This is a quick and easy egg drop soup recipe - perfect for these cold wintry days.
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Nov
25
Nov
12
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Street Food/Spicy tofu and edamame beans
Ingredients
For the tofu stir fry
2 tbsp groundnut oil
400g/14oz firm fresh tofu, drained and cut into 1cm/½in thick rectangles
3 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp Chinese black rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
For the edamame beans
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 red chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped
75g/3oz fresh edamame beans, out of their pods (available from Asian supermarkets)
1 tsp light soy sauce
1 tsp Chinese black rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1 large handful fresh coriander, finely chopped
Method
1. For the tofu stir fry, heat the groundnut oil in a large frying pan, add the tofu and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the light soy sauce and cook until the liquid has reduced and the tofu is browned on one side. Using a small palette knife or fork, lift and turn each piece (be careful not to break the tofu) and cook for a further 2-3 minutes to colour the other side.
2. Add the dark soy sauce and black rice vinegar and cook until the liquid has reduced by half. Season, to taste, with the dried chilli flakes. Transfer the tofu to a serving plate and put to one side.
3. For the edamame beans, heat the groundnut oil in a clean frying pan and stir-fry the chilli for a few seconds, then add the edamame beans. Sprinkle over a teaspoon of water to help create steam, then cook for no more than one more minute. Season with the light soy sauce and black rice vinegar and stir in the chopped coriander.
4. To serve, pour the beans over the tofu and serve immediately.
Duration : 0:6:50 Views : 167.
Nov
11
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Seafood/Wok-cooked monkfish with sesame soy sauce
Ching shows a regular fish buyer at the market how to make monkfish served with sesame soy sauce.
Ingredients
2 monkfish fillets, membrane removed
salt and ground white pepper
3 tbsp groundnut oil
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger, peeled, finely chopped
1 red chilli, seeds removed, flesh finely chopped
1 tbsp of Shaoxing rice wine
4-5 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
2 spring onions, cut into thin strips (julienne)
1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
To serve
steamed rice or wholewheat noodles
steamed asparagus
steamed broccoli
Method
1. Season the monkfish fillets with salt and ground white pepper, then slice into six equal-sized pieces.
2. Heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil. Add the fish, pressing down lightly on the pieces of fish as they cook. Cook for 3-4 minutes on one side, then reduce the heat to medium.
3. Turn the fish over and sprinkle over the garlic, ginger and chilli. Cook for a further 3-4 minutes (depending on the size of the fillet), or until the flesh has turned opaque and flakes easily when poked with a pair of chopsticks or a fork.
4. Season with the soy sauce and sesame oil and spoon the sauce over the fish. Add the spring onion strips and chopped coriander and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until the herbs have wilted slightly.
5. To serve, transfer the fish to a serving plate and garnish with the wilted herbs. Spoon over the cooking juices from the pan and serve immediately with steamed rice or dressed wholewheat noodles and steamed asparagus and broccoli.
Duration : 0:6:36 Views : 199.
Nov
10
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Street Food/Sweet and sour soy pork buns
Ingredients
For the marinated pork
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 tbsp yellow bean sauce (available from Asian grocers and some supermarkets)
1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
600g/1lb 5oz pork fillet, sliced
2 tbsp groundnut oil
For the sweet and sour sauce marinade
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp Chinese black rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp clear honey
pinch salt
pinch ground white pepper
For the caramelised red onions
1 tbsp groundnut oil
3 red onions, sliced
1 tbsp Chinese black rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp brown sugar
To serve
8 large sesame seed buns, halved, grilled
salad leaves, torn into small pieces
4 tomatoes, sliced (optional)
Method
1. For the marinated pork, mix together the garlic, yellow bean sauce and Shaoxing rice wine in a bowl. Add the pork and stir well to coat.
2. For the sweet and sour sauce marinade, mix together all of the sauce ingredients in a bowl and add to the pork. Mix well to combine, then cover with cling film and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 24 hours.
3. To cook the pork, heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil. Add the sliced pork (reserving the marinade) and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes, or until browned. Add the reserved marinade and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to simmer for 3-4 minutes, or until the sauce is thick and sticky.
4. For the caramelised onions, heat the groundnut oil in a small wok or pan, add the red onions and stir-fry for 4-5 minutes, or until softened but not coloured. Add the black rice vinegar and the brown sugar, stirring well, and leave to cook for 2-3 minutes, or until caramelised.
5. To serve, fill the buns with some salad leaves. Top with slices of the sticky pork, some caramelised onions and sliced tomatoes, if using. Serve immediately.
Duration : 0:5:11 Views : 191.
Nov
10
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Street Food/crispy duck with plum sauce Ching makes a healthier version of the crispy duck popular in the Sichuan province of China
Ingredients
For the marinade
4 tbsp grated fresh root ginger
2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
2 tbsp ground Sichuan peppercorns
pinch of salt, to taste (optional)
6 whole star anise
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
For the duck
2 duck breasts, skin scored in a criss-cross pattern
1 tbsp groundnut oil
salad leaves, to serve
For the apricot and plum sauce
100ml/3½fl oz water
2 plums, stones removed, quartered
50g/2oz dried apricots, chopped
2½ tsp caster sugar
1 tbsp honey
1 cinnamon stick
1 whole star anise
1 lime, juice only
Method
1. For the marinade, place all of the marinade ingredients into a bowl and whisk well to combine.
2. For the duck, place the duck into the bowl with the marinade, cover with cling film and leave to marinate in the fridge for 20-25 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
4. Heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil, then add the duck skin-side down and fry for 4-5 minutes, or until the skin is browned and crisp. Transfer the duck onto a baking tray, skin side up, and cook in the oven for 3-4 minutes, or until cooked to your liking.
5. For the apricot and plum sauce, place the water into a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Add the plums, apricots, sugar, honey, cinnamon stick and star anise and cook over a medium heat until reduced to a sticky sauce. Take off the heat, strain through a sieve and stir in the lime juice. Discard the spices left behind in the sieve.
6. To serve, place a duck breast onto each serving plate, pour the sauce over the duck and serve with the salad.
Duration : 0:5:37 Views : 378.
Nov
4
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Takeaway Favourites
Sweet and sour pork
Ching makes a simple and healthy version of sweet and sour pork served with egg fried rice for Olympic rower, Katherine Grainger
Ingredients
2 tbsp groundnut oil
3 free-range eggs, beaten
400g/14oz jasmine rice, cooked according to packet instructions
3 tomatoes, sliced
3 tbsp light soy sauce
dash toasted sesame oil
pinch ground white pepper
1 large spring onion, finely sliced
Method
1. Heat a wok until smoking and add half the groundnut oil, then add the eggs and scramble for 1-2 minutes. Transfer the scrambled eggs to a warm plate and set aside. Wipe away the excess oil from the wok.
2. Reheat the wok and add the remaining groundnut oil. Add the cooked rice and stir well to break up the grains, then add the tomatoes and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
3. Return the egg to the wok with the rice and tomatoes and season, to taste, with the soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper. Stir in the sliced spring onion.
4. Pile the rice onto a plate and serve immediately.
Duration : 0:6:10 Views : 408.
Oct
31
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Seafood/Black bean steamed scallops with noodles
Ching shows a fish buyer at the market how to make one of her favourite sauces of all time, black bean sauce, serving it with scallops and noodles.
Ingredients
For the scallops with noodles
75g/3oz dried vermicelli noodles
8 scallops, removed from the shells, de-bearded and coral removed, shells cleaned and reserved
For the black bean sauce
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger, peeled, finely chopped
1 red chilli, de-seeded, finely chopped
1 tbsp fermented salted black beans, washed and crushed into a paste (available from Asian grocers)
1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
2 tbsp light soy sauce
3 tbsp water
To serve
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh chives or spring onions
Method
1. For the scallops with noodles, soak the dried vermicelli in a bowl of just-boiled water for 5-6 minutes, or until tender. Drain well, then chop into 10cm/4in lengths and set aside.
2. Place the cleaned scallops back into their shells.
3. For the black bean sauce, mix all of the sauce ingredients together in a bowl. Spoon a teaspoon of the sauce on top of each scallop and gently rub into the scallop flesh.
4. Wrap some of the soft vermicelli noodles around each scallop, then spoon one teaspoon of water around the noodles. (This helps to keep the noodles moist and works to create a sauce when combined with the steamed juices of the scallops.)
5. Divide the scallop shells between two heatproof serving plates and place each plate into a bamboo steamer, placing one steamer on top of the other. Place the steamers over a pan or wok of boiling water (making sure the water does not touch the base of the steamer), cover, and steam over a high heat for 4-5 minutes, or until the scallops are cooked through. If you do not have a bamboo steamer, place the shells onto a large heatproof plate set on a rack in a roasting tray. Fill the roasting tray with boiling water from the kettle. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4, cover the whole roasting tray with foil and place into the oven to steam for 4-5 minutes.
5. To serve, serve the scallops in the bamboo steamers, or remove the plates from the steamer and serve on the plates. Sprinkle over the chopped chives or spring onions and serve immediately.
Duration : 0:4:36 Views : 299.
Oct
31
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Cooking for family
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Oct
31
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Cooking for family ‘Dragon prawn’ noodles
Ching makes her favourite noodle dish for journalist Lina Mahdav. Lobster in Mandarin Chinese is ‘long-xia’ which translates as ‘dragon prawn’.
Ingredients
650g/1lb 6oz live lobster
2 tbsp groundnut oil
5 cloves garlic, crushed
2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger, peeled, finely chopped
4 tbsp yellow bean sauce (available from Asian grocers)
4 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
350g/12oz yellow shi whole wheat noodles or medium egg noodles, cooked according to packet instructions
4 spring onions, sliced lengthways
dash toasted sesame oil (optional)
Method
1. Freeze the lobster for 30 minutes. Heat a large pan of boiling water, then very quickly plunge the lobster in the water and cook for 7-8 minutes, or until pink and cooked through.
2. Lift the lobster out with tongs and reserve the cooking liquid. Using a large cleaver or knife, chop off the tail and cut into three sections. Chop off the claws. Divide the body in half lengthways. Chop each half into two pieces. Using the back of the cleaver, crack the shell of the claws and all the other pieces - this helps to let the sauce seep through and flavour the meat as the lobster cooks. Discard the rest of the lobster.
3. Heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil, then add the garlic and ginger and fry for a few seconds. Stir in the yellow bean sauce, soy sauce and rice wine or sherry and cook for 30 seconds.
4. Add the lobster pieces and stir well to coat the lobster in the sauce. Add the cooked noodles and toss through well. Add 3-4 tablespoons of the reserved cooking liquid (keep the rest to make a good seafood stock). Finally, add the spring onions, toss through well and serve immediately on a large serving plate.
Duration : 0:4:38 Views : 167.
Oct
31
Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Seafood
Langoustine and samphire stir fry
Ingredients
1 tbsp groundnut oil
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
6-8 cooked langoustines (or other large prawns)
1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine
150g/5oz fresh samphire, woody stems removed, or marsh samphire, preserved in brine
150g/5oz baby leeks, trimmed
2 spring onions, trimmed and cut into 4cm/2in pieces
1 tsp light soy sauce
sea salt, to taste
Method
1. Heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil. Add the garlic and stir fry for a few seconds.
2. Add the Dublin Bay prawns and stir fry for 1-2 minutes, then add the Shaoxing rice wine and cook for another few seconds. Stir in the fresh samphire, then add the leeks and spring onions. Stir fry for one minute, then season, to taste, with the light soy sauce and sea salt.
3. To serve, spoon onto a serving plate and drizzle over any remaining juices from the wok.
Ching makes a dish that’s great for when you’ve got guests: use garlic chives instead of preserved samphire if necessary
Duration : 0:6:24 Views : 214.