Adventures in a Chinese- American Kitchen
Category: Chinese
Hi!!! My taste buds and stomach have been very happy lately. Why? Well, a few days ago, my driver (aka Shanghai food expert) went to the market and got us fish. Finally, FISH!!!!! I had literally been waiting the entire winter for fresh, "inseason" fish. Needless to say, I was excited. For most of the … Continue reading Yellow Croaker and Clover soup （黄鱼草头汤）
Today is February 21st, or more significantly, the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar Year. It’s the lantern festival- the official end of Chinese New Year. In short, the celebrations have come full circle. As with most Chinese festivals the Lantern festival or 元宵节( yuan xiao jie) is accompanied by a retinue … Continue reading Lantern Festival
February 7th was New Years Eve which meant EPIC NEW YEARS DINNER!!! Usually this would entail my uncle and grandparents spending pretty much the entire day preparing a feast of amazing traditional Hunanese dishes. However, this year, everyone decided to take it easy so the excitement of prep work wasn’t there. I was a bit … Continue reading Chinese New Years Dinner!!!
Stir fried peppers with pork is probably the most common Hunanese dish. It's simple and delicious- provided you can handle the spiciness. The dish is usually made with "5 layer meat" or fatty meat from the pig's leg or belly, but any cut of pork will do. It can even be made using offal, such … Continue reading Recipe: Stir Fried Peppers with Pork （辣椒炒肉）
Dry- Wok Chicken is one of the most famous Hunanese dishes. It’s basically spicy stir- fried chicken with veggies. The name of the dish is Dry-wok chicken, but any poultry will work. Ingredients ½ Chicken, chopped 1 large jalepeno, cubed oil salt mushroom, cubed ginger cornstarch, as needed Directions Heat oil in a wok on … Continue reading Recipe: Dry Wok Chicken （干锅鸡）
Egg dumplings are one of my favorites at my grandparents place. What are egg dumplings? Well, they’re basically dumplings, omlette style. Instead of using dough as skin, they use a thin layer of egg. So, I pestered my grandma into teaching me the art. As it turns out, they are actually quite easy to makeThe … Continue reading Egg dumplings （蛋饺）
Hi!!!! It's Monday, which means only 4 days until I leave for Chinese New Year break.(The acutal New year starts on the 8th) Now that I get to go to my grandparents house, Chinese New Year is my favorite holiday. So excited!!!! Chinese New Year is arguably one of the most important holidays for Chinese people. … Continue reading Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Hi!!! Sorry for not posting last weekend. So lately, I've been wanting steamed fish like crazy, but it's winter and all the fish must be in hibernation or something because not a single place had decent fresh fish. All we could find were crazily over priced, questionably raised or treated fish. UGH!!!!!! However, the supermarket did … Continue reading Fishhead Soup （鱼头汤）
Hi!!! It's December 12th, semester finals are over and only 3 days until Winter break !!! One of my favorite parts of the winter holiday is visiting my grandparent's place at Xiangtan University. What makes it so awesome? 1)Relatives!!! 2) the scenery and (most importantly for this blog) 3) THE FOOD!!!!! My relatives are some of … Continue reading Pumpkin Pancakes （南瓜饼）
Two days ago, I came back from school, opened the refrigerator for a container of Greek yogurt and found myself staring at a large, alien looking foil package. As it turns out, that package was a 3.5 kilo whole wild duck!!! In a world of factory farming and growth hormones, that is pretty freaking awesome. Hence, … Continue reading Duck soup （老鸭汤）
The Red-braised Twinkie 