Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Sichuan Spicy Brisket

Ingredients:

500g beef brisket or rib strips
3 stalks spring onion
1 small piece ginger
5 cloves garlic
2 chilies
1 tbsp wine
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1/2 salt salt

Method:

1. Rinse beef and scald to remove blood.
2. Slant-cut a stalk of spring onion into sections and chop the other two. Cut a portion of
ginger into slices and mince the rest of it. set aside 2 tablespoons of minced ginger.
Peel garlic, pat them using the side of your cleaver and mince finely. Chop chillies.
3. Put spring onion, ginger slices and 8 cups of water into a pot. Bring it to a boil before
adding the beef. Cook over low heat for about an hour. Remove beef and cut into small
pieces when slightly cooled.
4. Heat up 3 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry chopped spring onion, minced ginger, garlic and
chillies till fragrant. Add beef, wine and dark soy sauce and stir evenly.
Season with salt before serving.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Mango and Shrimp Rolls


Ingredients:

1 mango
30 shrimps
1/4 tsp salt
10 pieces spring roll skin
2 stalks coriander
pinch of pepper
some mayonnaise



Method:

1.
Remove skin and seed of mango and cut into 20 small pieces.
2.
Remove shrimps veins, rinse and pat dry. Mix well with salt and pepper. Cut
coriander into sections.

3.
Spread a piece of spring roll skin. Place 2 pieces of mango, 3 shrimps and a section of
coriander on it. Squeeze on a little mayonnaise and roll up.
Dab some cornstarch
water at the ends to prevent the roll from opening up during deep-frying
.
4.
Heat up some oil for deep-frying.Deep-fry the rolls till golden brown. Remove to drain
oil.

Serve while still hot.


Crispy Fried Oysters

Ingredients:

300g fresh oysters
1 small piece ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cornstarch
1 egg white
1/2 cup sweet potato starch



Method:

1. Rinse oysters and pat dry.
2. Rinse ginger and grind well. Put a tablespoon of it into the oysters then add salt and mix
well.
3. Dab each oyster with cornstarch, egg white and sweet potato starch.
4. Heat up some oil for deep-frying. Deep-fry oysters till crispy then remove to drain oil.
Serve with pepper salt or tomato sauce.