chinese menu | Imamother

greenfire

Mon, Feb 05 2007, 11:43 am

I cook a bit like a nut and do not follow directions so it is a bit hard to give recipes. I will however try: 2 lbs thinly sliced "pepper steak" - pour lots of soy sauce and some ground ginger, garlic powder, and black pepper. Cut up onions and lots of fresh garlic cloves and brown meat & sautee' everything with some olive oil in pan. Add vegetables that you and your family like: baby portabella mushrooms, thinly sliced celery, green pepper strips. I add a can of baby corn with its liquid and also bean sprouts, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots. Cook everything - if you prefer the liquid thick add some corn starch or flour maybe tablespoon.
Serve this over rice
Buy chinese noodles
baby eggrolls
and dipping sauce
MMMMM - enjoy!

BeershevaBubby

Mon, Feb 05 2007, 11:56 am

I've done a Chinese menu for Shabbat before.

Hot and Sour soup
fried rice
eggrolls (store-bought, since I can't get REAL eggroll wrappers in Israel)
chicken and veggie stir-fry

Hot and Sour Soup
4 cups chicken stock or broth (or 4 cups water and 4 chicken bouillon cubes)
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup cooked shredded chicken
1/2 cup mushrooms, diced
1/2 tablespoon garlic chili sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/3 cup canned bamboo shoots, julienned
3 oz block of tofu, cut into 1/4 inch dice
2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water
1 egg, beaten
2 green onion stalks, diced (including tops)
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

1. Bring chicken broth to a simmer in a 2-quart saucepan.
2. Add soy sauce, shredded chicken, mushrooms and garlic red chili paste.
3. Simmer for five minutes.
4. Add white pepper, white vinegar, bamboo shoots, tofu.
5. Simmer for five minutes.
6. Combine two tablespoons of cornstarch with two tablespoons of cold water in a cup. Stir until mixture is smooth. Add cornstarch mixture to soup and stir well.
7. Simmer for five minutes until soup is thickened.
8. Beat egg in a cup until yolk and white are combined. Pour beaten egg slowly, in a fine stream into soup. Stir soup several times.
9. Wait 30 seconds.
10. Add green onions and sesame oil to soup. Stir well. Remove from heat.
11. Serve hot.

And easy fried rice is cook the rice as usual and once it's cooked, add soy sauce, garlic powder and black pepper, and mix thoroughly.

The chicken and veggie stir fry can either be with frozen veggies or fresh. Cube the chicken, cook in a frying pan or wok with some oil and soy sauce, add the veggies and mix.