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I remembered this when I saw bottles of OK in the Chinese supermarket. It was a bit of a favourite when I was a lad. The recipe was on the back of the bottle.

Chicken breast cut into cubes
2 Tablespoons of OK sauce
1 Dessertspoon of sweet and hot chilli sauce
Cashew nuts
Selection of chopped vegetables
Noodles or fried rice to serve.

I didn't have any sweet and hot sauce, but I did have some Louisiana pepper sauce and some honey as a substitute, plus the nuts. My selection of veg was mushrooms, diced carrot, spring onions and a few beansprouts. The whole lot was served on a bed of fried cooked noodles done with a splash of soy.

You just cook the chicken in a little hot oil in a wok or pan, add the veggies for a minute or so then add the sauces and the nuts to finish off.

Talk about delicious.

What's OK sauce?
From your title I assumed it wasn't great

OK sauce is a bit like HP or Daddies; only fruitier, sweeter and a bit more piquant. It is used a lot in Chinese cuisine.

Colmans still make it but it is hard to get hold of.

When we were kids we always has OK sauce.
Lovely and fruity and sweet.
I thought everyone knew about it.


lissie

It does sound lovely Wm
Lissie I'm obviously deprived

We always had either Daddies or OK sauce in the house as my dad didn't like ketchup I hadn't heard of it for years

Dad didn't like ketchup or HP - too bitter - so he always had Daddies, and it was "his"!

Us young ones got OK sauce. It was more 'child friendly', being fruitier and sweeter - great for dipping with soft fried eggs.

Oooh yes, a fried egg butty with OK sauce