Ming Tsai

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Episode 123: Asian Pesto

Using ginger, cilantro, chile, basil and garlic to create a masterpiece of East-West flavor, Ming develops a completely unique sauce: Asian Pesto. Ming shows viewers how to pick out the very best ingredients for this feisty master sauce at Verrill Farms in Concord, Massachusetts. Back in the kitchen, Ming prepares an Asian Pesto Chicken Salad, Grilled Asian Pesto Shrimp with Radicchio, and Vegetarian Asian Pesto. Then, guest chef Gordon Hamersley makes an Asian Pesto Salad with sliced Tomato, Baby Fennel, Avocado and Shaved Croutons.