Chinese Food Recipes for dishes easy to prepare at home
Water Boiled Fish 水煮鱼 shuǐ zhǔ yú This is a classic Chongqing dishes. Water Boiled Fish is a stew of sliced freshwater fish cooked in a seasoned broth covered with dried red chilies and Sichuan peppercorns. The stew is ladled over a bed of blanched yellow bean sprouts before serving. The words “water-boiled” are deceiving….
炒饭 chǎofàn Fried rice Fried rice is a popular component of Chinese cuisine. It originated as a home dish from China around 4000 BC, made from cold leftover rice fried with other leftover ingredients. It is sometimes served as the penultimate dish in Chinese banquets (just before dessert). The Recipe Ingredients:(A) 6 tablespoons water 1…
Tiger-Skin Green Peppers 虎皮尖椒 hǔ pí jiān jiāo This dish is called this because the frying method makes the skins of the peppers slightly winkled and golden in places, so they look striped like a tiger’s skin. After frying, the peppers are seasoned with salt and then dressed on the serving dish with a little…
Beef & Celery Stir-fry 西 芹 炒 牛 肉 xī qín chǎo niú ròu The combination of beef and celery has a wonderfully fresh taste to it, and the celery adds crunchiness. Kinchai is the Chinese name for celery, malting the origin of this recipe clear, but the addition of sugar, garlic and fish sauce…
Ma Po dou fu 麻婆豆腐 má pó dòu fu Pork-marked Mother Chen’s Tofu Ma po dou fu is named after the smallpox-scarred wife of a Qing Dynasty restaurateur. She is said to have prepared spicy, aromatic oily dish for laborers who laid down their loads of cooking oil to eat lunch on their way to…
