Date: 18/05/2011
New cooking sauce range goes on tour
Visit the Blue Dragon team and sample our new range of delicious and convenient cooking sauces.
For 50 days from 20th April until 30th June, Blue Dragon will be touring the UK with the new Cooking sauces range. Come and visit our stand in car parks of Asda, Morrisons and Tesco to taste the sauces, enter a great competition and talk to the team.
Here’s the list of places and dates you can find us:
20/04/2011 Tesco Swansea
21/04/2011 Tesco Cardiff
22/04/2011 Morrisons Swansea
23/04/2011 Tesco Swindon
24/04/2011 Asda Bedminster
27/04/2011 Asda Brighton
28/04/2011 Asda Portsmouth
29/04/2011 Tesco Burlesdon Twrs
30/04/2011 Tesco Newbury
01/05/2011 Tesco Purley
04/05/2011 Asda Farnborough
05/05/2011 Morrisons Reading
06/05/2011 Asda Wembley
07/05/2011 Asda Hatfield
08/05/2011 Morrisons Milton Keynes
11/05/2011 Tesco Osterley
12/05/2011 Tesco Romford
13/05/2011 Tesco Goodmayes
14/05/2011 Tesco Borehamwood
15/05/2011 Tesco Aylesbury 2
18/05/2011 Asda Milton Keynes
19/05/2011 Tesco Northampton
20/05/2011 Asda Coventry
21/05/2011 Morrisons Birmigham Small Heath
22/05/2011 Tesco Solihull
25/05/2011 Tesco Bar Hill
26/05/2011 Tesco Ipswich
27/05/2011 Morrisons Norwich
28/05/2011 Asda Peterborough
29/05/2011 Tesco Colchester
31/05/2011 Morrisons Wolverhampton
01/06/2011 Tesco Leicester Hamilton
02/06/2011 Morisons Nottingham Netherfield
03/06/2011 Asda Derby
04/06/2011 Morrisons Stoke
05/06/2011 Tesco Chesterfield
07/06/2011 Tesco Altrincham
08/06/2011 Tesco Horwich
10/06/2011 Tesco Prescot
11/06/2011 Tesco Bidston Moss
12/06/2011 Tesco Blackpool Clifton
14/06/2011 Asda Sheffield
15/06/2011 Asda Trafford Park
16/06/2011 Morrisons Oldham Chadderton
17/06/2011 Morrisons Bradford Victoria
18/06/2011 Morrisons Hull
19/06/2011 Tesco Cleethorpes
22/06/2011 Tesco Leeds
23/06/2011 Tesco York
24/06/2011 Asda Middlesbrough
25/06/2011 Morrisons Darlington
26/06/2011 Tesco Durham
28/06/2011 Morrisons Sunderland
29/06/2011 Tesco Newcastle
30/06/2011 Asda Benton
Date: 28/01/2011
Chinese New Year - 3rd February
This year, Chinese New Year occured on the 3rd February. It is the year of the Rabbit. Chinese New Year is the most important date in the Chinese calendar and people take time from work to celebrate and get together with their family.
With a comprehensive range of Chinese products, from sticky sauces to make great appetisers and key ingredients to enable you to cook from scratch, Blue Dragon provides everything you need to create your own Chinese New Year feast at home.
The date of Chinese New Year depends on the Chinese Calendar which is guided by the Lunar months. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring festival, and is celebrated for 15 days. Throughout the festival, different days have specific activities, for example, the Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day when the moon is full. The lanterns have riddles attached to them and people eat round dumplings called Yuan Xiao which are made of glutinous rice and red bean paste. The round shape of the sweets is important, it represents union and it is the first time of the year that the moon is round.
Date: 01/11/2010
Review our recipes to enter the December Blue Dragon Prize Draw
Review our recipes to enter the December Blue Dragon Prize Draw
We add new Oriental recipes to our site every month to inspire you in the kitchen and we would love to know what you think of them.
If you are a member of the Blue Dragon site, you can now review our recipes to be entered into a prize draw.
If you are not already a member, simply click `register` on the hompage and complete the details. You will also recieve news about other great competitions and offers.
Date: 13/10/2010
Tips on how to use up your pumpkin
Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops.
Traditionally glowing jack-o-lanterns were set on porches and in windows to welcome deceased loved ones, but also to act as protection against malevolent spirits. Should you be looking for fresh ways to use the flesh of your jack-o-lantern why not try our recipe of the month Spicy Squash and Yam Soup!
Date: 13/10/2010
Review our recipes to enter the December Blue Dragon Prize Draw
Review our recipes to enter the December Blue Dragon Prize Draw
We add new Oriental recipes to our site every month to inspire you in the kitchen and we would love to know what you think of them.
If you are a member of the Blue Dragon site, you can now review our recipes to be entered into a prize draw.
If you are not already a member, simply click `register` on the hompage and complete the details. You will also recieve news about other great competitions and offers.
Date: 22/09/2010
Mid Autumn Festival 22nd
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Lunar Calendar, and this year the Mid-Autumn festival falls on the 22nd September. Chinese people believe that on that day, the moon is the roundest and brightest signaling a time of completeness and abundance. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties. Also foods for a Chinese Mid-Autumn feast are red — for good luck. So why not try our recipe of the Month Sweet and Sour Salmon parcels!
Date: 04/08/2010
Japanese Food
Japan has always captured the imagination of many, as much for it's futuristic outlook on living and life as well as its fresh and appealing food. Its cuisine is truly varied - please believe us when we say Japan has a lot more to offer than just raw fish!
Most of us will have come across sushi (usually raw fish and seasoned rice) and sashimi (elegant slices of raw fish) in its various guises. You may well have bought a bento box holding sushi maki (sushi rolled in nori seaweed and sliced), sushi nigiri (hand formed seasoned rice with a usually fish topping), sushi gunkan (lozenges of seasoned sushi rice wrapped in nori and topped usually with raw fish or fish eggs) or many other types of sushi in the supermarket. Sushi has become so popular around the world that other countries have started experimenting and creations such as the California roll - sushi filled with avocado, crab stick and cucumber - are now as popular as some of the most traditional sushi.
But sushi is just the tip of the iceberg! Japan has a long tradition of regional cuisine and dishes that are far too extensive to dwell on here. However there are a few dishes that have proved popular with local and foreign palettes alike, and can be sampled in Japanese restaurants on UK soil. In almost all Japanese restaurants you will be offered a variation on the traditional miso soup, traditionally made with miso paste (a product made through the fermentation of rice and/or soy or barley with salt and the fungus kojikin) and dashi (a light fish stock). You will also more often than not be offered rice with your food as this is the main staple of Japan. They favour the short grain 'Japonica' or sushi variety. It is then that many run into problems as the myriad of dishes on offer make choosing one hard! Why then, not order a selection... the crispy familiarity of katsu curry - chicken or pork, lightly fried in crispy panko breadcrumbs, topped with a light curry sauce and served on rice - is a firm favourite. Or why not try some Japanese noodles dishes? Yakisoba - buckwheat noodles stir fried usually with a mixture of prawns, chicken, mixed vegetables and eggs - is a delicious filling meal. Soups and stews prove a popular choice too, with broths accentuated with tender meat, vegetables and noodles (such as the thick and slurpy udon) and stews like the richly flavoured beef and noodles stew, Sukiyaki.
Date: 13/07/2010
Tips on an Asian style BBQ
Make some yummy Oriental side dishes to compliment your BBQ - try Sichuan noodles - make a dressing with 2 tbsp of each balsamic vinegar, Chinese chilli oil, caster sugar and 1 tbsp sesame oil and Dark soy sauce, mix well, and toss through cooked egg noodles with toasted sesame seeds and sliced spring onions - add chopped chillies for a bit of fire!
A spicy take on a potato salad - try adding English mustard powder, Dark soy sauce and a small dash of sesame oil to the mayonnaise dressing, and tossing it through boiled new potatoes with sliced coriander, spring onion and chopped red and yellow peppers.
Try this simple BBQ marinade for chicken thighs - place finely chopped garlic and ginger in a freezer bag with soy sauce, shaoxing wine and chopped spring onions. Marinate the thighs in the bag overnight and then cook carefully over the flames until they are well done and tender. Yum!
Date: 01/04/2010
Celebrate Thai New Year with Blue Dragon
Thai New year is an important festival in Thailand. It is a public holiday and people celebrate this very hot time of the year by splashing each other with water. Enjoy your own Thai new year celebration at home by cooking a Thai feast for friends and family. Why not cook a delicious Thai curry using our curry pastes, coconut milk and fish sauce. Alternatively, try Som Tam, a crunchy and delicious green papaya salad.
Date: 05/03/2010
Lots of Delicious new recipes
We have added some great new recipes to the website, so whether you want to create a deliciously refreshing salad, such as prawn and grapefruit, or impress your guests with tasty Mussles and black bean sauce we have all the inspiration you need.
Date: 01/02/2010
Celebrate Chinese New Year with a Valentines feast
This year Chinese New year falls on Valentines day, February 14th. What better way to celebrate both festivals by cooking your loved one a delicious Chinese banquet at home? Why not prepare a stir fry using one of our delicious stir fry sauces, or perhaps be more adventurous and cook a meal from scratch using the Blue Dragon ingredients range. During Chinese New Year, red envelopes with money are given as gifts. This year is the year of the Tiger.
Date: 01/12/2009
25p Off your next purchase of Blue Dragon Sweet Chilli dipping sauce
Blue Dragon Sweet Chilli dipping sauce has been voted Britains best tasting. It is a versatile sauce which is great for dipping with Christmas nibbles. To help you stock up for the party season, we are offering 25p off your next purchase! If you are already a member of the Blue Dragon site, simply log on to collect and print your coupon. If you have not yet joined our club, click on `register` in the top right of the hompage and you will recieve your coupon.
Date: 01/12/2009
Tips for an Oriental style Christmas
Make an Oriental inspired flavoured butter to place under the skin of your turkey using chopped lemongrass, coriander, garlic, chilli and spring onion and glaze the skin with Blue Dragon Dark Soy sauce to make it crispy. Also place 2 halves of a lime in the cavity for extra aromatic flavour.
Why not use the traditional accompanying Christmas vegetables, but cook them in a completely different way? Finely shred your carrots and sprouts, and then stir fry over a high heat adding green beans and mange tout and baby sweetcorn. Finally add a glug of sweet chilli sauce and a dash of soy sauce and serve with your Oriental flavoured Turkey.
Why not treat your guests to champagne and Oriental nibbles - try making prawn toast, Chinese spring and Vietnamese summer rolls and chicken and beef satay...
Date: 30/10/2009
Try our Katsu Curry Mealkit
To celebrate the launch of the Japanese range we are offering a coupon for 50p off your next purchase of our Katsu curry mealkit.
If you are already a member of the Blue Dragon site, simply log on to collect and print your coupon. If you have not yet joined our club, click on `register` in the top right of the hompage, complete the information to join and you will recieve your coupon.
Date: 30/06/2009
BBQ season is here!
July is a great time to dust off your BBQ and get cooking. We have added a great selection of new BBQ recipes which we are sure you will enjoy- whatever the weather.
Date: 10/06/2009
Blue Dragon voted Britains Best Tasting Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce
Blue Dragon has officially been voted Britain's Best Tasting Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce. Its got the perfect blend of chillies and garlic in a sweet & spicy sauce.
In fact its so good that it goes well not only on Eastern bites like spring rolls and prawn crackers, but also great on everyday Western dishes like fish & chips, burgers and sausages.
Date: 27/03/2009
Win a flight for two to Thailand, courtesy of Thai Airways
Stir fry day is here and to celebrate we have made some exciting changes to our website, visit the cooks guide to access the stir fry page with great recipe ideas and a video masterclass showing you how to cook the perfect Chow Mein.
In addition to that, you can enter our competition to win flights for two to Thailand! 100 lucky runners up will also win great prizes.
For more information on Thai Airways just visit www.thaiairways.co.uk where you can also book your own flights for a trip to Thailand if you’re not one of the lucky winners!
Date: 10/03/2009
Stir Fry Day is here!
Here at Blue Dragon, stir fry is a favourite meal. It’s so quick & easy and also delivers lots of flavours. It’s the perfect meal for any day of the week! We’re now on a mission making stir fry everyone’s favourite meal and launching a big campaign on how Every Day Can Be A Stir Fry Day!
Date: 31/12/2008
Celebrate Chinese New Year at home with Blue Dragon products
This year, Chinese New Year will be on 26th January. It is the year of the Ox. Chinese New Year is the most important date in the Chinese calendar and people take time from work to celebrate and get together with their family.
With a comprehensive range of Chinese products, from noodles to soy sauce, Blue Dragon provides everything you need to create your own Chinese New Year feast at home.
Different communities within China have different ways of celebrating Chinese New year.
The date of Chinese New Year depends on the Chinese Calendar which is guided by the Lunar months. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring festival, and is celebrated for 15 days. Throughout the festival, different days have specific activities, for example, the Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day when the moon is full. The lanterns have riddles attached to them and people eat round dumplings called Yuan Xiao which are made of glutinous rice and red bean paste. The round shape of the sweets is important, it represents union and it is the first time of the year that the moon is round.
The colour red is important during the Spring festival, as it is thought to drive away bad luck.
Date: 24/11/2008
Delicious new Blue Dragon Stir Fry flavours coming soon!
We are excited to tell you that we have four new Blue Dragon Stir fry flavours to choose from:
Two additions to our sachet range- Blue Dragon Sweet Soy with Garlic & Ginger and Blue Dragon Thai Basil & Lemongrass -
and two additions to the more premium stir-fry sachet range - Blue Dragon Sweet & Sour with Coriander and Blue Dragon Sweet Chilli & Kaffir Lime.
These will be available soon so look out for them in your local store!
Date: 24/11/2008
Blue Dragon Stir Fry Relaunch
We have some great news, we have made some improvements to our stir fry sauces. The re-vamp includes improved recipes and new packaging designs with delicious recipe suggestions.
The updated packaging provides additional GDA information, nutritional breakdowns, cooking tips and key facts. All Blue Dragon stir fry sachets are now free from artificial ingredients, colours and preservatives. The salt level is also significantly reduced to reflect our ambition to make sure that a stir fry is a well-balanced meal for the family. A shopping list and cooking instructions are available on the back of packs, making both the shopping and cooking easier than ever.
A stir fry is now the perfect meal for any day of the week! It’s easy, quick, good value for money and of course incredibly tasty!
Did you know?
Blue Dragon is UK’s leading stir fry sauce. In fact, every 1 in 3 stir fry products sold is a Blue Dragon sauce.
Date: 23/09/2008
Introducing Blue Dragon’s new Japanese Range
We are proud to introduce the new Japanese range from Blue Dragon - delicious meals that bring the flavours of Japan to your kitchen and are guaranteed to delight the whole family!
All of our products are quick and easy to prepare, making this fine cuisine accessible for seasoned chefs and novice cooks alike.
The range includes mouth-watering Yaki Sauces (Japanese stir-fry sauces), traditional Japanese Noodles, a mildly spiced Japanese Curry as well as a Katsu Curry Mealkit that includes all the ingredients necessary to effortlessly create the popular restaurant favourite Katsu Curry - crispy breaded chicken or vegetables, served on a bed of rice with curry sauce.
All Blue Dragon Japanese products have clear and simple cooking instructions so cooking Japanese food could not be easier.
Click on any of the above product names to find out more information about each product.
Curious about Japanese food? Why not check out our recipe section for some inspiring and delicious recipe ideas!