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 [...]
This dish consisting primarily of eggs and tomatos can be found on tables accross China. Named “xi hong shi chao ji dan” or “fan qie chao dan”, my friends and I when we first arrived in China simply referred to it as “that egg tomato shit”.
It’s an easy dish to cook and a good complement [...]
Just in time for Chinese New Year here’s my recipe for Chinese boiled dumplings or Jiaozi. Ofcourse this recipe can be adapted for fried or steamed dumplings, but I’ll try to explain in laymans terms how I’ve been taught by numerous real life Chinese people.
Ingredients:
Dumpling “Skins” brought from any asian supermarket refrigerated section. If in Asia you [...]
