Szechuan Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
cooking oil
12 to 15 peppers (hot); dried
1 can of bamboo sprigs
4 to 6 pcs of carrots; julienned
1 lb of chicken breasts (boneless); diced
For the Sauce:
3 tbsps of dry wine
2 to 3 tbsps of powdered ginger
2 to 3 tbsps of cornstarch
6 tbsps of soy sauce
Instructions:
Combine sauce ingredients in small bowl.
Heat oil in skillet and put peppers in. Cook ’til brown and transfer to platter. Cook chicken cubes for around 5 minutes. Move chicken to bowl.
Then, add another tbsp of oil into skillet. Stir fry carrots til soft. Pour in bamboo sprigs then stir fry for another couple of minutes. Put chicken, pepper plus sauce into skillet again. Let sauce thicken before turning off heat.
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Lobster Cantonese Recipe
Ingredients:
rice (hot); cooked
scallion curls
Sprigs of cilantro
3 tbsps of water
1 chicken egg
3 tbsps of rice wine
1 tsp of monosodium glutamate
1.5 tbsps of soya sauce
1.5 c of water (hot)
1/4 lb of pork; ground
2 tbsps of oil
1 tsp of black beans; fermented, rinsed
1 garlic clove; finely chopped
2 lbs of lobster tails
Instructions:
Remove the shell of lobster and cut into circular pcs. Mix the garlic with the beans. Prepare a wok and heat the oil. Place the garlic & bean mix. Stir. Mix in the pork. Be sure to cook for around 10min all the while stirring continuously.
Combine heated water in with the monosodium glutamate and soy sauce. Drop in lobster cuts. Cook lobster for around 2min.
Mix together the cornstarch with the dry wine then stir. Beat the eggs and put in 3 tbsps of water. Add this to your dry wine sauce. Let this cook in low heat for half a minute.
Then, place sauce at the middle of the plate. Arrange lobster around your sauce decoratively. Use the cilantro plus the scallions for garnishing.
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Fortune Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 tablespoon of water
4 ounces of egg (minus yolk)
4 ounces of veggie oil
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of cornstarch
4 ounces of sugar
8 ounces of flour (all purpose)
Instructions:
Mix all the ingredients together to make the batter. Beat the mixture well until it becomes smooth. Before baking, prepare your fortune on small sized paper. Heat oven until it reaches a 300 degree F temperature.
Place 4 inch sized pieces of batter onto a greased sheet for baking. Bake these for 14 min. While cookies are hot, place your paper fortunes in each one.
There’s a window time of around 15 sec. so it’s best to take a cookie out of oven for a time. Fold cookies in half & place in pan for muffins to mold its shape. Enjoy!
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Hot Chili Oil Recipe
Ingredients:
1 tsp of paprika
1/2 tsp of Szechwan pepper corns
20 hot peppers (chili); dried
1/2 c of oil (corn)
Instructions:
Prepare a strainer by lining paper towels on it. Set aside.
Heat oil in heavy sauce pan. Put in peppers. Stir ’til peppers become a dark shade of brown. Then add in paprika & pepper corns.
Strain mixture. Remove the solid particles. Store inside a covered jar. Refrigerate.
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Almond Biscuits Recipe
Ingredients:
1 tsp of almond essence
1 chicken egg
1/2 c of butter/margarine
1 c of refined sugar
2 tsps of baking powder
2.5 c of flour (all purpose)
Almonds; blanched (decorative)
Beaten egg to glaze
Instructions:
Mix sifted flour, salt and baking powder in bowl. Put sugar in creamed butter and mix until consistency is light and very fluffy. Add the essence of almond and egg.
Add the dry recipe ingredients into your fluffy mixture to make a dough that is quite stiff. Form balls from mixture that are between 1-1.5 inches in diameter. Put the balls on greased cookie/baking tray.
Flatten each piece of cookie ball. Put a slice of almond on top. Use the beaten chicken egg to coat each piece.
Bake cookie pieces in an oven heated to 350 degrees Farenheit for about 20 min. Set aside to cool after baking.
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Cantonese Meatballs Recipe
Ingredients:
1/4 c of water
2 Tbsps of cornstarch
2 Tbsps of finely chopped onions (instant)
1 lb of beef (ground)
1 Tbsp of ketchup
1 Tbsp of vinegar
5 Tbsps of Teriyaki sauce
3 Tbsps of Brown/ Cane sugar
20 ozs of pineapple (in chunks with syrup)
Instructions:
Remove pineapple chunks from its syrup. Put unrefined sugar (brown or cane sugar) with the teriyaki sauce, ketchup and vinegar.
Combine the beef, minced onion and 2 Tbsps of teriyaki sauce. Roll pieces into round meatballs. This serving can make 20 pieces.
Let the meatballs turn brown in a skillet. Remove extra fat. Add the prepared syrup on the meatballs. Let the mixture simmer for ten min. Stir occassionally.
While waiting, mix cornstarch with water. Put this combination into the skillet. Add the pineapples. Keep fire on until the sauce is thick.
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