Chinese Meat Dishes
Pork And Bamboo Shoots
Ingredients
- 2 lb lean pork
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tblsp sherry
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 litre water
- 4 oz bamboo shoots
Directions
Cut the pork into small cubes. Mix the soy sauce, sherry, sugar and
ginger together, add to the pork, toss well and leave for 10 minutes.
Put pork and flavourings in a large pan, add the water and bring gently
to the boil, cover and simmer for 1 hour.
Drain bamboo shoots and shred finely, add to the pan and simmer for 10
minutes. If wished, liquid may be thickened with 1 tablespoon cornstarch.
mixed with a little cold water.
 Fried Shellfish
PART ONE
Ingredients
- 1 lb shellfish
Dough
- 12 oz flour
- 1 egg
- 2 tblsp baking powder
- 3 1/2 tblsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- flour to dust
- oil to fry and for the dough
Directions
Mix together flour, egg, baking powder, cornstarch and 1 cup water. Let
stand 10 minutes. Add 10 tblsp oil and let stand another 20 minutes.
Cut fish to pieces and dust with cornstarch. Then dip fish into dough
and fry in hot oil. Turn fish very cautiously when the color starts to
change. Remove fish pieces when slightly brown. Let cool 5 minutes.
Now fry again in hot oil until the pieces are golden brown.
PART TWO
Further Ingredients
- 5 oz soaked chinese mushrooms
- 7 oz bamboo shoots
- 4 oz scallions
- 4 cloves garlic
- oil for frying
- 4 tblsp soy sauce
- 3 tblsp sugar
- 2 tsp pepper
- 3 tsp salt
- 4 tblsp rice wine (or white wine)
- pinch of MSG
- 1/2 litre chicken broth or water
- 2 tblsp + 2 tsp cornstarch, stirred in 180 ml water
- 4 tsp sesame oil
Directions
Cut mushrooms and bamboo shoot in equally thick slices. Cut scallion in
1 inch long slices. Peel and chop garlic finely.
Heat pan, put a little oil in it and stir-fry vegetables. Take out of
the pan. Heat 6 tablespoons oil in the pan and fry garlic for 15
seconds. Add soy sauce, sugar, pepper, salt rice wine, MSG and chicken
broth. Add cornstarch water mixture. Add vegetables and fish and boil
shortly. Season to taste with sesame oil.
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