Category: Chinese

Feb 23

Dong Po Pork (best cooked day before)

Ingredients

Belly pork cut into min 2″ strips

3 tbs dark soya sauce

3 tbs light soya sauce

1-2 tbs Shaosing wine

1 tbs dark brown sugar

1-2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 Star Anise

1 Cinnamon stick

 

Method

Marinate the pork belly with the soya sauces. Fry in a little oil. Add sugar then Shaosing wine, garlic and spices. Add a little water to just just barely covering the meat (not skin). Bake in oven 180C for 1 1/2 hours. Leave to cool in the oven.

Steam to make pork meltingly soft and serve next day with bao or rice.

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Dec 08

Crispy Fried Noodles

1 (8-ounce) boneless pork chop, ¾ to 1 inch thick, trimmed of all visible fat

6 ounces gai lan, stalks trimmed

¼teaspoon baking soda

4 teaspoons Shaoxing wine, divided

1 tablespoon soy sauce, divided

2½tablespoons cornstarch

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

1½tablespoons fish sauce

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

¼teaspoon white pepper

6 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced ½ inch thick

1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut into ¾-inch pieces

6 ounces fresh or thawed frozen Hong Kong–style noodles

2½cups vegetable oil for frying

2 scallions, cut into 1½-inch pieces

2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger

1⅔ cups chicken broth

 

1. Place pork chop on plate and freeze until very firm, about 20 minutes. While pork freezes, prepare gai lan. Remove leaves, small stems, and florets from stalks; slice leaves crosswise into 1½-inch strips (any florets and stems can go into pile with leaves); and cut stalks on bias into ¼-inch-thick pieces. Set aside.

2. Stir 1 tablespoon water and baking soda together in medium bowl. When pork is firm, use sharp knife to shave pork crosswise as thin as possible. (Slices needn’t be perfectly intact.) Transfer to bowl with baking soda mixture and toss until well coated. Add 1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine and 2 teaspoons soy sauce and toss to combine. Set aside.

3. Bring 4 quarts water to boil in large pot. While water heats, stir cornstarch and ¼ cup water together in small bowl. Stir oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar, sesame oil, white pepper, and remaining 1 teaspoon soy sauce together in separate bowl.

4. Add mushrooms to boiling water and cook until tender and pliant, about 30 seconds. Using spider skimmer or slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms to bowl. Return water to boil. Add bell pepper and cook until crisp-tender, about 30 seconds. Using spider skimmer, transfer bell pepper to second bowl. Return water to boil. Add gai lan and cook until stems are crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Using spider skimmer, transfer gai lan to bowl with bell pepper. (Vegetables can be blanched 24 hours ahead.)

5. Return water to boil. Add noodles and cook, stirring often, until almost tender (center of noodles should be firm with slight opaque dot), 45 to 90 seconds. Drain noodles in colander and rinse under cold running water, tossing with tongs, until cool to touch, about 1 minute. Drain noodles very well.

6. Line large serving plate with triple layer of paper towels. Add oil to wok until it measures about ¾ inch deep and heat over medium-high heat to 350 degrees. (If using skillet, add oil until it measures ¼ inch deep, about 1¼ cups.) Carefully lower noodles into oil (oil will bubble vigorously; do not use colander to tip noodles into oil). Using spatula, spread noodles into even layer. Fry until outer 2 inches of noodle disk are crisp and lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes, occasionally rotating disk for even crisping. Using 2 thin spatulas, transfer noodle disk to prepared plate. Carefully pour off oil from wok into bowl. Reserve 1 tablespoon oil (reserve remaining oil for other use) and wipe out wok. Leaving noodle disk on plate, remove and discard paper towels. Pour off any excess water from cooked bell pepper and gai lan.

7. Heat now-empty wok over medium heat until smoking. Add 1½ teaspoons reserved oil, scallions, and ginger and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Increase heat to high and add pork. Cook, stirring constantly, until pork is no longer pink, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to bowl with bell pepper and gai lan.

8. Add remaining 1½ teaspoons reserved oil and mushrooms to now-empty wok and cook, stirring constantly, until mushrooms have shrunken slightly, about 2 minutes. Add remaining 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine and cook, stirring constantly, until no liquid remains in wok, about 15 seconds. Add oyster sauce mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until bubbling, about 15 seconds.

9. Add chicken broth, pork, and vegetables and bring to simmer. Stir cornstarch mixture to recombine; add to wok; and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is thick and translucent, about 1 minute. Spoon pork and vegetables over noodles and serve immediately. At the table, use large spoon to cut through noodles; scoop noodles and stir-fry onto individual serving plates.

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Oct 11

Blanched choy sum with garlic sauce

Blanched choy sum is served with soy garlic sauce.

SERVES: 4

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 bunch choy sum
  • 2 tablespoons peanut or grape seed oil
  • 2-3 cloves garlicminced
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon water
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Bring a pot of water to boil and add some salt.
  • Add the stem part of choy sum first into the boiling water, wait for 30 seconds, then add the rest of leafy parts into the water. Blanch the greens for about 2 minutes or until crisp soft.
  • Drain choy sum to the strainer. Arrange it on the cutting board and cut them in half lengthwise. Transfer the greens in a serving dish.
  • Heat oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic until fragrant. Add soy sauce, water and sesame oil; stir well.
  • Remove the skillet from the heat and pour the sauce over choy sum. Serve warm.

https://www.beyondkimchee.com/choy-sum-garlic-sauce/

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Sep 20

Ginger chicken and green bean noodles

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Sep 19

Cantonese char siu

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Sep 19

Singapore-style nonya curry

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Sep 18

Vegetable gyoza

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Sep 18

Chilli ginger crispy tofu

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Sep 18

Chicken noodle and sweetcorn soup

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Sep 18

Honey, soy and five-spice baked chicken

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