Food I Had in the Past 24 Hours

07Nov09

Recipe can be found here. I ran out of dried shrimp so there isn’t that in there and I used red chili pepper flakes instead of whole dried peppers.
The clams I used in last night’s bisque.

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Tags: clams, green beans, ground pork, seafood

Dumplings: A Mix

30Oct09

饺子， 锅贴，和 馄饨
I invited Bharat over for dinner and we had pot-sticker jiaozi and boiled jiaozi and huntun.
This is the filling for the dumplings from last night:

0.5 lb ground pork
0.5 lb Texas white environmentally responsible aquaculture farmed shrimp
2 bunches of chopped garlic chives
3 diced green onions
2-inch diced ginger

[100% organic]

I don’t have any pictures of when [...]

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Tags: seafood, shrimp, ground pork, garlic chives

Dumplings: Pot-Stickers

25Oct09

锅贴

Filling:

Ground pork (organic)
Napa cabbage
Garlic chives
Soy sauce
Hoison sauce
Ginger
Green onions
Corn starch
Sesame oil
1 beaten up egg
1 tsp five-spice powder

Instructions can be found on the Hun Tun/Wonton post. Basically everything is the same, just different shapes, folds, fillings, and cooking method. When 饺子 (jiaozi/gyoza) are boiled, they are know as the regular name “饺子 (jiaozi/gyoza)” but when they are [...]

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Tags: cwST originals, dumplings, eggs, five spice powder, garlic chives, ground pork, hoison sauce, napa cabbage, sesame oil, soy sauce

Green Beans with Ground Pork & Dried Shrimp

06Oct09

干煸四季豆
I love ordering this dish whenever I go out to eat in mainland China. Nothing here in the U.S. compares to what real Chinese people cook and eat in China. Over here, you have to go to many places and find somewhere where they might do a good job at this dish but in China, [...]

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Tags: cwST originals, green beans, ground pork, dried shrimp, rice wine, dried red chilis, soy sauce

Mapo Tofu

20Sep09

麻婆豆腐
Next time when I make this, I’m going to add more peppercorns and less chili powder. I couldn’t finish because I ran out of rice!

[100% organic]
Ingredients:

1 package of soft tofu
0.25 lbs ground pork
3 TB bean paste (it’s really thick so just three intense shakes)
2 TB chili powder
Cooking oil
1 TB Sichuan peppercorns (roasted)
1 TB soy sauce
3 [...]

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Tags: cwST originals, ground pork, tofu, cayenne pepper, bean paste, peppercorns, soy sauce

Dumplings: Jiao Zi/Gyoza

06Jul09

饺子
If you pan fry these, you will know these as “pot stickers”. They’re the same thing, except cooked differently. The 2 differences between jiaozi and wontons are the shape and thickness of the wrapper. Jiaozi are thick round wrappers and wontons are thin square wrappers. In the supermarket, they’re all thin but when I’m at [...]

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Tags: cai xin/choy sum, dumplings, family recipes, ground pork

Dumplings: Rate of 82 Per Hour

20Apr09

That’s my rate, 82 dumplings/hour. It doesn’t seem a lot.
Beautiful:
Note: photo does not show all 82 dumplings.
Recipe here.

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Tags: dumplings, family recipes, garlic chives, ground pork

Dumplings: Hun Tun/Wontons 1

08Mar09

馄饨
I love eating dumplings and bigger props if they’re homemade but I don’t have the time/luxury to make my own wrappers though. I love having shrimp in the filling but tonight I only made it with ground pork, napa cabbage, and garlic chives.

[100% organic]
Ingredients:

Wonton wrappers (they’re square-shaped. Circles are for 饺子/jiaozi/potstickers/gyoza)
Soy sauce
Salt
Sesame oil
Any vegetable you [...]

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Tags: family recipes, ground pork, napa cabbage, garlic chives, dumplings, sesame oil, soy sauce

Noodle Covered Green Beans & Minced Pork

24Nov08

四季豆肉沫焖麵
This special way of cooking brings out all the natural intense flavor of the green beans and minced pork through the noodles.

[100% organic]
Ingredients:

0.75 lbs green beans, ends removed, halved
0.5 lb minced pork
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 TB ginger, diced
6 TB soy sauce (I use 40% less sodium)
2 TB brown sugar
Pinch of salt
Chinese noodles (depends on [...]

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Tags: noodles, pork, family recipes, green beans, ground pork, soy sauce

Capellini alla Arrabiata

12Sep08

One of my favorite pasta sauces is arrabiata. It has an intense taste, with a touch of spiciness, and I think it works perfectly for any long pasta. The first time I noticed that I was eating arrabiata was at Enoteca Vespaio, one of my favorite places to eat in Austin.
07.03.08
My arrabiata includes:

portobello mushrooms
baby spinach [...]

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Tags: pasta, arrabiata, ground pork, spinach, capellini, mushrooms, onions, tomato paste, red pepper flakes, parsley, diced tomatoes, basil, lemon juice, italian seasoning, red wine, portobello mushrooms