Green Wasabi Powder: What do I do with it?

Question

I bought a spice jar size Wasabi Powder at an Asian grocery. I'm not sure what to do with it now...

Can I use it in cooking, or only in preparing green mustard?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Sauces and Dressings:

Wasabi’s unique flavor will zing up a salad, marinade or sauce. A simple approach is to blend one part wasabi paste with ten parts of your favorite dressing.

Meats:

As a barbeque or finishing sauce, wasabi imparts a delicious flavor to steaks, tenderloins, chops or chicken. It is best used during the final ten minutes of cooking. Try it with teriyaki, peanut sauces, marinades or your favorite barbecue sauce.

Sweet and Spicy:

For a fabulous and unexpected twist, add wasabi paste to raspberry, peach, strawberry, blueberry or mango jam. The resulting mixture is incredible on mascarpone and crackers. It is also tasty with fresh fruit salsa. Thin the jam and wasabi mixture with a bit of water to make a finishing sauce for tenderloin, fish or chicken.

Potatoes and Vegetables:

Wasabi easily lends its distinctive taste to mashed potatoes. Simply fold the wasabi paste and butter into potatoes before serving. Also, it is great with vegetables, whether brushed on butter while grilling or blended with mayonnaise.

Hors d’Oeuvres:  

One of the simplest crowd-pleasers is to blend one part wasabi paste with nine parts cream cheese. Spread it on crackers or top a dish of the mixture with with a jam or chutney for a colorful, mouth pleasing dip.

Beverages:

If you love a good martini, and appreciate the taste of real wasabi, you will flip over the combination. Simply add a dab of the paste to your shaker of chilled vodka. Or, redefine the Bloody Mary by stirring in some wasabi instead of horseradish.

Great recipes:  I like the one for Bloody Marys!

http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/sa...

http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/wasabi.a...

Answer 2

First combine the powder with warm water to form a paste.

Then try one of these recipes.

Iggy's Wasabi Panko Ahi

Ingredients:

1/2 pound Ahi Tuna

Wasabi paste

Panko and oil for deep fry Sauce:

Chili sesame oil and honey to taste

Cooking Instructions:

Pat dry ahi tuna and rub thoroughly with wasabi paste. Roll in panko and cover completely. Deep fry till coating is lightly golden and firm BUT "do not" over cook. Tuna should be raw with only the panko crust and outer portion of ahi cooked. Let stand then slice thin pieces. Serve with dipping sauce or Hawaiian style by placing slices of tuna on sticky rice, add Spam, kim chee and "Go to da beach" ALOHA

Iggy's Wasabi Panko Shrimp

Ingredients:

Large peeled shrimp,

Water

Wasabi Panko

Crushed long rice sticks

Oil for frying

Cooking Instructions:

Peel and de-vein shrimp. Place on flat surface and refrigerate. Add water to wasabi as so it is pasty and rub unto chilled shrimp. Roll into crushed long rice sticks and panko. Deep fry until long rice expands and gets fluffy. Place on large platter with your favorite dip. E-mail [e-mail] for secret sauce dips. Aloha

Man that sounds good.  Glad I have some wasabi paste in the fridge.

Enjoy!

Answer 3

wasabi powder is almost ALWAYS just colored horseradish.  you can use it for anything you would usually use horsradish for, add to mustard, make tarter sauce, add to cocktail sauce, mix with soy for a dipping sauce, add to a salad vinegrette for a spicy punch...

Answer 4

Yes, and you can also make wasabi mayo, and you can make wasabi peas. Check some of the recipe sites for ideas.

Answer 5

Check some recipe sites for ideas.

Answer 6

YOU HAVE TO SNIFF IT UP UR NOSE