I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Blue Dragon. I received product samples and a promotional item to thank me for my participation. #IC #BlueDragonMeals
I think we all know by now that I am in love with Asian flavors, and I order Chinese/Thai takeout, a lot. So when I was asked if I would like to try the Blue Dragon products to create a takeout experience at home, there was zero hesitation! 
Let me start off by telling you I didn’t just get a tiny little sample pack, no, no, no. Look at all this stuff! I was in all my glory opening this box. It was one great thing after another, including a Joyce Chen Wok, utensils, cute little take out boxes, chopsticks, Blue Dragon Spring Roll Wrappers, Blue Dragon Egg Noodles and Soba noodles. The variety of Blue Dragon sauces I received was awesome, including Broccoli Beef Stir Fry Sauce, Pad Thai Stir Fry Sauce, Chow Mein Stir Fry Sauce, Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce and General Tao Stir Fry Sauce.
The most difficult part of this task was deciding which sauce to start with! I have to make an admission, before all these samples arrived, I wasn’t familiar with the Blue Dragon brand. So after a little research here is what I found:
- Blue Dragon is named after the Chinese symbol of good fortune.
- The company was created over thirty years ago in an effort to help people create dishes from China, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam.
- Blue Dragon sauces are authentic and an easy way to create Asian inspired meals in your own home
Because I wanted to create a true “takeout” experience at home, I decided it would be best to make a few dishes and sample a few of the sauces. After all, when we order takeout, we don’t just order one dish. 
I absolutely knew I wanted to use the Blue Dragon Spring Roll Wrappers to create a Vietnamese Summer Roll. That is one of my favorite things to order lately. In the spirit of takeout, I had my husband “order” the next dish and he chose Broccoli & Beef Stir Fry. I wanted to mix things up a bit, so I made a vegetarian dish for my pick. I used the Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce to create a Szechuan Vegetable Stir Fry with Soba Noodles. 
After some thought I decided to make the Broccoli and Beef Stir Fry exactly as the instructions read on the back of the sauce packet, with the exception of adding some crushed peanuts to garnish. This ended up being my husbands favorite dish of the night. It was really good and authentic tasting, as though we did order it. Also, it took about 15 minutes from start to finish, making it an excellent weeknight option! 
I used the instructions on the Blue Dragon Spring Roll Wrappers as a guideline but switched some of the ingredients. Basically you soak the wrapper in water for about 15 seconds to soften it up. Then you place your ingredients in the center and roll it up. I “stuffed” mine with rice noodles, bean sprouts, green lettuce, shaved carrots, chopped red cabbage and fresh basil. We used the Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce with the summer rolls and they were awesome! They tasted EXACTLY like the restaurant we order from and I was very surprised at how easy they actually were to make. Don’t be afraid of the wrappers, after 1 or 2 you will be a master! 
*For those of you that are local to my area, you have the opportunity to try Blue Dragon Sauces at a sampling event! An event is being held at Hannaford – Queen Anne Corner – 10 Washington Street – Norwell – MA – 02061 on February 7th from 11-5. Let me know what you think if you get a chance to check it out!*
Now before I give you the recipe to my own masterful creation, I did mention a GIVEAWAY in my title didn’t I? Enter below for a chance to win a cooking kit including a wok, spatula, chopsticks, take out containers and samples of Blue Dragon Sauces so you can create homemade takeout too!
Contest entrants are only eligible to win once per sweepstake, per household as part of a campaign sponsored by Influence Central.
- 1 T vegetable oil or peanut oil
- 3 oz Blue Dragon Soba Noodles
- 3.7 oz Blue Dragon Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce
- 1 red onion sliced into large slices
- 1 carrot shaved
- 1 celery stalk chopped
- 3 oz snap peas or snow peas
- 3 green onions chopped
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Bring a pot of water to a boil. Place noodles into boiling water. Reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain noodles and rinse with cold water.
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Add oil to wok and heat over medium high heat. Add vegetables and stir fry 3 minutes. Add prepared noodles and stir in sauce. Cook 2 more minutes to combine flavors.
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Serve garnished with chopped green onions.
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Can’t wait to try to Szechuan sauce!
Good luck Nesse!
Your dishes look delicious! These sound like great products.
Thank you Joy!
Yum, all that food looks so good!
This looks really amazing!! Yum!
I’d like to try the Chow Mein Sauce most, but I’d try them all.
Good luck!
I love Pad Thai so I’d love to try out that sauce. This looks so delicious!
Thanks Emily. Good luck!
I would like to try the general Tao
This all looks really good! I know my family would enjoy this. Believe it or not, I never tried cooking in a wok! I think that would be a fun experience! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I would start at Pad Thai, then go to General Tao. They all look great though!
I am also looking forward to trying the Pad Thai. Good luck in the contest!
I’m a big kid, I would go for the General Tao first (yum!)
Good luck!
I am most interested in the Szechuan Pepper variety
Good choice. It definitely has a good kick to it! Good luck!
How To Make Homemade Takeout with Blue Dragon Sauces is going to be one of my best friends—thank goodness you posted this. I have been looking for a DIY believe it or not for this recipe.
Glad to have been able to share it w/ you Heidy!
I love how you sampled more than one…because you are so right. You never get just one takeout. This dish looks so delicious!
These look really good would love a chance to try them.
I’d love to try the General Tso’s it’s one of my husband’s favorites!
Pad Thai!!!! That’s the one I want to try the most.
Love Blue Dragon sauces! Your dishes look delicious and those spring rolls are gorgeous! I didn’t know they made spring roll wrappers!
Thanks April. I was the most excited about mastering the summer roll. So fresh and delicious!
Pad Thai!
your photos are gorgeous – this looks really delicious! entering – thanks for the giveaway
Oh that’s so sweet Erica, I’m really trying w/ photos lately, so that comment means a lot. Good luck in the giveaway!
I had the opportunity to work with Blue Dragon, here in Canada. We LOVE the broccoli beef stir fry sauce and chow mein sauce!
Looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing I had never heard of blue dragon before!
Thanks Rachael
I’d like to try the pad thai.
This is a wonderful giveaway. I have my eyes on Pad Thai.
This looks delicious, so much fresher than the stuff you order on the phone…ugh! I’d love to try the Broccoli Beef!
The Broccoli Beef is delicious! Good luck in the giveaway!
Oh I would love to try the Pad Thai! That is one of my favorites when I go out to eat, but have never tried it at home.
I would like to try the pad thai.
I love General Tao so I would love to try that one. Thanks for the giveaway!
Good Luck Amy!
I would love to try the Pad Thai sauce.
This looks awesome!! I have never tried Blue Dragon, but have to say it looks pretty amazing!
I would like to try the beef and broccoli sounds yummy.
Food looks amazing! i can’t wait to try it all.
Pad Thai – It is one of my all time fav meals.
Thank you for the opportunity.
I’d love to try the pad thai. Everything looks delicious.
I would like to try beef broccoli
I love Broccoli Beef and that’ll be the first.
Szechuan Pepper OR GENERAL TAO
Chow mein or pad Thai (is it nut free?)!!
They appear to be. I didn’t do too much research into it because I knew my nut allergy daughter couldn’t have them because she also has a sesame allergy and there is sesame oil in them. I don’t see nuts listed anywhere. I bet you could find out more on their website http://www.bluedragon.com if need be.
Chow Mein because thats what my whole family likes though I wouldnt mind trying all of them and finding new favorites.
I that is the best part of these sauces, is trying new things I might not think to order out. Best of luck!
chow mein
I’d most like to try Broccoli Beef.
My husband’s fave. It really was very good. Best of luck.
Szechuan Pepper sounds awesome!
It really IS tasty. It has a kick to it, just how I like it. Good luck!
for me i would wnt to try the chow mein
I’m trying the Chow Mein this weekend! Good luck!
I need to check these out at our neighborhood Sprouts, or the Whole Foods in the city, I really think we would enjoy the Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry suce, here, thank you for sharing this review
Good luck!
I would most like to try the Broccoli Beef. they all sound delicious!
Would love to try the General Tao but they all sound delicious!
I would love to try the Broccoli Beef Blue Dragon Sauce!
I would like to try either Chow Mein or General Tao, but they all sound good.
I think I would like to try the Pad Thai sauce the most
I’d like to try Chow Mein
I would love to try the Broccoli Beef. Thanks for the review and introduction to the product.
I would love to try the Broccoli Beef, sounds yummi!!!
I’d like to try the Szechuan Pepper.
This looks so yummy! We love Pad Thai in our house! I would love to try the sauce, it looks really flavorful!
Pad thai for me!!
I would love to try all of them, but would start with Broccoli & Beef Stir Fry.
i’d like to try the pad thai
I’d like to try the Broccoli Beef. I made stir fry for my family the other night and my sauce was WAY too sweet – I’ll try Blue Dragon next time!
Yes this definitely wasn’t too sweet. I’m very picky w/ my sauces and I loved it.
I so love asian food……. Need to make this recipe for my family…. They will love it !!!!!!!!!! Copying it now !!!! 🙂
Szechuan Pepper i have not tried yet.
I would love to try the broccoli beef or the general tso they look so goood!
The Szechuan Pepper Sauce sounds good. I like a little heat!
I want to try the Pad Thai first.
Szechuan pepper sauce would probably be my favorite. But I would love to try them all.
The whole family would love the broccoli beef.
Chow Mein
I want to reach out and grab that spring roll!
Ha Thanks Jessica! They were really good if I do say so myself. I thought for sure they’d be hard to make but they were very easy!
I would like to try The general Tso
General Tao
I would love to try their Pad Thai. I absolutely love Pod Thai but have never made my own.
Beef and Broccoli!!
I would like to try the Szechuan Pepper.
I think I d love the Broccoli Beef
looks amazing and healthy. I would have to substitute the white rice for black or brown rice. I got to give this a 5 star for sure. Keep the recopies coming 😉
Thanks so much Angela! I prefer brown rice myself, but my husband always wants white rice w/ Asian food and since I was making a vegetarian dish for the other one, I gave him his rice, lol. I’ve actually never even seen black rice, now I’m intrigued.
I really want to try the Szechuan Pepper!
I would like to try the Broccoli and Beef.
I love broccoli beef, I order it every time i get take out.
I’m really going to have to try this
I would try Szechuan Peppe.
Would love to try it all, but I love trying different chow meins in different ways & places.
You know what, that’s a great point. Every time we get chow mein from somewhere new, it’s totally different than the previous. I’m making the chow mein tomorrow! Good luck!
They all seem delicious! If I had to choose it would be the Szechuan pepper sauce!!
Pad Thai!!!!!!!!!
I would like to try the Szechuan Pepper Stir Fry Sauce
I want to try the General Tao. My family eats it the most and it would be cheaper to make it at home.
I would like to try the Chow Mein flavor.
Broccoli and Beef are my fav.
Pad Thai for me
I love spicy food so the sauce I would really like to try is the Szechuan Pepper Sauce.
I’d love to try them all but my favorite would be Pad Thai.
The Chow Mein looks so delicious!
Love soba noodles! Been using them a lot lately. This sounds like it’d be yet another delicious use of them!
I’d like to try the Chow Mein Sauce.
mmmm… chow mein…
they all look great, though!
Chow Mein sauce nom nom nom!
I love beef broccoli
These sauces and your dish look AMAZING!
I would love to try the Szechuan Pepper sauce. I really like anything that is Asian and spicy, so the Szechuan Pepper sounds really good to me. Also the General Tso sounds good too.
My husband LOVES snow peas! He’d like this 😉
Great pics of these dishes; nice presentation. I like spicy so it’s a toss up between the General Tso’s and the Szechuan Pepper sauce.
Thank you so much. I appreciate that compliment. I’m with you on liking the spice. The Szechuan Pepper was quite spicy, too much for the kids, but perfect for me. Good luck!
Chow mein stir fry sauce seems like it would be a good one to try.
I would love to try the Broccoli Beef
the general tao
I would like to try the Chow Mein sauce.
This all sounds amazing! Yum!
It all looks great! I think I would like to try Broccoli Beef first
I would try the broccoli beef.
The Blue Dragon Sauce I would most like to try is the General Tao.
I would love to try to make pad thai at home!
I’d love to try the Pad Thai sauce.
I would try the Pad Thai first.
Oh wow it all looks so good! I’d probably choose General Tao for my first experience.
Looks great; the Pad Thai!
Szechuan Pepper!
I would like to try the general tao.
Pretty sure I know someone who would like these dishes!!
🙂
General tao
All the sauces sound good but broccoli beef sounds the best.
We never make our own Chinese – you’ve just motivated me to add this to our menu next week!
Broccoli Beef
General tsu
I would love to try the pad Thai!
I need to find these! Can’t wait to give them a try!
All of them look delicious, but I’d most like to try Szechuan Pepper!
I would choose the Broccoli Beef.. I have a thing for Asian food that has broccoli and beef!
I love Pad Thai so I’d like to try that sauce. Your spring rolls look delicious. They are one of my favorite things to order out too
Looks great! My husband would love this!