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!

Mapo Tofu麻婆豆腐

麻婆豆腐

Má pó dòufu

Ma Po Tofu
Hey, I got internet, and I moved in another city, with a bigger variety of exotic products! This time, I
wanted to teach you a bit of Sichuan cooking. This is how we make a traditional Mapo tofu!

2-3 servings

Here are the ingredients:

-150g-200g of ground pork
-1 pack of tofu
-4 tbs of Black Beans In Chili Oil
-6 tbs of Dou Ban Jian (Chili and bean sauce)
-7 tbs of water
-1/2 onion strips
-salt and pepper
-2 spring onion in small pieces
-cooking oil
-chili oil
-1/2 egg (to mix with pork)
-3 cloves of garlic

Brown the onions and the garlic. Add the pork.

When half-cooked, add the sauce, the beans, and the chili oil to taste. Cover and simmer at mid-low heat for minutes

When everything is well cooked, add water and more sauce if needed (Depending on your preference, if you like it more dry or more saucy)

When well cooked, add the tofu and simmer again for 3 minutes.

Season and serve with some spring onions on the top!

Bap Xao

炒玉米

Chǎo yùmǐ

Bắp Xào
Hi guys longtime no see. Last time I wanted to eat street food, so I cooked vietnamese Bap Xao. It is very simple but it's so tasty. There is many variation but I'll go with the most popular one.

Ingredients:

- 3 cup frozen extra sweet corn

- 4 green onions, cut into thin rings

- 3cup of chopped of pre-cooked shrimps

- 2 table spoon of white sugar

- 1 1/2 tea spoon of salt

- 2 1/2 table spoon of golden butter

black pepper

sriracha sauce 

Melt the butter and add the shrimps and the corn until well cooked.

Add the sugar, the salt and black pepper to your taste, then add the green onion.

Cook a few more minute. And serve with some sriracha sauce

Vegetables and pork in vietnamese style sauce越南醬蔬菜和豬肉

越南醬蔬菜和豬肉

Yuènán jiàng shūcài hé zhūròu

Vegetables and pork in vietnamese style sauce
Hi guys, longtime no see. I had some problems so I couldn't make many recipes these days. This recipe is my creation. I tried it one time, then made it another time to make some ameliorations...

I did not really count the ingredients so I'll approximately write the ingredients.

- 3 boneless pork chops, in thin slices

- Around 5 cm of a daikon (asian radish) cut in thin triangles

-2 celery branches, and the leaves

-2 small onions in cubes

- A hand of cherry tomatoes, in halfs

- 1/1 green bell pepper in slices

- 4 cloves of garlic in slices

- A hand of bean sprouts

-Vegetable oil

- a slash of water

marinate for meat (soy sauce, potato starch, pepper)

sauce:

- 1 1/2 tb of fish sauce (or 2 if you like it strong)

- 1 tb of oyster sauce

- 1 tb sugar (or more depending on your fish sauce brand)

- 1 ts of potatoe starch

In a oiled wok, cook the pork along to garlic, until half cooked.

Add a slash of water and the onion.

When te meat is almost cooked, add the celery, the daikon, and the green bell pepper.

When everything is well cooked, add the sprouts, the tomatoes, and the starch. Stir until thicken. And its done.

Onion beef洋蔥牛肉

洋蔥牛肉
Yángcōng niúròu
Onion Beef

Weekend, being lazy and late and still a bed, but it's time to eat. Open the fridge and see that left half-onion. My head immediatly send me the signal that it's the perfect moment to make this dish and post it on my blog! So simple, but very tasty! Some poeple like it dry, some others will like it saucy, as I do. So guys, there is my way to make that traditional Onion Beef.

This can serve 2 poeple, but you must eat it with rice or it won't be enought.

Ingredients

*0,882 lbs ( 0.4kg ) beef, in thin slices

(marinated in 2 tbs dark soy sauce and 1 1/2 tbs black rice vinegar, after 20 min, mix with a tbs of potato tarch)

*1/2 big onion, in strips

*1 1/2 tbs sichuan peppercorn, toasted on pan without oil until smell comes out, with powdered with a pestel

Sauce:

-2 1/2 tbs light soy sauce

-1 1/2 tbs water

-1 ts potato starch

(give a stir before adding)

Seasonings:

-1 1/2 tbs sugar

-pinch salt

-pinch MSG

- Bring some cookin oil in a wok or a pan

- Add the onion and the peppercorns, then cook until the onion get translucide

- Add the beef.

- When the beef is well cooked, add the seasonings and the sauce mixture

- Stir until the sauce get thick, then we're done!

Next post I'm gonna show you how to make Three Cups Chicken Drumstick! :) See you soon.

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.