were able to. I absolutely loved how it turned out and how easy it was to make!
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. vegetable oil 1/2 lb. (225 g) chicken breast, thinly sliced
1/4 tsp. salt 1 1/2 cups sliced rainbow peppers
1 cup snow peas,
trimmed 1 green onion, sliced on the diagonal
1 red hot chili, sliced 2 cloves garlic,
minced 1 tsp. minced ginger
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tbsp. hoisin sauce
1 sachet (3.9 fl. Oz./115 mL) Blue Dragon General Tao Stir Fry Sauce Blue Dragon Medium Egg Noodles (2 nests) or Blue Dragon Japanese Soba Noodles (2 bundles)
1 tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
Directions:
1. HEAT oil in a wok and set over high heat. Season chicken with salt and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes and until cooked through.
2. MIX IN vegetables and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until tender. Add wet ingredients and Blue Dragon General Tao Stir Fry Sauce into the wok; return chicken to wok and cook until heated through.
3. SERVE with Blue Dragon Medium Egg Noodles or Blue Dragon Japanese Soba Noodles. Garnish with sesame seeds.
*recipe directions and ingredients taken from Blue Dragon Sauces Cookbook with permission*
My family loved this recipe, and I’m so glad! It was a wonderful way to share the tastes that I love so much, and it was fast! Take out can take FOREVER, and it’s always stale tasting after you finally get it home. My General Tao Chicken recipe was hot, fresh, and ready to go in half the time, and it tasted twice as good! The kids loved it, and they also loved using the chop sticks! Eventually, they gave up and used forks, but it was hilarious to watch them try to pick up the food for those few minutes that they “used” the chopsticks. =D
I had such a great time making General Tao Chicken & Stir Fry, and I’ll definitely be making it again. The kids say that it’s the best aroma that they’ve ever smelled come from our kitchen. The food was great, but the family time was the best! We laughed and ate and fiddled with chop sticks, and my husband and I got to tell the kids – again – all about our trip. They even loved the “take out” containers. It really was home made take out, and it was delicious.
I would encourage you to go pick up some Blue Dragon sauces and have a home made take out night of your own. It’s so much fun! It’s also very easy to make authentic “take out” with all of their great sauce varieties. You can be sure that your meal will have the authentic taste we all love. Blue Dragon has been around for more than thirty years, and they feature sauces the bring you the flavors of China, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam. Whatever you’re in the mood for, they’ll have a sauce for it including Broccoli Beef, Phad Thai, Szechuan Pepper, Chow Mein, and General Tao.
Great news because now you can try them at your local stores! They are delicious and you can try them for yourselves at the local samplings that are going on all month long. Some of the great locations include this coming Sunday 2/15 in Cranston, Rhode Island and Worcester, MA. For a complete list, click here: Sampling going on for Blue Dragon Sauces. Definitely take advantage of these delicious samplings today! To learn more about Blue Dragon Sauces, follow them on their Facebook and You Tube Page.
Giveaway: One winner will receive Blue Dragon sauces and a cooking kit including a wok, spatula, chopsticks and take out containers. This giveaway is run via rafflecopter so click read more to see the actual giveaway. The only mandatory entry is to visit Blue Dragon and tell me what sauce you are most excited to win in the comment section proceeding the post. While the other entries are optional, I highly suggest filling them out to increase your chances of winning. US only. Good luck. Ends Feb 19!
*Contest entrants are only eligible to win once per sweepstake, per household as part of a campaign sponsored by Influence Central.”
I really like the Sweet and Sour Stir Fry Sauce!
I love all the recipes! I would love to make the Vietnamese duck rolls.
Oh yum, I think I like the Pad Thai Stir Fry Sauce. How hard could this be!
Found out that Blue Dragon is available at my neighborhood Sprouts and I love the idea of the stir fry sauces, like the Honey Teriyaki or General Tao Stir from sauce and of course I would love the sweet and sour sauce for my meals,
I like how they offer so many suggestions for reecipes from aappetizers, to stir fries and main dishes.Sweet and Sour Chicken soundss good and something we would enjoy.
I would love to try using the Spring Roll Wrappers. Seems like a fun meal to make!
I will definitely look for this in the stores. I have never seen it, but it sounds awesome.
I’d like to try the Broccoli Beef Stir Fry sauce.
I like the Soba Noodles- yum!
I think I would love to try the Spring Roll Wrappers the most and learn to make my own!
I would love to make my own Chow Mein and use the Chow Mein Stir Fry Sauce.
Lots of great recipes on there! I’d like to try to make the Pad Thai!
Sweet and Sour Stir Fry Sauce
I’d really like to try the Soba noodles. They are so hard to find in my area.
I really like all the recipes that they have posted at the Blue Dragon Website. This makes making meals with their sauces easier.
I like the recipe section.
You guys are right next to a tiger! That’s awesome. We have Blue Dragon in out stores, but I’ve never picked it up before. I guess I’ll have to change that!
A good Broccoli Beef Stir Fry sauce is hard to find but I love Blue Dragon’s!
I like the spring roll wrappers.
The Chow Mein Stir Fry Sauce
I like Sweet and Sour Stir Fry Sauce.
I would love to try the chow mein or the sweet and sour stir fry sauce.
This sounds so good! I love Chinese food and it’s even better when I can make it at home.
This is an amazing looking dish. I love making food like this at home.
This looks like an exciting new brand. We love Chinese food and it would be great to make it at home and be able to add in all the veggies we love. General Tao would be the one I’d try first, I love spicy!
The pad fry stiryfry looks delicious! We love trying all sorts of new foods especially in the comforts of home so the kiddos can still run around.
Oh how I would love to travel through Asia. For now, I’ll have to try as many Asian cuisines as possible.
I would like try Blue Dragon’s Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce
I am most interested in the Szechuan Pepper variety.
I love the Pad Thai Stir Fry Sauce, I think it would be awesome!
I’d love to try the szechuan pepper stir fry sauce
I think I’d like their Pad Thai Stir Fry Sauce.
I like the recipe section, especially the Szechuan Pepper Chicken Strips =)
I’d like to try the Broccoli Beef Stir Fry sauce.
I’d love to try the soba noodles.
I like the Broccoli Beef & Cabbage Stir Fry best.
I love Blue Dragon stir fry sauces. My favorite is the Broccoli stir fry one: so so good and delicious
the general tao
The food looks good. And the cat is beautiful…but you’re FAR braver than I. 😉 🙂
I would like to try the pad thai.
I like the Soba Noodles-
I love general tao with a passion, one of the best american asian made dishes!!
I would love to be that close to a tiger. And definitely going to give this a try, my s/o loves general tao chicken.
Omg this looks so delicious!!! I love Chinese food so I really should give this recipe a try!!
Chow Mein!!!! Geneeral tao looks great too!
While I occasionally will go all out and make Chinese food from scratch, I love having an option other than take-out when I want dinner fast. These look delicious.
And I am soooooo jealous of your trip and the foods you got to taste. (getting that close to a tiger….. mmmmm, notsomuch. Yikes)
PS – any chance of some authentic Thai dishes from scratch? Pad Thai would be my first pick out of the flavors, I can’t find a decent version in my town.
All of it looks really delicious. I’d love to check out their site. Yum
The soba noodles look awesome!
I would like the Sweet and Sour Stir Fry Sauce, and the Sweet and Sour Stir Fry Sauce.
The Broccoli Beef Stir Fry Sauce sounds good.
I was scrolling down the page and that tiger scared me half to death. Lol!
Your food looks so good. I am hungry, too.
Honey teriyaki and sweet and sour would be my first choices….yum.
I’ve yet to make this myself but I love ordering it when we eat it! This looks delicious!
This is a meal my family would love. I will have to try this recipe next week for supper.
I like the Soba Noodles.
I love the Broccoli Beef recipe! All the recipes look great, really.
I love copycat recipes! This looks amazing and I think sweet and sour is my favorite.
I love General Tao Chicken! The looks absolutely delicious – can’t wait to make it!
I would love the Spring Roll Wrappers
i want to try the sweet chili dipping sauce.
I’d like to try the Honey Teriyaki Stir Fry Sauce. Thank you!
My husband loves all kinds of oriental food. I’ve never seen the blue dragon brand but we will keep an eye peeled for it for sure.
I love the Broccoli Beef Stir Fry Sauce Broccoli Beef Stir Fry Sauce! We love Chinese food and order it every week! It would be awesome to be able to make it my self at home!
spring roll wrappers
I’ve tried the Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce, and it’s really good.
I love their General Tao Stir Fry Sauce!
I would love to try the Broccoli Beef Stir Fry sauce most of all!
andysavi.mom@gmail.com
Soba Noodles look great to cook with love to try their products.
Where to I begin? I really like all the recipes featured on the site and I’d love to try some on their sauces next time I’m in the mood for some Asian food.
Oh, man – does this look GOOD or what!! Yumm!
The sweet chili dipping sauce looks awesome.
This is one of the cleanest brands of pre packaged foods I’ve encountered. I normally don’t use pre-package, but I make an exception for Blue Dragon
I would like try Blue Dragon’s Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce
I love the sound of the Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce. I have such a hard time creating chinese flavors at home. This sounds perfect for me!
i like the looks of the sweet chili quesadillas.
This looks amazing! I love Blue Dragon so you know I’m going to have to try this!
Beef Teriyaki Stir Fry!
I really like their collection of sauces but, more than that, their recipes. I am always trying to remake dishes from restaurants but, without knowing what sauce is needed, it’s never quite the same. Now, I can get it all on one site
I’d like to win because I love making Chinese Stir Fries and this would make it so much easier! And I really do need a WOK!
The General Tao Stir Fry sauce would be great on some saute’d veggies and rice.
I would love to try the Pad Thai Stir Fry Sauce.
I like their sweet and sour sauce.
I think I would like the Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce.
I love all the recipes available. It’s going to be easy for me to know what to do after picking up some of their great products.
I love Blue Dragon Spring Roll Wrappers because I love making vegetarian spring rolls for my family.
I like the General Tao Stir Fry Sauce the best!
I like the General Tao stir fry sauce
I like Sweet and Sour Stir Fry Sauce.
Definitely the noodles…hard to find quality noodles without going to a specialty store.
I would love to try their Pad Thai Stir Fry sauce! I’ve never tried to make pad thai here at home, and this seems like it would make it so easy & convenient.
I would love to try the sweet chili dipping sauce
I like the recipes they have on their site and also like the condiments like the sweet chili dipping sauce.
I most want to try the Sweet and Sour Stir Fry Sauce because my family loves Sweet & Sour Chicken.
I would like to make the Szechuan Pepper and Chili Shrimp Stir Fry.
the sweet chili dipping sauce SOUNDS LIKE THE PERFECT BLEND!
This looks really good! I want to try it!
That tiger is gorgeous. Scary, but gorgeous. 🙂
I like Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce
I like hot stuff but the Phad Thai sounds good.
i really love the pad thai stir fry sauce. i love pad thai.
xdanimarie(at)yahoo(dot)com
I visited the website and want to try their sweet chili sauce.
I like the selection of stir fry sauces. And that they’re available at Rouses near me. YAY
The sweet chili dipping sauce is delicious!
I like the Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce
The Sweet Chili Dipping sauce and the General Tao sound good
Would love to try the Sweet and Sour! It’s on my shopping list!!!
I can’t wait to try the General Tao Chicken & Stir Fry