Saturday, December 26, 2015

Hot and Sour Soup

Hot and Sour Soup
Restaurant style is always too thick, and contains barely any veggies, etc. In less than 20min, you can easily create a pot for the whole fam!














Ingredients
-onions, thinly sliced
-garlic, minced
-ginger, grated
-cabbage, thinly sliced
-carrots, shredded
-black wood ear (hei mu er), thinly sliced
-tofu, small rectangled 
-egg, scrambled
-broth
-water
-dark soy sauce
-rice vinegar (white or dark)
-salt
-white pepper
-starch (corn, or other) thickening agent

1.     Saute onions and garlic and ginger
2.     Add water, broth, cabbage, carrots, black wood ear mushrooms, and tofu
3.     Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes
4.     Bring back up to a boil
5.     Add soy sauce
6.     Make a roux with cornstarch, or other thickening agent, to your desired thickness
7.     Drizzle the scrambled egg in to make ribbons, just before turning off heat
8.     Add vinegar and white pepper to taste, or have each individual add to their own serving to taste.


Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Liang Mien "Cold Noodles"


Liang Mien "Cold Noodles"
A nice simple summer meal! Cucumbers are refreshing and in season, especially in this dry heat...in Seattle....


 Ingredients
-noodles
-shredded carrots
-julienned cucumbers
-cilantro
-sesame oil

-peanut butter
-soy sauce
-rice vinegar
-minced garlic
-sugar
-salt


1.     Cook noodles as directed. Rinse with cold water. Add a little sesame oil and salt
2.     Sauce: Add some hot water to the peanut butter to thin out. Mix in soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, minced garlic, and salt to taste.
3.     Boom. That was easy!