Mandarin Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
rice (hot); cooked
1/2 c olives (ripe); pitted
11 ozs of mandarin oranges; drained
3 Tbsps of cornstarch
1/2 c of water
2 Tbsps of pepper (green); chopped
1 tsp of powdered garlic
1 tsp of ginger; ground
1 tsp of pepper
2 tsps of salt
2 tsps of mustard; ground
1/4 c of orange concentrate (frozen)
1/4 c of low salt soya sauce
2 c of water
1/4 c of sugar (brown)
1 c of ketchup
1 chicken about 3 lbs; skinned and sliced
Instructions:
Mix together water, sugar, ketchup, orange concentrate, soy sauce, mustard, pepper, salt, powdered garlic and ginger. Mix well and use half of the marinade to marinate chicken. Keep the remaining premixed marinade. Keep chicken refrigerated overnight or for a minimum of 8hrs.
Once ready to cook, remove the chicken from the marinade. Cook the chicken at low heat. Pour in the marinade that was set aside previously. The cooking should last around 7-8 hrs.
Mix the cornstarch & water. Be sure that consistency is smooth. Pour over the cooking chicken mix while making sure to stir constantly. Add the olives, green pepper and the oranges.
Turn up the heat about half an hour prior to serving. Check that the sauce is sticky and thick. Serve with rice or as topping on rice.
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Cantonese Roast Duck Recipe
Ingredients:
For the Duck:
3 pcs of sliced ginger (fresh)
1 spring onion
1 Tbsp of salt
Whole duck
For the Glaze:
Sprigs of cilantro (fresh)
1 Tbsp. of soya sauce
1 Tbsp of corn syrup (light)
2 Tbsps. of water
Instructions:
Make sure that your duck is thawed. Cut away all the extra fat then rinse the whole duck. Pat the meat dry.
Next, put salt on duck in both inner and outer side. Refrigerate overnight for flavor to seep in for best results. Place spring onions inside cavity of duck then add the ginger slices over it.
Then, pour around 2 inches water onto a flameproof pan for roasting. Use a lidded one. Put setup on stove. Put a rack on your pan. Wait for water until it boils.
Use a casserole that your duck can fit in. Make sure that the cooking pot fits your rack. Steam the mixture for an hour. Make sure to check the level of your water every few minutes.
Add hot water as needed. After cooking, remove duck. Put together glaze ingredients in a saucepan.
Boil then spread glazed on outer part of your cooked duck with the use of a brush. Let duck dry. This can take around 60 min.
Heat oven at 375 degrees Farenheit. Put duck in with the breast part down. Turn after 20 min. Cook for another 40 min.
Let meal cool for a few minutes. Carve duck along the joints. Serve your meal using cilantro as garnish.
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Fried Dumplings Recipe
Ingredients:
20 pieces of dumpling wrappers
2 minced green onions
8 ounces of pork (ground)
1 teaspoon of soya sauce
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of sherry
1 teaspoon of oil
Instructions:
Combine all the ingredients together except for the dumpling skins. Once the mixture is properly mixed, place 1-2 tablespoons of mixture at middle part of wrapper and fold this into half. Then pinch egdes at middle part of mound but leave its 2 ends open.
Create pleats at both open sides & pinch to hold in place. Use a little amount of oil then heat this in a wok. Put in dumplings then heat it for around 2minutes.
Add a little water, just enough to reach less than half the dumpling height. Allow to simmer for around 3minutes.
Drain water from the dish. Pour 2tablespoons oil in pan again & fry dumplings. They should turn golden when cooked.
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Chinese Duck Recipe
Ingredients:
3 ozs almonds (toasted & split)
2 tsps of cornstarch
1 c of stock
4 ozs of peas (frozen)
2 ozs of mushrooms (fresh)
2 celery sticks
2 tbsps of soya sauce
1 tsp of salt
2 tbsps of oil
1 lb of duck meat
Instructions:
Cut duck into thin strips. Take a wok and heat oil to fry duck in for around 5min. Add salt. Add soya sauce. Stir to mix.
Wash all ingredients like celery, mushrooms and peas. Slice mushrooms thinly. Put in celery, mushrooms and peas. Stir to mix for 1min. Pour in stock & allow to boil. Allow to simmer for around 5min.
Prepare cornstarch then mix with cold water. Pour mixture into pan and allow to boil. Make sure to stir continuously until sauce thickens. Garnish with almonds.
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Silver and Gold Shredded Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 lb of chicken (breast part); deboned and skin removed
For the Marinade:
2 tsps of cornstarch
1/2 tsp of salt
1 Tbsp of wine
1 tsp of sesame oil
1 medium to large sized egg (yolk removed)
3 Tbsps of peanut oil
1 lb of spinach (fresh); washed with stems taken off
1 clove of garlic; crushed
1 tsp of salt
1/2 c of peanut oil
1 Tbsp of soya sauce
1 tsp of sugar
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients for marinade. Shred semifrozen chicken breasts then marinate (minimum of 1 hr). Then divide prepared chicken into 2 parts with equal quantity. Pour soy sauce on one part.
Heat wok in high temperature then pour 3 Tbsps of peanut oil. Fry garlic until just golden in color. Put in spinach then continue stir-frying.
Next, pour salt then the sugar in. Once spinach is wilted, remove these and place them onto the middle of a platter. Remove garlic from wok. Wipe wok until clean.
Use wok again to heat half a cup peanut oil. Temperature should be 280 degrees Fahrenheit. Once wok is hot, carefully stir-fry chicken part without soy sauce.
Then, once chicken is cooked, drain oil. Put the white meat on a side of your platter (w/ spinach). Cook chicken w/ soya sauce using a similar style then arrange at the other side of platter.
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Crisp Skin Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
Peanut oil
1 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of flour (all purpose)
1 teaspoon sugar cane syrup
1 tablespoon of wine
2 tablespoons of honey
2 tablespoon of soya sauce
1 tablespoon of vinegar
1 (2.5 pounds) whole chicken
For the Cinnamon Dip:
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of pepper (black); ground
1/2 teaspoon of ginger; ground
1 tablespoon of cinnamon; ground
For the Salt & Pepper Dip:
1/2 tablespoon of pepper (black); ground
1 tablespoon of salt
Instructions:
Prepare a pan large enough to put chicken onto pan then pour boiling water until it reaches halfway of your chicken’s height. Make sure to cover the pan and allow to simmer for around an hour. After it simmers, drain the water.
Wash chicken then dry. Combine the soy sauce, vinegar, wine and molasses. Cover chicken with this sauce and allow to air dry.
You can hang chicken for around 30min. Again brush chicken with remaining sauce then chicken should be hung. Put salt and flour together then cover the skin with this mixture. Heat the peanut oil then deep fry chicken. Remove excess oil after chicken is done.
For the cinnamon dip: Add all the ingredients together & heat while stirring continuously.
For the pepper & salt dip: Add all the ingredients together & heat while stirring continuously.
You may use Hoisin sauce for dip, too
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Peking Duck Recipe
Ingredients:
Whole duck
Dry wine
Honey
1 bottle of hoisin sauce
Green onions
Mandarin pancakes
Instructions:
Prepare duck by loosening skin. Duck should be blanched for about 2 mins. Let the meat dry. This should take around 4 hrs. After duck is dry, baste with honey and water or using your dry wine. Let the meat dry again for around 4 hrs.
To Roast: First, roast at 375 degrees Farehnheit for half an hour, after which, roast again for an hr. at 250 degrees Farehnheit. The last roasting step is at 400 degrees Farehnheit for another half hour.
The meat is then ready for serving. Slice the meat and skin into 1×2″ pcs. Chop the green onions into 2 inch long pcs.
Prepare the mandarin pancakes. This is to be used for wrapping the meat, the green onion and the hoisin sauce. Each guest is to prepare his or her own piece.
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