Orange chicken陳皮雞

陳皮雞
Chénpí jī
Orange Chicken

The ''Orange chicken'' is a meal originated from the Hunan province, in Southern China. The meal include many tastes: salty, spicy, sweet, sour, and bitter which come from the orange peel. The meal is often deep fried and breaded, but I felt like not. Here is my version of the popular Orange chicken. Enjot my recipe!

Servings: 2

INGREDIENTS:

Marinade

-2 Chicken breast, in thin slices

-1 tbs light soy sauce

-1 tbs shaoxing wine

-1 1/2 tbs baking powder (optional, but usefull)

-2 tbs potato starch (Add after 40 minute marinating)

||||Mix all

-1 red bell pepper in cubes
-1/2 green bell pepper in cubes
-2-4 thai chilies, chopped (be carefull, they are pretty hot)
-1 ts crused sichuan pepper corn (optional, you can use black pepper
too)
-1/3 of the orange peel that is used for the sauce, in thin slices
-1 onion, in cubes
-2 cloves of garlic, chopped
-1 tbs chopped fresh ginger
-Sesame oil (Optional)
-Coking oil

Sauce
-1 ts dark soy sauce
-2 tbs light soy sauce
-Juice of an orange (you can add a bit of lemon if you want)
-1 ts shaoxing wine
-1 ts red chili oil (Optional, you can add a bit more thai chili inistead)
-1 1/2 ts potato starch
(give a good stir before adding it)

Fry the garlic, peppercorn, ginger, and orange peel in a wok or a pan.
When the garlic turns translucent, add the chicken. (If it turns dry, add a
bit of water).
When almost cooked, add the bell peppers, the onion, the chilies, and cook
until the meat is well cooked.
Add the sauce and stir until thickened. Add a very small drop of sesame
oil if you want.
Garnish of sesame seeds, or green onions and enjoy!

Three cups chicken三杯雞

三杯雞

Sān bēi jī

Three cups chicken
As promised, there is my Three cups chicken recipe. This is a speciality of the Ningdu county of Jianxi. A meal that became very popular in Taiwan. In this recipe i use Chicken drumstick beaucause I just really like this. I use 9 of them. To make it good, use chicken that has alot of fat.The rock sugar will help to make it shinny, but if you can't find it, just use brown sugar, but it won't as shinny as it is...

For 9 drumsticks:

-120 ml of light soy sauce

-80 ml of dark soy sauce

-200 ml of sesame oil

-200 ml of Shaoxing wine, or xeres

-1 star anise

-1 chunk of ginger, cut into slices

-4 cloves of garlic, cut in half

-1 chunk of rock sugar

-1/2 ts of 5 spices powder

-1 bunch of basil, only leaves

|Add a bit of the sesame oil in wok, and brown the chicken

|When browned, add the garlic, anis and ginger pieces, cook 2 more minutes

|Add the wine, the spices, the sauces, and the oil, then add the sugar.

|Lower the heat, cover, the simmer for 30 minutes, remove from the heat.

|Add the basil, stir, and cover for 5 minutes. Then its ready

Vary: Basil -> Cilantro
          Anis -> Cardamom

Upcoming recipe: Japanese rice curry

Shrimps sautéed noodles

蝦炒麵條
Xiā chǎo miàntiáo
Shrimp sautéed noodles

Hi everyone. For my first recipe I'll show something pretty simple to make. Here i'm using noodles that are usually used for Yetcamein noodles soup, but you can use any non-swelling noodles, even ramen noodles can do!

Hi everyone. For my first recipe I'll show something pretty simple to make. Here i'm using noodles that are usually used for Yetcamein noodles soup, but you can use any non-swelling noodles, even ramen noodles can do!

For 2 serving

9 shrimps-} marinated-1 ts de chicken stock powder, 1 tbs of shaoxing wine or xeres, and black pepper (I use pre-cooked shrimps all already shelled) 1 spring onion, in rings 1/2 red bell pepper in strips 1/3 green bell pepper in strips

4 white mushroom in slices 1 big carrot in fine rectangles 1 chunk of ginger, chopped (around 1 tea spoon) 3 big cloves of garlic, chopped 1 small hand of non-swell noodles (see pictures) Some drops of sesame oil Black pepper

sauce: 2 tbs Light soy sauce (Kikoman's is ok) 1 tbs Dark soy sauce (You can find in any asian grocery stores, but if you can't, VH soy sauce is acceptable) 1 ts water 1/2 ts potato starch (mix the sauce in a bowl, and mix occasionally, the starch must not stick to the bottom when being added to the meal) In some cooking oil, cook the ginger and garlic until good smell, then add the carrot. At half-cooked, add the mushrooms, the white part of the green onion and the bell peppers. When everything is cooked, add the shrimps, sesame oil, black pepper, the noodles, the green part of the green onion, and the sauce. Stir until the sauce get stickened and that everything is well mixted, and serve Man Man Chi, have a good meal!

To vary: Change the white mushrooms for shiitakes. Add bean sprouts. Add chinese cabbage. Add onions. Add sesame seed. Add sugar.