Recipes
How To Prepare Mung Bean Curd with Chili Oil Sauce ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 20 min Cooking time: 10 min Serving: 4 Ingredients: Curd ● 1/2 cup (120 g) mung bean starch ● 3 cups water, divided Sauce ● 2 tablespoons soy sauce ● 1 tablespoon Chinkiang vinegar ● 1/4 teaspoon salt ● 1 tablespoon sugar ● 3 cloves...
How To Prepare Chinese Okra Salad, Two Ways (凉拌秋葵) ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 5 min Cooking time: 5 min Serving: 2 Ingredients: ● 8 oz (225 g) okra ● Dressing 1 – Cantonese style (Footnote 1) ● 1 tablespoon light soy sauce (or soy sauce) ● 1 tablespoon vegetarian oyster sauce (or regular oyster sauce) ● 2 teaspoons Chinkiang vinegar...
How To Prepare Mom’s Best Braised Duck Leg ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 15 min Cooking time: 1 hr 15 min Serving: 12 Ingredients: ● 2 kilograms (4.5 pounds) duck legs with thigh ● 30 grams (1.4 ounces) scallions, chopped ● 20 grams (3/4 ounces) ginger, sliced ● 1 tablespoon peanut oil (or vegetable oil) ● 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn...
How To Prepare Zongzi with Red Bean Paste (Sticky Rice Dumplings) ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 30 min Cooking time: 3 hrs Serving: 10 Ingredients: ● 20 to 30 sheets of dried or fresh bamboo leaves (or reed or banana leaves) (*see footnote) ● 2 cups (400 grams) glutinous rice ● 1 cup homemade red bean paste (or a packaged one from a...
How To Prepare Saliva Chicken (口水鸡, Sichuan Chicken in Red Oil Sauce) ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 15 min Cooking time: 30 min Serving: 2 Ingredients: Chicken ● 2 (1 to 1.5 lbs / 450 to 680g) bone-in skin-on chicken legs ● 1 thumb ginger, sliced ● 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine (or dry sherry) ● 1/2 teaspoon salt Sauce ● 1 1/2...
How To Prepare Coconut Mochi (糯米滋, Lo Mai Chi) ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 40 min Cooking time: 25 min Serving: 10 Ingredients: ● 120 g (1 cup + 2 tablespoons) glutinous rice flour ● 3 tablespoons (30 g) cornstarch ● 50 g (1/4 cup) white sugar ● 1 cup coconut milk (or other plant milk) ● 28 g (2 tablespoons)...
How To Prepare Fa Gao (Chinese Prosperity Cake, 发糕) ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 20 min Cooking time: 30 min Serving: 8 Ingredients: 50 g (1/3 cup) brown sugar 1/2 cup (120 ml) water 1 tablespoon white sugar (*Footnote 1) 160 g (1 cup) all-purpose flour 4 g (1 teaspoon) instant yeast 1 egg 16 jujubes, pitted, 10 halved, and the...
How To Prepare Chinese Pumpkin Cake (南瓜饼) ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 30 min Cooking time: 10 min Serving: 10 Ingredients: 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin puree (or 25 oz (700 g) pumpkin) 2 cups (250 g) glutinous rice flour 1/2 cup bread crumbs Oil spray (or oil for frying) 2/3 cup red bean paste Instructions: Make pumpkin puree...
How To Prepare Egg and Kimchi Quesadilla ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: 10 min Serving: 3 Ingredients: Quesadilla 3 large Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 cup kimchi, drained and chopped 1 zucchini, sliced 2 (8” / 20 cm) flour tortillas 1 1/2 cups (a 6 oz. bag)...
How To Prepare Crispy Chinese Duck Breast ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 20 min Cooking time: 40 min Serving: 6 Ingredients: 4 pieces duck breast (12 oz / 340 g per piece) 1/2 teaspoon salt Marinade 1/4 cup hoisin sauce 1/4 cup Shaoxing wine (or dry sherry) 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder 1 thumb ginger, sliced 4 cloves garlic,...
How To Prepare Chrysanthemum Salad ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: 5 min Serving: 4 Ingredients: 8 oz (220 g) chrysanthemum greens (yield about 6 oz / 170 g washed & trimmed) Sauce 1 tablespoon Chinkiang vinegar 2 teaspoons soy sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil Cooking 1...
How To Prepare Red Bean Soup ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: 1 hrs Serving: 4 Ingredients: ● 1 cup dried red beans azuki beans ● 2 to 4 tablespoons rock sugar (or granulated sugar) ● Pinch of salt ● 2 cups sliced sticky rice cakes (Optional) Instructions: Rinse the beans with tap water and...
How To Prepare The Best Cantonese Roast Chicken ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 1 day 12 hrs Cooking time: 1 hrs 30 min Serving: 4 Ingredients: ● 1 (4 to 5 pounds / 2 kg) whole chicken Marinade ● 4 big cloves garlic, sliced ● 1 thumb ginger, sliced ● 1/2 cup soy sauce ● 1/4 cup oyster sauce...
How To Prepare Black Sesame Babka ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 1hrs 30 min Cooking time: 30 min Serving: 10 Ingredients: Dough ● 530 g (about 4 1/4 cups) all-purpose flour ● 1 packet (7 g) active dry yeast (or instant yeast, see footnote 1) ● 2/3 cup (180 ml) whole milk ● 25 g (2 tablespoons) dry...
How To Prepare Ham and Cheese Buns (Easy Milk Bread) ?
Preparation: Preparation time: 1hrs 30 min Cooking time: 18 min Serving: 8 Ingredients: Dough ● 300 g (2 1/2 cups) bread flour ● 140 ml (1/2 cup) whole milk ● 7 g (1 packet / 1 teaspoon) active dry yeast ● 30 g (2 1/2 tablespoons) sugar ● 5...