Salty Zong Zi

4 cups glutinous rice 1/4 cup dried shrimp 4 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce, divided 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper, divided 2/3 lb pork flank or sliced bacon 1/2 cup peanuts or lotus seeds (optional) 3 Chinese black mushrooms 2 Tbsp sliced fried shallots 1/2 Tbsp cooking wine 1 tsp sugar 4 Tbsp oil [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Chinese rice dumplings (zong4 zi3)

Makes 10

A:

3 C. glutinous rice

¼ C. dried shrimp (optional)

1/2 t. salt

1/4 t. sugar

1/2 T. soy sauce

1/4 t. black pepper

B:

3 T. soy sauce

¼ t. black pepper

¼ t. sugar

½ t. rice wine

2T. minced [...]

Wonton Soup

Traditionally, wonton soup is served as a light lunch or between‑meal snack, never as the soup course in a meal. For this reason, the number of wontons per serving varies greatly, depending on diners’ appetites. When served as the soup course.

6 oz shrimp

2 oz ground pork or chicken

3/4 tsp salt

1 Tbs [...]

Steamed Turnip Cake

A)

3 C rice flour 3 C water

B)

2 lbs shredded turnip 1 C water

C)

1 ½ t salt 1 t black pepper

Line steamer with cellophane paper or wet cloth.

Mix A in a bowl to form rice paste.

Heat pan and add B ; cover and cook 20 min over low [...]