Ingredients: Filling: Wrapper: Directions: In a bowl, add the ground beef, carrot, lotus root, ginger, garlic and green onion. Mix it all together. Add the cornstarch, soy sauce, shaoxing wine and salt and mix it in to the meat mixture and set it aside. Add the flour and water into another bowl and knead it…
Category: Chinese
Orange Chicken
Ingredients: Directions: In a bowl, add the cubed chicken breast. Crack an egg into the bowl and massage it in. Add the MSG and 3 tablespoons of the corn starch and massage it well to coat all of the chicken well. If needed add a teaspoon of water to not have a thick lump of…
Shrimp & Lotus Root Shumai
Ingredients: For dumpling wrappers: For filling: For garnish: Directions: In a large bowl, add the flour and add water gradually as required. Knead for 5-7 minutes until it’s very soft. When you poke the dough with your finger it should rise back up. Cover it with plastic wrap or a table cloth and leave it…
Lemongrass Chicken
Ingredients: Chicken Thighs (2 pounds; boneless skinless cut into bite size pieces) Yellow Onion (1 onin; thinly sliced) Lemongrass (2 sticks) Turmeric root (1 inch piece) Ginger (1 inch piece) Garlic (4-5 cloves) Green onions (2-3) Red Chilies (2) Sesame oil (1 teaspoon) Fish Sauce (1 tablespoon) Soy Sauce (1 tablespoon) Chicken Stock (1 cup)…
Asian Tuna Steak Salad
While I was still in grad school, I lived in Portsmouth, NH for 6 months for my internship program. And to be honest that was the best 6 months of my life in the US. Even though Portsmouth is not one of those fast-paced cities in the US; it has its own charm. The people…
Stir Fried Cauliflower Rice
This recipe is more about intuition; you can add anything and everything and it will just always be perfect. I made a vegan version but you can always feel free to add proteins as per your desire. Ingredients: Cauliflower Rice (20 ounces; You can adjust the quantities as per requirement) Beans (A bunch; slice the…
Spam fried rice
Ingredients: Garlic (2-3, finely sliced) Ginger (1 inch, finely chopped) Onion (1, finely chopped) Bell pepper (1, finely diced) Carrot (1, cut into bite size pieces) Egg (2, beaten) Spam (1 can, cut into small pieces) Rice (2 cups, cooked) Soy sauce (1-2 tablespoon) Rice vinegar (1 tablespoon) Oyster sauce (1 tablespoon) Sesame Oil (1-2…
The Ghee Spot 