9 Lychee Recipes Everyone At Your Next Potluck Party Will Love You For
It's time to introduce to everyone the wonders of duck and lychee fried rice.
Published for OISHI Malaysia, 31 Dec 2015, 12:25 PM
Slowly but surely, lychees have been invading the Malaysian food scene, taking center stage in cakes, salads and even sandwiches!
This party season, play the trend to your advantage by preparing some of the most delectable lychee dishes! Here are some ideas:
Chicken & lychee green curry
Give the basic green curry a kick up the notch with the addition of some fragrant lychees! The sweet fruit adds some freshness to the dish and serves as the perfect contrast to the coconut milk's decadent creaminess and heat from the chilli.
Get the recipe here.
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Lychee & broccoli sandwich
If you've never thought to stuff broccoli and lychee between bread, now would be a good time to start. Roast the broccoli until slightly tender but still firm to give it a satisfying meatiness and couple that with the fruitiness of the lychee for that contrast of sweetness. Top them all off with some salty, crumbly ricotta and toasted pine nuts and you've got the most epic mix of flavours and textures!
Get the recipe here.
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Fried rice with duck & lychee
Tired of the same old fried rice? Whip up this imaginative dish! The rich duck meat works wonders with the sweetness of lychee, and provides a delicate mix of flavours for the fragrant rice. To keep it even more fuss-free, use store-bought roasted duck for this recipe.
Get the recipe here.
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Seared tuna steak with lychee & avocado
We've learned that lychees can go with just about any ingredient so far, so why not pair these sweet things with some fresh tuna and rich, creamy avocado? Show off your on-point kitchen game with this utterly sophisticated platter!
Get the recipe here.
Crisp salmon, lychee, coriander & chilli salad
This colourful dish is the perfect fusion of Western and Asian flavours, from the salmon marinated in fish sauce to the refreshing bits of lychee to the generous sprigs of coriander.
Get the recipe here.
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Dragon fruit & lychee pavlova
Imagine ending the night by sinking your teeth in a crispy-crusted pavlova, topped with dragonfruit cubes and lychees, and drizzled with a pomegranate-tinged syrup. If that sounds like your kind of heaven, then give this dainty dessert a spin!
Get the recipe here.
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Coconut lychee ice cream
Who can resist ice cream, especially when it's made from rich coconut milk infused with lychee, ginger, and lime? A scoop of this refreshing, tropically-flavoured dessert is the perfect ending to any meal!
Get the recipe here.
Raspberry, lychee & vanilla cake
This ready-to-party pink cake showcases the best of raspberries and lychees, with a little help from some vanilla! The tart raspberry buttercream filling is sweetened with some lychee sugar syrup, and they come together perfectly with the light, fluffy chiffon-like vanilla cake.
Get the recipe here.
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Mango lychee chocolate tart
There's a perfect balance that runs through this dessert, from the contrast of the bright summer fruits with the dark chocolate crust, and from the fresh sweet-and-sour flavours of the fruits to the rich, decadent chocolate. The addition of sago in the custard filling adds a unique texture to the tart too!
Get the recipe here.
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If you're curious to see how lychee works with other flavours, there are a lot of unique concoctions readily available to try before you embark on these new-age recipes
For a start, there's OISHI with its playful mix of green tea with lychee!
Everyone's go-to Japanese drink is given a refreshing twist with the subtle sweetness of lychee. Try it out, see what you think?