Chinese Recipes

Ingredients for 6 people :

• 1 chicken poultry 
• 2 liters of chicken soup
• 1 inch . ginger root 
• 4 tbs rice wine or dry sherry 
• 1 tbs of Szechuan peppercorns 
• Salt
• 8 tbs soy sauce 
• 4 tbs brown sugar 
• 4 pcs star anise 
• Sunflower or peanut oil .

Preparation

The first task is to clean the chicken, wash it in plenty of water, inside and out , with kitchen paper passes inside the chicken and you see pieces of fat removed without disassembly .

We have prepared a Chinese chicken: add the chicken pieces and water in a pot, bring to boil and skim . Cut the onion into quarters and crush the garlic and ginger, add to the broth . Lower the heat and leave to a minimum , we should cook the soup over low heat without stirring, do it very slowly. When cooked put the fridge so the fat solidifies. When we go to use our broth him out of the fridge , we remove all the fat and with a clean kitchen towel and porous filter it for us to be a broth without any particle, very clean and transparent.

Peel the ginger, crush it in a mortar, when we add this paste peppers and grind .

Select the pan in which the chicken will cook you should just stay chicken without much dancing . We put the broth, crushed ginger and pepper , soy sauce , wine , sugar and star anise , give it a boil and we add the chicken , let it again to boil and lower the heat to a minimum but the minimum of the kitchen, we cook. When an hour has passed you prick with a skewer . In the time between the skewer easily is ready. We turn off and let cool .

We took the chicken and place it in a drained vegetables and leave to drain all the broth and dry well , a few hours in the fridge will be needed for this process. Remove from the refrigerator a few hours before eating.

Cut the chicken into pieces , being careful not to break it in a deep pan put sunflower oil, when this very very hot fry the chicken , be quick. You must be golden and very crispy skin.

Ok I know this is not a Chinese recipe... But it's sooo good that I have to share it here, I'm sure you will like it.

Ingredients

• 0,5 kg chop pork boneless piece
• 100 ml of oil
• A pint of water
• three tablespoons of sugar
• 90 ml of honey
• 80 ml of soy sauce
• 50 ml of Sake ( if you have )
• A clove of garlic , crushed
• A piece of ginger cut into slices * garlic and ginger are to remove the smell of pork

1. Cut Chop into pieces and roast all sides of the pieces .
2. Put the roasted chunks, garlic and half the ginger into the pot and add water to cover the ingredients and cook with low heat for half an hour. * If you want to remove more fat , it is best to cook some hours (up to 3 hours). Most cooking will remove more fat.
3. Add the water and all the spices. At first cook with high heat and then boil them down to a simmer and cook for an hour.

Ingredients

For the dough:

• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1,5 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons water
• salt

For the filling:

• 1 chicken breast
• 1/2 tsp. oyster sauce
• 4 Chinese onions
• 1 egg
• oil
• Chinese cinnamon
• salt
• pepper

Preparation

To prepare the dough , mixing the egg, flour, water and salt. Work the dough until tender find it. Let stand 10 minutes and stretched until it is as thin as possible . Finally , cut into squares of 5 cm .
To make the filling , fry the chicken and seasoned with pepper, salt and Chinese cinnamon. Add the onions and oyster sauce . When removed from the fire, casting a cuchadarita see each wonton dough .
Fill the dough with the filling. To paste , paint the edges with beaten egg yolk . Finalemte , fry in a wok and wonton stuffed in abundant oil.
An alternative , more healthy and natural, is to cook them in bamboo baskets .
One final tip : These dumplings are ideal to accompany bland sauce and a few drops of sesame oil.

Ingredients for 6 servings :

• 500 g of chicken breast

For the Marinade :

• 200 ml coconut milk
• 2 limes
• 1 red chile
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon curry

For Satay Sauce :

• 125 g of peanut butter
• 1 spring onion
• 1 lemon
• 200 ml coconut milk
• salt

For the salad sprouts :

• 2 red onions
• 250 g of bean sprouts
• 2 tablespoons julienned basil
• 2 tablespoons julienned mint
• sesame oil
• salt

Cut the chicken into thick strips . Mix the coconut milk, the lime juice , red chili pepper , garlic clove , cumin, soy sauce and curry and chicken reserve in the refrigerator for about 4 hours.

We dip the wooden skewers in water for 20 minutes, then drain them .

We took the chicken, drain and reserve the marinade. Heat the oil in a skillet. Prick the chicken on skewers and brown them on both sides.

For Satay Sauce : fry the finely chopped onion in a little oil , add the marinade. We cooked , add the coconut milk, peanut butter and lemon juice . Season with salt and , if necessary , lighten with a little water .

For the salad sprouts : cut the onion into thin strips . In a wok with a little sesame oil and a pinch of salt , saute onion and sprouts for 1 minute over high heat . Mix with basil and mint.

Serve the skewers with a little sauce on top and  with salad sprouts.

Ingredients: 

• 1 pound shrimp (21-25) clean without the tail
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger 
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic 
• 1 medium onion cut the Julian style 
• 1 green pepper cut the Julian style (bell pepper) 
• 1 carrot cut the Julian style 
• 1/2 cup water chestnut 
• 15 snow peas 
• 1 ounce Teriyaki sauce 
• 1 ounce salsa Schezuan 
• Hoisin sauce 1 ounce 
• 1 ounce of water 
• 2-tbsp sesame oil 

Procedure: 

In a wok put 1 tablespoon oil, 1 garlic and ginger 1. Saute the shrimp for two minutes and remove from wok.
Then place in the wok 1 tablespoon oil, 1 garlic and ginger and saute 1 all vegetables for 1 minute. Add the meat and saute for 1 minute.
Add water and saute for 1 minute more. Bon appetit!

Ingredients

• 150 gr. Chinese rice noodles 
• 1 chicken breast 
• 650 ml. chicken broth 
• Olive oil 
• 1 level tablespoon curry 
• 10 sheets of spinach 
• 1/2 beet 
• 1/2 onion 
• salt

Instructions

Ingredients 

For the marinade: 

• 400 gr. of chicken breast fillets 
• Salt 
• 1 egg white 
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch 
• Oil 

For the sauce: 

• 2 teaspoons cornstarch 
• 2 tablespoons water 
• 6 teaspoons of sugar 
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice 
• ¼ cup (about 65 gr.) Chicken broth 
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce 
• 1 teaspoon white wine