Category Archives: Recipes

Recipe: Hot and Sour Soup RiceAgain Style

I cooked this tonight, not from recipe but fro how I remembered it from restaurants I’ve ordered it from. Natalia gave it the thumbs up.
Ingredients:

1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp minced ginger
2-3 red chilis, chopped, with seeds
Chopped spring onions
1 large rpe tomato, diced
1.5 cups of chicken broth
1/2 cup of Chinese brown vinegar
1/3 cup light soy sauce
1 [...]

Recipe: Yu Xiang Qiezi

Ingredients

Egg plant
Spring onion
Ginger
Garlic
Cooking wine
Bean paste
Sugar
Rice vinegar
Soy Sauce
corn starch
Chicken broth
Oil

Notes: After step one you may like to stir fry some pork mince or finely sliced strips for meaty goodness and added flavour.

Deep fry egg plant in hot oil.
Remove oil from the wok exept one tablespoon. Add 2 tablespoons of bean paste, minced ginger and garlic and [...]

Recipe: Chinese Baozi (Steamed filled buns) and Mantou

After a trip back to Yantai my return flight to Shanghai was delayed by a few hours due to fog, it seems that Yantai (International) Airport doesn’t have a single plane on the ground at 7.30am on a Monday morning, except numerous fighter jets. Nonetheless the pangs of hunger began to set in, the remnants [...]

Recipe: Katsudon for two

Despite never having been to Japan, Katsudon is one of my favorite dishes to serve up in China. 1. Because the ingredients are readily available, 2. because it’s really easy to cook and 3. Its immensely satisfying, hearty and easy to emulate that restaurant flavour I loved back in New Zealand.
A katsudon is a popular [...]

Recipe: Spicy Celery Chicken

Here’s a recipe I really enjoyed. It uses Celery and chicken mince. Unable to buy Chicken mince at the local market I just went out and brought a super sharp meat cleaver (RMB 10) and minced the crap out of a chicken breast.
Ingredients:
Celery
Garlic (minced)
Ginger (minced)
Red Bean Paste
Soy Sauce
Fresh Chilli Peppers

Mince the Chicken, and dice the [...]