Chinese, Dumplings, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Pan-fried Crispy Bottom Dumplings

April 6, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

I love dumplings, whether they are boiled or fried.

This pan fried dumplings have very crunchy bottom with beautiful golden looks.

1. Brush oil in the pan.

2. Place dumplings ( I used frozen dumplings given by my mother in-law) in the pan.

3. Turn to medium heat. When the bottom turns lightly golden. Turn to low heat.

4. In a small bowl, mix starch and water, ratio should be 1:10.

5. Pour starch water slowly into pan. Stop when the water reaches about 1/3 height of dumpling.

6. Cover pan with lid.

7. When the water almost dry after several mins, remove lid. Turn to medium heat. Let the water dry completely. The turn off stove.

8. Take a big plate that can cover pan. Put the plate on the pan like a lid. Then switch them upside down to let dumplings drop into plate.

Delicious!

Chicken, Chinese, Soup, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Chicken Leg Soup With Chinese Cabbage & Dried Mini Octopus

April 2, 2017 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

Every weekend, my husband and I will go to supermarket and pick meat & vegi for the next week’s meals. Last time, he went to me with a small bag of dried mini octopus and told me it would make soup more delicious. I really doubted that because my husband knows very little about cooking. But he persuaded me in the end. I tried it with a big fat chicken leg.

1. Clean chicken leg. In a deep pot, pour in enough water. Also put chicken leg in.

2. Turn to high heat. When water boils, remove the foam on the surface.

3. Turn to low heat. Add in a little ginger slice. Cut one dried mini octopus into the pot with scissors.

4. Cover the pot with lid. Slow cook for 30-60 mins. 30 mins will guarantee Chicken be cooked. Yet, a little longer cooking time will enable soup to be very tasty.

5. Chop Chinese cabbage into medium pieces. Put into the pot. Also sprinkle some salt. Cook for another 5 mins.

Serve hot.

I have to say dried octopus really did magic to the soup. We all loved it.

Chinese, egg, Pork, Uncategorized

Dark Braised Pork With Quail Eggs

March 30, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

It contains both pork and quail eggs. It’s absolutely one of my husband’s favorite dishes.

1. Boil some water in a pot. Put a strip of pork belly in water. Turn off the stove till water boils again.

2. Take pork out. Rinse and drain. Then cut it into medium chunks.

3. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put pork in. Fry pork belly till both sides turn golden brown.

4. Add in 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 2 tsp sugar. Stir fry evenly.

5. Pour in enough hot water covers pork. Also add in 1 or 2 star anise, and ginger slices. Cover the pan with lid.

6. In another pot, boil some water. Then put quail eggs in. Boil for 5 mins. Soak them in cold water and remove the shell.

7. When the sauce in pan reduces to 1/3. Put quail eggs into the pan. Stir with pork. Cover the lid and simmer till sauce becomes condensed.

8. Turn up the heat. Keep stirring to let pork and quail eggs be coated with dark sauce.

Serve hot.

Chinese, Pork, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Fried Pork Slices in Sweet & Sour Sauce (Guo Bao Rou)

March 29, 2017 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

Guo Bao Rou is a classic dish in Notheastern Chinese cuisine. I still remember when going out with my friends to have northeastern cuisine, we would definitely order this Guo Bao Rou.

1. Cut pork into medium slices.

2. Sprinkle salt and a little black pepper. Mix them well.

3. In a small bowl, add in 100g starch (better be potato starch). Then add in water higher than starch. Stir well. Then let it rest for 10-20 mins. Starch will stay in the bottom layer and water in the upper.

Pour the water out.

4. Prepare carrot shreds, scallion shreds, ginger, and minced garlic.

5. Heat some oil in a skillet. Dip pork slices in wet starch and then dry starch. Gently put them in the oil. Deep fry till the shell becomes hard and lightly golden brown.

6. Leave a little oil in the skillet. Heat again. Put all the ginger, garlic, carrot and scallion into skillet. Sauté a bit.

7. Add in 50 g white vinegar and 50 g sugar. Stir gently to let sugar dissolve.

8. When the sauce starts to condense, add fried pork slices into skillet. Keep stirring to let each slice be coated with sweet and sour sauce.

When sauce almost dry, turn off the stove.

Serve hot.

Chicken, Soup, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Mixed Vegetable Chicken Soup

March 27, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Pour in enough water in a deep pot.

2. Put in chicken. I used several chicken drumsticks.

3. Turn to high heat. When the water boils, turn to low heat. And slow cook for half an hour.

4. Add in corn & carrot chunks. Cook for another half an hour.

5. Add in snow peas and boil for another 3 mins.

6. Sprinkle some salt and serve hot.

Pasta, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Sausage Spaghetti

March 27, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

I tried this dish in a fun way.

1. Chop sausage into medium pieces.

2. Let spaghetti poke through sausage. 6-8 spaghetti in each sausage piece.

3. Boil spaghetti & sausage in water for 10 mins or refer to the instructions. Also add in a little salt and oil in the water.

4. Take spaghetti out and drain.

5. Heat a pan on stove. Add in pasta sauce. Keep stirring till sauce becomes very condensed.

6. Put spaghetti in sauce and mix well.

Serve with parsley and grate cheese.

Chinese, Quick recipe, spinach, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Spinach Salad

March 25, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Clean spinach and cut into halves.

2. Boil enough water in a pot. Also add in 1/2 tsp salt.

3. Boil spinach for 1 min. Then take them out. Rinse in the cold water and drain.

4. Squeeze spinach by hand to squeeze the water out.

5. Place spinach in the big bowl. Add in 1/2 salt, 1/2 tsp light soy sauce, 1/2 vinegar. Mix well with spinach.

6. Put a little minced garlic, minced ginger and white sesame over the top. If you want it to be spicy, you can also add a little dried chili on it.

7. Heat a pan on stove. Add in 2 tsp oil. Heat it till very hot.

8. Pour hot oil over garlic, ginger & sesame mixture. Then mix them with spinach by chopsticks.

Very simple & yummy Chinese style salad.

Chinese, Fruits, Pork, Ribs, Uncategorized

Big Bone Pear Soup

March 24, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

It’s the first time for me to try this dish. It’s a very simple Soup. But if you want the soup to be more delicious, it will take more time to cook it.

First, pour enough water in a deep pot. Put big bone or ribs into it.

Turn to high heat. When water boils, remove the foam floating on surface.

Turn to low heat. Cover the pot with lid. Boil for at least half an hour. In Chinese cuisine, good soup is usually a bit time consuming. I let the bone boil in pot for around one hour. And the soup become milky white in color.

Then add in pear chunks. And boil for at least another half an hour. Sprinkle some salt before serving.

It just needs bone or ribs, pear, water and salt. So it’s a simple soup. But it turns out very delicious. Pear adds sweetness to it. My husband loves it.