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Stir Fry Pork With Potato Slices


Chinese ways of cooking potatoes are very different from western ones. 

Ingredients:

Pork (cut into thin slices, marinated with a little salt, light soy sauce and corn starch)

Potato (cut into thin slices)

Bell pepper ( cut into small pieces)

Light soy sauce

Salt

Water

1. Put potato slices in boiling water till they are almost done. Take them out, rinse and drain.

2. Heat some oil in the pan. Put in pork. Stir fry till pork gets golden brown.

3. Add in bell pepper and potato slices with 1 tsp light soy sauce, a little salt and water. Quick stir fry for 2-3 mins.


Quick and easy Chinese cuisine.

A Quick Dish – Penne Salad

1. Get penne cooked first.

2. Chop a cucumber into thin slices.

3. Half boiled egg: Put egg and cold water in a pot. Don’t put the lid on. Heat the pot until many big bubbles appear at the bottom. Then turn off the stove and remove the pot. Cover the pot with lid for two minutes. Then take the egg out and put it into cold water.

4. Mix the penne with cucumber slices, half boiled egg, and salad cream.

The penne salad is done.

Quick & Easy Stir-fry King Oyster Mushroom


I love all kinds of mushroom.

This dish is very simple. 

1. Tear king oyster mushroom into thin slices or you can just cut it.

2. Heat some oil in the pan. Stir fry chopped garlic first. Then put mushroom in. A lot of water will come from mushroom while stir frying. 

3. Add some oyster sauce, a little light soy sauce and a little dark soy sauce. Stir fry evenly. Stir fry till mushroom becomes dry and no more water in the pan. Then the dish is done.

Cook Egg Tofu in 3 Ways


I used to dislike egg tofu, but now I like it. This dish actually includes 3 ways to cook egg tofu. We also call egg tofu Japanese tofu.

First, cut egg tofu into even-sized pieces. Coat them with corn starch, and fry them in oil in hot pan till both side turn golden brown.


After being fried, Egg tofu is crunchy outside but soft inside. It’s a super easy way to cook egg tofu but still yummy.

If you think it’s too easy, and you want to add some vegetables, please move on to the next procedure.

Prepare carrot, shiitake, celery. And cut them into small pieces.

Heat some oil in the pan. First stirfry carrot, then add in shiitake, and celery at last. Also add in some oil sauce with a little water. Keep stir frying. Before the sauce is almost dry, add in fried egg tofu. Quick stir fry all together, and take them out into the plate.

This is yummy stir fry egg tofu with vegetables.

And if you are an egg lover, just like my husband. You are gonna like the following step.

Beat two eggs in a bowl, add in a little salt and mix well. Heat a little oil in the pan. Pour egg in it. Before egg gets solidify, put stir fried egg tofu and vegetables on the egg. Once egg at the bottom gets solidify, take them out.

Stir Fry Pork With Ladyfinger


Actually, I didn’t expect this dish will taste so good. And it’s very simple.

1. Put ladyfingers in boiling water for 2 minutes. Then take them out, remove two ends off and cut them into small pieces.

2. Cut pork into thin slice. Heat some oil in the pan. Stir fry pork till it gets a little golden brown.

3. Add in ladyfinger, a little light soy sauce and salt. Quick stir fry for another minute or two. And it’s done.


As to pork, I recommend pork belly, because it contains fat, which makes it taste better.

Purple Sweet Potato & Millet Porridge


Purple sweet potato needs to be peeled off and cut into small pieces. 

Purple sweet potato, millet and water in the pot. Water should be higher than all ingredients. Turn to low heat. Cover the pot with lid. Cook till purple sweet potato turns softened. When it’s almost done, the porridge will become very condensed. Keep stirring in case it gets burnt. 


The porridge tastes sweet even no sugar is added. 

It’s a very healthy porridge.

Easy Shiitake Chicken Leg Soup


This soup is very easy. Just put chicken leg in a pot, add in enough water. At first, use medium heat. After water gets boiled, turn to low heat. Cook for half an hour. Then add in shiitake and wolf berries. Cook for at least another half an hour. Add in salt and it’s done.

It actually took me one hour and a half to make this soup. Just the longer you cook it, the better it will taste.

Spinach Pancake


Put Spinach in boiling water for several seconds. Then take them out and chopped into granules.

Put spinach in a large bowl. Beat in a large egg, half a small bowl of flour, some water, 1 tsp baking soda, some salt and black pepper powder. Mix them well.

Heat a little oil in the pan. Put a spoonful of batter in the pan. When the down side’s edge becomes a little golden, flip it over. And fry the other side for a while.

Ladyfinger Omelet

Actually I don’t like ladyfinger very much. Because it is sticky inside, which tastes a bit weird to me. But I like ladyfinger omelet.

Two ladyfingers removed off two ends and put into boiling water for 1-2 minutes. Put some salt in the water.

Beat 3 small eggs in a bowl.

Heat a little oil in the pan. Pour the egg in and spread one layer in the pan. When egg starts to solidify, put one ladyfinger at one end of the pan. Then roll the egg with ladyfinger in it to the other end of the pan. 

Pour egg into the pan. One ladyfinger put next to the omelet already made. Then roll them together to the other end. 

Repeat the procedure above till all egg used up.


It will become a big omelet and cut it into small pieces.

Carrot Cake

This is an easy recipe to bake carrot cake.

Ingredients:

Canola oil: 180 ml

White sugar: 100g

Brown sugar: 50g

Eggs 2

Flour: 140g

Baking soda: 1 tsp

Salt: 1 tsp

Carrot strips: 2 medium carrots

Cinnamon ground: 1 tsp

Vanilla: 1/2 tsp
1. In a large bowl, mix oil and sugar, mix them well.

2. Beat in eggs. Stir well.

3. Add in flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well.

4. Then add in carrot, cinnamon and vanilla.

5. Put batter in the pan.

6. Preheat oven to 180 degree C and bake for 30-35 mins.