Scallion pancakes (cong1 you2 bing3)

 

Ingredients:

2 ½ C Whole wheat flour 1 ½ C Flour 2 ¾ C Boiling water some Scallion (or Saung-tsung) Oil Salt

Instructions:

Mix the 5 C of flour with the boiling water to soft dough. Let the dough stand for at least half an hour. Flatten the dough to about 2-3 mm [...]

Chinese Style Fried Pork Chops

Ingredients:

4 pork chops or pork tenderloins bread crumbs 1 egg flour oil (for frying)

marinade:

1 T soy sauce 1 T rice wine 2 t sugar 1/2 t salt 2 green onion, chopped 5 slices ginger, chopped 1/4 t five-spice powder

Directions:

Tenderize meat pork with a meat mallet. If you’re short [...]

Lau-mi’s Fried Rice for Ethan

for one serving

Cooked rice: 1 bowl

beef: 1 small piece

soy sauce: 2 teaspoon

cornstarch: 1 teaspoon

black pepper: to your taste

sugar: 1/2 teaspoon

sesame oil: 1/2 teaspoon

1. Marinate the shredded beef with soy sauce and cornstarch

2. Stir fry the beef (with [...]

Sun cakes

Makes 20

Filling:

2T. honey or maltose or corn syrup

3/4 C. confectioners’ sugar

2 T. butter

3 T. flour

Skin:

A: 2C. flour

4 T. shortening

8 T. water

B: Oil flour:

1 1/2C. flour

6 T. shortening

Filling:

Briefly heat honey or maltose until soft; remove from heat. Sift confectioners’ [...]

Steamed Flower Buns

Makes 24 buns

1 recipe “Basic Yeast Dough”

Oil

3 oz. sugar

Prepare dough according to “Basic Yeast Dough”.

Remove risen dough from bowl; knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic (about 5‑7 minutes); divide dough into 2 portions.

Using rolling pin, roll each section into large rectangles about 1/5 inch thick; [...]

Red bean soup

5~ 6 servings

2/3 lb red bean

10 cup water

1 C sugar

Place beans, with water to cover, in a pan; cook 2 minutes over medium heat; drain and place in a pressure cooker with 10C. water; cook 20 minutes over medium heat*. add sugar; pour into a serv­ing bowl and serve.

If [...]

Soy milk

This is the easiest way to make soy milk. No squeezing from a bag. All you need is a super fine seive. If you don’t have super fine seive, you can use a cloth bag.

3/4 C soy beans 4 cup Water

Wash the soy beans, pick out any discolored bits, stones and broken beans.

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Mung Bean Soup

1/2 C mung beans 1/4 C sugar water

1. rinse the mung beans and soak in water overnight 2. pour the beans and the water it had been soaking in into a pot. Cook for 10 minutes. Save the liquid for later. Some of the nutrient maybe destroyed by long cooking, let simmer for 1 [...]

Chinese slaw

Salad:

4 cups shredded cabbage 1/2 cup shredded carrot 1 cucumber (sliced and cut into shred) 1 1/2 – 2 cups mung bean sprouts 1-2 pieces Mung bean starch sheet, or agar shreds Garnish (optional): 2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves, or as desired

Dressing:

1)

2 teaspoons canola oil 1/2 T mustard 1 T [...]

Flaky Sesame Flat Breads (“Shau Bing”)

2 C. flour

3/8 C. boiling water

1/4 C cold water

Fried oil flour mixture* ( 1 C. flour, 1/2 oil, 1/2 C. water)

1/4 C sesame seeds

½ T salt

1 T flour Makes 12

Place flour in a mixing bowl; add boiling water; mix and add cold water; mix again; knead into a [...]