from PM’s CC Vol II. An unbelievably delicious steamed fish, delicately scented with fermented black beans and ginger, with a tiny kick of spiciness. Oh so good. 豆豉 dou4shi3 — fermented black beans 辣椒 la4jiao1 — chili peppers 蒸魚 zhen1yü2 — steamed fish I don’t have a steamer where the fish can lay flat, but [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Steamed fish with fermented black beans and hot pepper 豆豉辣椒蒸魚
Posted in fishy, tagged fermented black beans, ginger, ham, healthy, red hot chili peppers, steamed on July 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Fried prawn slices with sour sauce 醋溜明蝦片
Posted in fishy, tagged carrot, peas, prawns, shrimp, wood ears on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from PM’s CC Vol II. A sweet and sour shrimp recipe, with carrots, wood ears, and peas. 醋溜 cu4liou2 — vinegar-y 明蝦 ming2xia — prawn 片 pian4 — slices PM gave good directions on this one. Well, she DID say to deep fry the prawns after dredging them in cornstarch, neither of which I did [...]
Spinach and bean curd soup 菠菜豆腐湯
Posted in glorious soybeans, oink, vegetarian-ish, tagged dried mushrooms, ham, healthy, soupy, spinach, tofu tofu tofu on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from PM’s CC Vol II. A clear, delicate soup with spinach and tofu, seasoned with a bit of pork and a splash of pepper. 菠菜 bo1cai4 — spinach 豆腐 dou4fu3 — tofu 湯 tang1 — soup There was an option to use dried black mushrooms or bamboo shoot, and I had the mushrooms on hand. [...]
Sponge cake Chinese style 馬拉糕
Posted in carbs!, sweet, tagged dessert, lard, steamed on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
from PM’c CC Vol I. PM steams a cake! It’s not that exciting, just an everyday sponge-type yellow cake, but it’s steamed! In the rice cooker! 馬拉 ma3la1 — Malay 糕 gao1 — cake PM’s recipe calls for 8 eggs and 3 cups of flour, which I thought was a little extreme. I halved the [...]
Shredded pork with bean sauce 京醬肉絲
Posted in oink, tagged dan bings, scallions, sweet bean paste on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from PM’s CC Vol II. This is basically a pork mu-shu recipe, where the filling is pork cooked in sweet bean paste and mixed with raw scallions, which give a crunch and a bite. 京醬 jing1jiang4 — Beijing sauce 肉絲 rou4si1 — pork shreds Ingredients: 10 oz pork tenderloin 1 1/2 cup shredded scallion 2 [...]
