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Yin Yang Vegetable Pockets
Servings10-12 dumplings
Ingredients
Filling
Instructions
  1. Prepare filling: Place a wok or stir-fry pan over high heat. Add 1 tbsp oil, swirling to coat sides. Add garlic; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 10 seconds. Add cabbage, carrot, chives and red onion; stir fry until vegetables are tender-crisp, about 2 minutes. Add oyster-flavored sauce and sesame oil; toss to coat. Transfer vegetable mixture to a colander to drain. Set aside in a medium bowl.
  2. Place a medium non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add remaining 1 tsp oil, swirling to coat bottom of pan. Pour beaten egg into pan, tilting pan so egg coats bottom of pan and bottom of omelet is set, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Turn omelet over; cook until set, about 30 seconds. Slide omelet onto a cutting board. Fold in half and cut into thin shreds. Transfer to the bowl of vegetables to cool.
  3. Form dumplings: Place one potsticker wrapper on a clean flat surface; keep remaining wrappers covered with a damp cloth to prevent them from drying out. Place one heaping tablespoon filling in center of wrapper. Moisten edges of wrapper with egg wash. Top with a second wrapper and secure edges. Starting from one end of wrapper, slightly fold over the edge (like a pie crust); continue folding around dumpling. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling. Keep filled dumplings covered with a damp cloth to prevent from drying.
  4. Yin dumplings: Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the filled dumplings, flat side down; cook, without turning, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Add vinegar and water; reduce heat to medium, cover and steam until dumplings are tender, about 4 minutes.
  5. Yang dumplings: Heat remaining 2 cups oil in a wok or stir-fry pan over medium-high heat until hot. Add remaining uncooked dumplings; shallow fry, turning once, until golden brown and crisp, about 2 minutes on each side. Lift out dumplings with a slotted spoon; drain well on paper towels.
  6. Transfer dumplings to a serving plate. Serve with soy sauce-vinegar.
Recipe Notes

Remark: For Yang dumplings, if you don’t want to shallow-fry, you can poach dumplings instead.

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]]> Eight Treasures Rice Pudding (八宝饭) https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/eight-treasures-rice-pudding-%e5%85%ab%e5%ae%9d%e9%a5%ad/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:00:35 +0000 https://yancancook.com/home/?post_type=recipe&p=4766 Eight Treasure rice pudding(八宝饭) is a typical delightful dessert in Chinese cuisine. The Eight-treasure Rice Pudding is used as a banquet course for its beautiful colors, taste and presentation. The glutinous rice indicate “united” and sweetness; the eight treasure sticky rice pudding suggests fortune in the coming new year.

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Eight Treasures Rice Pudding
Eight Treasure rice pudding(八宝饭) is a typical delightful dessert in Chinese cuisine. The Eight-treasure Rice Pudding is used as a banquet course for its beautiful colors, taste and presentation. The glutinous rice indicate “united” and sweetness; the eight treasure sticky rice pudding suggests fortune in the coming new year.
Servings8 people
Ingredients
Toppings: (your choice)
Syrup:
Garnish:
Instructions
Prepare the rice:
  1. Soak rice in warm water to cover for 2 hours or overnight; drain well. Toss with sugar.
To assemble:
  1. Coat or spray a bowl to prevent rice from sticking.
  2. Arrange an even layer of half of toppings of your choice attractively on bottom of bowl.
  3. Form lotus seed paste into a two flat circles, slightly smaller than diameter of bowl and lay one circle on top of the toppings.
  4. Place half the rice over paste.
  5. Layer remaining toppings and lotus paste on top of rice.
  6. Place remaining half of rice on top, gently pressing rice down with a spoon to flatten.
Cooking:
  1. Place bowl in a steamer or on a rack in a wok. Cover and steam rice pudding over medium heat for 50 minutes to 1 hour, replenishing water if needed.
  2. While pudding is steaming, heat water, coconut milk and sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until syrup is reduced by about half. Thicken with cornstarch solution.
  3. Just before serving, add Triple Sec and mix well.
Serving:
  1. Place a serving plate over rice pudding bowl and invert, gently shaking to unmold.
  2. Pour hot syrup over pudding. Sprinkle with shredded coconut and chopped pistachios; serve.
Recipe Notes

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]]> Good Fortune Gold Coins https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/good-fortune-gold-coins/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:00:52 +0000 https://yancancook.com/home/?post_type=recipe&p=4724
Good Fortune Gold Coins
Servings6
Ingredients
Main Ingredients:
Filling:
Sauce:
Instructions
  1. Water-blanch lotus rings in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain and pat dry with paper towels. Dust lotus rings with cornstarch and set aside.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine filling ingredients; mix thoroughly. Spread 1 tablespoon filling onto a lotus ring and sandwich with another lotus ring.
  3. Heat wok over medium-high heat until hot. Add oil, swirling to coat sides. Pan-fry lotus root pockets for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain excess oil and add water; cover, reduce heat and simmer for 2 - 3 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
  4. Combine sauce ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch solution and stir until sauce thickens. Pour sauce over lotus pockets to serve.
Recipe Notes

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]]> Chinese Paella https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/chinese-paella/ https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/chinese-paella/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2020 07:06:05 +0000 https://wh414378.ispot.cc/home/?post_type=recipe&p=501 Paella, Spain's most famous dish is undoubtedly one of the world's great rice dishes. The first time I saw a traditional paella pan, I thought it was a particularly shallow flat-bottomed wok. That got me thinking about how a Chinese cook would prepare the same dish. The result is this East-West hybrid that works especially well in an electric wok.

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Chinese Paella
Paella, Spain's most famous dish is undoubtedly one of the world's great rice dishes. The first time I saw a traditional paella pan, I thought it was a particularly shallow flat-bottomed wok. That got me thinking about how a Chinese cook would prepare the same dish. The result is this East-West hybrid that works especially well in an electric wok.
Servings6
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Soak mushrooms in warm water to cover until softened, about 30 minutes; drain. Remove and discard stems and slice caps in half. Set aside.
  2. Remove shrimp legs, leaving shells and tails intact. Cut along backs of shrimp with scissors; rinse out sand veins. Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper and five-spice powder. Set aside.
  3. Bring mussels and water to a boil in a 2-quart pan. Cover, reduce heat to low, and cook until shells open, about 5 minutes. Discard mussels that don't open. Lift out mussels and set aside; pour liquid into a 4-cup measuring cup. Add enough chicken broth to make 4 cups of total liquid.
  4. Place a wok over medium-high heat until hot. Add oil, swirling to coat sides. Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 5 seconds. Add chicken and cook, turning as needed, for 10 minutes or until well browned on all sides. Add 2 tablespoons chicken broth. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove chicken and set aside. Add onion and cook for 1 minute. Add bell pepper and turmeric; cook for 1 minute. Add rice, sausages and the reserved 4 cups chicken broth. Bring to a boil and cook, uncovered, until broth evaporates and crater-like holes appear, about 10 minutes.
  5. Arrange chicken, bamboo shoot and mushrooms over rice. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Push shrimp into top of rice and scatter snow peas on top. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Push mussels into rice. Cover and cook until rice is tender to the bite, about 5 more minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro before serving.
Recipe Notes

Recipe from A Wok For All Seasons, Publisher: Doubleday.

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]]> https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/chinese-paella/feed/ 1 Ma Po Tofu https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/ma-po-tofu/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 23:17:08 +0000 https://yancancook.com/home/?post_type=recipe&p=1728 A classic favorite -- Ma Po Tofu is a fiery Sichuan classic named for the pockmarked (po) wife (ma) who supposedly invented it at her husband's restaurant. Ma Po Tofu is a justly popular menu item in many Chinese restaurants, especially in Chengdu.

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Ma Po Tofu
Servings4
Ingredients
Sauce
Seasoning
Instructions
  1. In a bowl combine pork, soy sauce and cornstarch, stir until evenly distributed.
  2. In small bowl, combine sauce ingredients: water, soy sauce and sesame oil.
  3. Place wok over high heat until hot. Add oil, swirling to coat sides.
  4. Add garlic and stir-fry until fragrant about 20 seconds.
  5. Add pork and hot bean paste, stir-fry until pork is crumbly, about 2 to 3 minutes. Pour sauce into pork mixture, add water chestnuts, green onion Slide tofu into wok, and stir gently (or simply swirl the wok) to coat the tofu with the sauce and heat through, about 2 minutes.
  6. Add cornstarch solution, cook gently stirring, until sauce thickens about 1 minute.
  7. Slide tofu onto serving platter.

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]]> Tea-Infused Steamed Custard https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/tea-infused-steamed-custard/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 01:36:10 +0000 https://yancancook.com/home/?post_type=recipe&p=1039 Tea-Infused Steamed Custard Servings4 Ingredients 6oz chicken broth 2oz water 1teaspoon green tea leaves 2 eggs teaspoon ½salt 4 medium sized shrimp Sauce: cup ¼chicken broth 1teaspoon green tea leaves 1teaspoon cornstarch slurry Instructions Place broth and water in a small saucepan, add tea leaves…

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Tea-Infused Steamed Custard
Servings4
Ingredients
Sauce:
Instructions
  1. Place broth and water in a small saucepan, add tea leaves and bring to almost a simmer. Let tea cool completely. Strain and discard leaves.
  2. Blend eggs and broth in a blender or with immersion blender for 1 minute. Strain egg mixture through fine mesh strainer. Season with salt.
  3. Place one shrimp each in 4 small, heatproof ramekins or cups, fill with egg mixture. Steam over very low heat until custard just sets, about 7 minutes.
  4. To make sauce, bring broth to a simmer, add tea leaves and turn off heat. Let leaves steep for 3 minutes, strain and reserve leaves. Thicken with cornstarch slurry and pour over shrimp custard.
  5. Garnish with steeped tea leaves.

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]]> Hot Pot Broth https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/hot-pot-broth/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 21:54:02 +0000 https://yancancook.com/home/?post_type=recipe&p=1722 Hot Pot Broth Ingredients 3tablespoons Vegetable oil 1tablespoon dried red chili pieces 2tablespoons DouBanJang spicy bean paste 1teaspoon fermented black beans, rinsed and drained 2slices fresh ginger 1stalk green onion 2pieces bay leaves 1tablespoon fennel seeds 5 round cardamom fruitFructus Amomi Kravanh 1teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn…

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Hot Pot Broth
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add dried red chilies and cook until oil turns red. Add spicy bean paste and fermented black beans. Continue to cook for one minute.
  2. Add ginger and onion and cook until both are golden brown. Add bay leaves, fennel seeds, round cardamom fruit and Sichuan peppercorns.
  3. Add broth and water, bring to a simmer. Add rock sugar.

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]]> Green Tea Krumkake Cookies https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/green-tea-krumkake-cookies/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:46:55 +0000 https://yancancook.com/home/?post_type=recipe&p=1002 Green Tea Krumkake Cookies Ingredients 1Tbsp matcha powder (green tea powder) ½cup water 2cups powdered sugar 4 eggs 1 ½cups sugar 1 ½cups all-purpose flour 8oz melted butter2 sticks Instructions Place matcha powder in a small bowl. Add water and stir to mix well. Place…

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Green Tea Krumkake Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Place matcha powder in a small bowl. Add water and stir to mix well.
  2. Place a sheet pan next to cooktop where you’ll be making the cookies. Pour powdered sugar onto the sheetpan in a 6” – 8” pile.
  3. Crack eggs into a mixing bowl, add sugar and beat with an electric mixer until just blended.
  4. Add flour and beat some more to mix.
  5. Add butter and beat to mix well.
  6. Add dissolved matcha and beat to mix well.
  7. Heat a krumkake iron over medium heat. Dollop 1 teaspoonful batter onto iron. Cook for 1 minute on each side.
  8. Lift out cookie and roll on powdered sugar.

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]]> Water-Cooked Fish https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/water-cooked-fish/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:44:33 +0000 https://yancancook.com/home/?post_type=recipe&p=1048 Water-Cooked Fish Ingredients 1lb fish filletcut into thin slices teaspoon ½salt 1teaspoon Chinese rice wine 1teaspoon cornstarch 1cup fresh mushroomssliced 1cup Chinese celerycut into 2” lengths 5tablespoons Vegetable oilseparated 1 star anise 1 1 ” stick cinnamon 5cloves garliccrushed 2 green onionswhite parts cut into…

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Water-Cooked Fish
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Marinate fish slices in salt, rice wine and cornstarch. Set aside.
  2. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add mushrooms and celery and blanch until done, about 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in a large serving bowl.
  3. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Add star anise and cinnamon and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove and discard star anise and cinnamon.
  4. Add garlic, white parts of green onions and ginger. Stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add spicy bean paste and stir-fry for 30 seconds, add water and bring to a boil.
  5. Add garlic, white parts of green onions and ginger. Stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add spicy bean paste and stir-fry for 30 seconds, add water and bring to a boil.
  6. Carefully add fish slices, cover and lower heat to medium-low. Simmer until fish just turns opaque. Pour the boiling fish mixture over vegetables in serving bowl. Sprinkle chopped green onions on top.
  7. Wipe the wok dry and heat remaining 3 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat. When oil is hot, add Sichuan peppercorns and dried red chilies. Cook until oil turns red.
  8. Pour hot chilies and oil over fish, garnish with cilantro and sesame seeds.
Recipe Notes
  1. Use white-fleshed fish such as flounder.
  2. The fish is sliced thin to keep cooking time to a minimum, ensuring a tender, silky texture.
  3. The vegetables added to the bottom of this dish vary according to personal taste. Mung bean sprouts and soy bean sprouts are both popular choices.

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]]> Sichuan Pickled Vegetables – Pao Cai https://yancancook.com/home/recipe/sichuan-pickled-vegetables-pao-cai/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 20:19:21 +0000 https://yancancook.com/home/?post_type=recipe&p=1005 Almost every Sichuan family will have a few Pao Cai jars in their kitchen or on their balcony. What used to be a method to preserve a bountiful harvest has become a daily enjoyment: to many Sichuanese, no meal is complete without some crunchy pickled vegetables.…

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Sichuan Pickled Vegetables - Pao Cai
Ingredients
Pickling liquid:

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