Materials

• 1kg of beef
• 1 plate of daikon - sliced
• 1.5 tbsp of peppercorn
• 1 black cardimom
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 star anise
• 2 dried red peppers
• 1 orange peel
• 1 thumb sized piece of ginger - sliced
• 1 tbsp Wolfberry (optional)
• 2 green onion
• 2 large spoons of cooking wine
• 3 large spoons of salt
• small pinches of white pepper
• 2 large spoons of cayanne pepper
• 1/2 tbsp of white seaseme
• fresh noodles
• cilantro
• cooking oil

Instructions

1. Soak beef into a bowl of cold water
2. Prepare the materials for the broth: green onions, black cardimom, ginger, star anise, bay leaf, 1 tbsp peppercorn, dried red peppers, orange peel, wolfberry, cooking wine, salt, and white pepper.
3. Add beef chunks into a pot, bring to boil until foams appear. Discard the liquid along with the form.
4. Refill the pot with cold water, add all the prepared materials from step 2, turn the heat up to high, bring to boil, then turn down to a simmer.
5. Simmer for 3 hours.
6. Concurrently, add oil to another saucepan, heat until smoking, turn the heat off completely, wait for ~10 seconds for the oil to cool down
7. Add in the cayanne pepper, .5 tbsp peppercorn, .5 tbsp white seaseme, a pinch of salt & sugar, stir until mixed, set aside for later
8. Once the broth is cooked, add in the daikon slices, cook until they are translucent
9. Prepare the noodle per the packaged instructions
10. Mix the noodle with the broth, garnish with pepper oil and cilantro. Season with vinegar to taste.

Comments

This is one of the quintessential Chinese noodles I had while growing up. A cheap, fast-food option that was always available. Unfortunately this dish is not easily found in the US…

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Materials

• 500g Chicken / Soy Chicken - cut into cubes
• peanut - handful, cooked
• 2.5 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp cooking wine
• pinch of white pepper
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 3 cloves of garlic - minced
• 1 leek
• 2 tbsp starch
• 3-4 dried red peppers, cut

Instructions

1. Marinate the checken for 10 min with: 1 tbsp cooking wine, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp starch, some salt & white pepper
2. Prepare the cooking sauce by mixing the following in a bowl: 1 tbsp cooking wine, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp vinegar, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp corn starch, 2 tbsp water, pince of white pepper
3. Add oil to wok, once oil is hot, add in the chicken, cook until 80% cooked, remove chicken from wok
4. Add in dried red peppers, stir fry until fragrant. Add in ginger and leek, stir fry until fragrant.
5. Add in the sauce and the cooked chicken. Mix well
6. Add in peanutes, mix well

Comments

As with all chicken recipes, you can replace chicken w/ soy chicken, which usually comes pre-cooked. So you can skip step 1 and 3.

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Materials

• 200g Pork Belly
• 1 Leek
• 1 tbsp peppercorn
• 7-8 slices of ginger
• 2 tbsp fermented bean paste
• 1 tsp cayanne pepper / gochugaru
• 2 tbsp cooking wine
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp soy sauce

Instructions

1. Put the pork belly, ginger slices, and cooking wines into a pot, submerged in cold water. Bring the pot to boil with high heat, then turn heat down to medium
2. Cook until you can easily poke a chopstick into the pork belly, and no visible blood leaves the pork when the chopstick is retrieved. Then take the pork out of the pot
3. Slice the pork into thin slices, make sure each slice has both lean meat and fat
4. Chop the leak into long pieces
5. Add a tiny bit of oil to wok, turn heat to high. Stirfry the cooked pork until it curls up and the fatty part becomes transparent.
6. Put the pork to one side, add in peppercorn, fermented bean paste, and cayanne pepper. Stir fry the sauce until the oil turns red. Then combine with the pork
7. Add in leek, salt, sugar, soy sauce. Combine well and plate.

Comments

Step 5 can feel like a game of chicken - when you fry the pork a lot of oil will jump out and if you don’t constantly stir fry it the pork might stick to the bottom of the wok. But for the best texture make sure you stick it through. The pork should be nice and crispy in the end.

In step 7, you can also add in chopped bell peppers as another vegetable if you want a more ‘balanced’ meal.

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Materials

• 3/4 lb of shrimp (remove head, shell, and shrimp line)
• 1/2 lb of andouille sausage (chopped)
• 1 can of diced tomatoes
• 1 cup of Zima tomatoes - cut in half
• 1 small bush of celery - chopped
• 1 large white onion - diced
• 4 cloves of garlic - minced
• 1 serving of Chicken Bouillon + 1 bowl of water (or similar amount of chicken broth)
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tbsp cayanne pepper / gochugaru
• 2 bay leaves
• dashes of hot sauce
• dashes of worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp starch
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp cooking wine

Instructions

1. Mix well in a bowl: shrimp, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp starch, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp cooking wine, 1 clove of minced garlic
2. Cut the sausage and vegetables
3. Add vegetable oil to wok, turn heat to medium. Once the oil is hot, add in the marinated shrimp. Stir fry until mostly cooked
4. Remove shrimp from wok, store for later use.
5. Add a bit more oil to the wok, add in the diced onions, cook until the raw smell goes away
6. Add in the celery, cook for ~3 min
7. Add in the Zima tomatoes and diced tomatoes, stir until the tomato is cooked down
8. Add in minced garlic, stir to combine
9. Add in chicken bouillon & water, salt, black pepper, thyme, cayanne pepper, hot sauce, worcestershire sauce, bay leaves. Stir to combine
10. Bring to boil, then turn the heat down to simmer, let simmer for 20 min
11. Add in the andouille sausage & shrimp, stir to mix with the broth, bring to boil and turn down to simmer again, let cook for another 15 min

Comments

In step 11. you might need to add more water

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h/t to OP for the recommendation of Zima tomatoes

Materials

• 300g pork tenderloin
• 1/4 of a pineapple (or just slightly less pineapple than pork)
• 2 colorful bell peppers
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp cooking wine
• starch
• pepper to taste
• 3 tbsp ketchup
• 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 3 tbsp sugar
• water

Instructions

1. Cut the pork, pineapple, and bell peppers into bite sized pieces
2. Mix well in a bowl: pork, 1 tbsp of salt, 2 tbsp of starch, 2 tbsp of soy sauce, 1 tbsp of cooking wine, 1 tbsp of oyster sauce, 1 egg, 1 tbsp of oil, pepper to taste
3. Marinate pork for 30 min
4. Mix the sweet & sour sauce by combining the following: 3 tbsp of ketchup, 3 tbsp of sugar, 2 tbsp of vinegar, 2 tbsp of starch, half a bowl of water, mix well
5. Cover each pork piece in starch, air fry the pieces at 400F for ~17 min
6. In the last few minuts of the air frying (or after the air frying if you’re patient), add oil to wok, when oil is hot, add in the bell peppers and stir fry until cooked
7. Add in the cut pineapple & sweet and sour sauce
8. Tuen the heat to high and bring everything to a boil
9. When the sauce is feeling viscous, add in the pork pieces
10. Mix well, covering the pork pieces with the sweet & sour sauce
11. Keep the heat high to boil out the excess moisture, when the sauce is dense and sticky, remove pan from stovetop and plate.

Comments

I used to order this at restaurants back home and loved it as a child. I never really knew where this dish came from. Upon doing some research it turns out this is a Cantonese dish created in the Qing dynasty because foreigners did not like the fact that sweet & sour spare ribs had bones in it…

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