from PM’s CC Vol I. It’s been a really hot weekend here in SF, and I thought it would be fun to make a cold chicken salad, PM-style. It’s got tender chicken, crunchy cucumbers, and a sesame paste + mustard tasty sauce! 涼拌 liang2ban4 — cold tossed 三絲 san1si1 — three strips…agar agar, chicken, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bean vermicelli’
Chicken and cucumber salad 涼拌三絲
Posted in cluck, tagged agar agar, bean vermicelli, carrot, cucumber, sesame paste on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ants climbing a tree 螞蟻上樹
Posted in oink, tagged bean vermicelli, ground pork on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
from PM’s HC. My grandma used to make this dish. The “ants” are bits of ground pork, and the “tree” is the strands of bean vermicelli. So, so tasty. 螞蟻 ma3yi3 — ants 上樹 shang4shu4 — climbing tree Ingredients: 2 packets bean vermicelli (about 3 oz) 4 oz ground pork 2 Tb oil 1 Tb [...]
Stir-fried vegetables covered with egg 和菜戴帽
Posted in eggs, oink, vegetarian-ish, tagged baby bok choy, bean sprouts, bean vermicelli, dan bings, scallions, spinach, sweet bean paste, white leeks, yellow chives on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from PM’s CC Vol II. This is a mu-shu-esque recipe. Remember ordering one of these at a restaurant, and having it come with a stack of tortilla-like thin pancakes, and you fold yourself a burrito? Well, here’s a version with pork and a variety of interesting and crispy vegetables, all hidden under an egg hat. [...]
Red-cooked egg dumplings 紅燒蛋餃
Posted in eggs, oink, tagged a little complicated, bean vermicelli, ground pork, napa cabbage, red cooked on February 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
from PM’s HC. The flavors are certainly those of home cooking, and making the egg dumplings wasn’t as complicated as I’d feared. That said, making attractive, well-formed egg dumplings was another story. I made about 15 dumplings, and 12 of them would’ve caused PM to turn in her grave. PM notes that these dumplings would [...]
Meat flavored string beans 肉味四季豆
Posted in oink, vegetarian-ish, tagged bean vermicelli, ground pork, minimal chopping, string beans on February 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
from PM’s HC. I love string beans. I also love the classic dish Ants climbing a tree, which is ground pork with bean vermicelli. This recipe combines these two elements, giving the beans a delicate pork flavor and jazzing everything up with the vermicelli. 肉味 ro4wei4 — meat flavored 四季豆 si4ji4dou4 — literally, four season [...]
