Description
A night market specialty where Taiwan's unique chewy white corn (Nuo Yumi) is grilled over charcoal while repeatedly brushed with a rich secret sauce blended from Shacha sauce and peanut butter.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Sticky corn(Nuo Yumi)
- Shacha sauce
- Peanut butter
- Thick soy sauce
- Garlic
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Corn] Use Taiwan's specialty 'White Sticky Corn (Nuo Yumi)', which is starchy and chewy rather than watery and crisp sweet corn (this helps the sauce adhere well).
- [Secret Sauce] Blend thick soy sauce (Jiangyou Gao), Shacha sauce (Taiwan BBQ sauce), peanut butter, five-spice, grated garlic, and a little sugar into a thick, rich sauce.
- Place corn on a charcoal grill net, evaporate surface moisture with heat.
- Use a brush to thickly coat the entire corn with the special sauce.
- Grill over charcoal; when the sauce dries and chars, brush again. Repeat this 'brush and grill' process 3-
- times to form a rich sauce layer (caramelized shell) on the surface.
- Optionally sprinkle white sesame or chili powder.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense Shacha and Peanut aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese sweet corn (texture is quite different)
Pairing
Tapioca Milk Tea
Trivia
[For Youth] Walking in night markets, you're intensely drawn to the smell of scorching soy, garlic, and peanuts. The rice-like chewy 'Nuo Yumi' texture and over-the-top sauce sublimate it into a junk food completely different from Japanese festival corn.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Unlike light Japanese grilled corn, forcefully bite off the chewy kernels along with the thick sauce layer, getting it sticky all around your mouth!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat, Peanuts, Shrimp (from Shacha)