Post #16: Tomato Beef Soup

In winter, it is a good time to eat soup. Not only because it can warm your body, but also very well for your health. And the most important thing is that the soup would not make too much cooking fume when you make it.  If you are afraid of cooking with fire, this soup is a better choice for you.

The materials you need to prepare:

Beef

Tomatoes (two)

Gingers

Garlics

Salt

Pepper

Chinese prickly ash

 

First, cut all the beef into small pieces, and then wash them. Clean all the gingers and garlics. Cut them into small pieces as well.

Second, heat the oil in the pot, then put some Chinese prickly ash in the pot. After this, you need to put all the beef in the pot to cook them together until half cooked.

Third, pour some water in another pot and wait to boil it.

Fourth, put the beef in the boiling water, use high heat to boil about 5minutes.

Fifth, cut the tomatoes into pieces, and then put them in the pot.

Sixth, add gingers, garlics all together into the pot and use small fire to stew 2 hours.

Finally, add some salt.

 

Post #15: Braised eggplant

This dish is a little bit oil, because the eggplant would absorb a lot oil when you are cooking. It still tastes very good. Some people really like this dish. If you do not mind too much oil, you really need to try this dish.

The materials you need to prepare:

Eggplant (one)

Tomato (one)

Pork

Green pepper (one)

Soy sauce

Sugar

Salt

Oil

Vinegar        

Starch

First, wash all the vegetables you need. Cut the eggplant, green pepper and tomato into pieces.

Second, heat the oil in the pot.  Make sure the oil is enough and can cover every piece of eggplant. Then fry the eggplant to golden color.

Third, make the sauce, pour some soy sauce and a little bit vinegar in a bowl, you can also add some sugar if like it tastes sweet. One spoon of sugar is enough. And then add the starch and some water in the bowl. Stir them to make sure they are mixed.

Fourth, put the pork into the pot and cook. Then put tomato in it to cook them together. Finally, pour the sauce in it. After cooking for a couple of minutes, it is done!

Tips:

When you fry the eggplant, you need to use the small fire.

Do not add too much starch in the sauce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post #14: Sour and Spicy Shredded Potato

This is a very famous dish in Sichuan Cuisine. This dish is also very common of home cooking in China. Since it is sour and spicy, a lot of children like this dish.

The materials you need to prepare:

Potatoes (two)

Green peppers (one)

Dry red peppers (two)

Green onions

Vinegar

Salt

Oil

First, wash the potatoes and peel them. Then cut the potatoes into potato chips, and cut green and dry red peppers into pieces.

Second, wash all the potato chips into the cool water for several times. Then, put them in a big bowl. Finally use the vinegar to dip the potato chips, do not use all the vinegar to dip them, add some water in the bowl. This step can make the potatoes more sour and tasty. Wait for about 15 to 20 minutes, pour out the water.

Third, heat the oil in the pot, put the green peppers and dry red peppers into it to cook.

Fourth, put all the potato chips into the pot to cook them together. Cook about 5 minutes and then add some vinegar and salt. Continue to cook 3 minutes to make sure the vinegar are absorbed by the potatoes.

Finally, you can add some chili sauce.

Post #13: Fried Rice with Eggs

This kind of fried rice is very easy to make when you are hungry.  It would not cost you too much time and it tastes good!

The most important thing to make this fried rice taste good is to use fresh and soft rice.


The materials you need to prepare:

Rice (cooked)

Eggs (three)

Ham luncheon meat

Green beans

Corns

Carrots

Salt         

Cooking wine

 
First, beat the eggs and add some salt, cooking wine into the egg. Then cut ham luncheon meat and carrots into small pieces.

Second, heat the oil in the pot, put the rice into it and then cook. Use the low heat to cook, and add some salt into it.

Third, put corns, green beans, and carrots into the pot to cook them together.

Finally, pour all the eggs into the pot. When the eggs are well cooked, the fried rice should be done!

 
Tips:

Do not add too much oil when you cook the rice.

You can add some other vegetables or shrimps as you like!

Post #12: Fried Shrimps in Hot Spicy Sauce

This dish is popular among the people who likes spicy food.

The materials you need to prepare:

Shrimps

Potatoes

Dry red peppers

Gingers

Green onions

Garlics

Soy sauce

Cooking wine

Sugar

Oil

First, you need to wash all the materials that you need. Peel the potatoes, cut the dry red peppers, gingers, green onions and garlics into pieces.

Second, use the salt to pickle the shrimps for a while.

Third, heat the oil into the pot, make sure that the oil is enough to cover all the shrimps. Then put the shrimps into the pot. Fry all the shrimps to golden color and take them out.

Fourth, fry potato chips to golden color and take them out.

Fifth, use the rest of the oil to cook gingers, green onions, dry red peppers, and garlics.

Sixth, put the well-cooked shrimps and potatoes into the pot and cook them together.

Seventh, add soy sauce, sugar, salt, and cooking wine into the pot.

Then it is done.  This dish is a little bit complicated, and the materials you need to prepare are very important. You cannot miss any of them. But after you finish, you will really like it.

Post #11: Crucian carp soup

In China, people always think that eat fish can make kids smart. Therefore, the parents often encourage their children to eat fish. In winter, it is a good idea to eat fish soup in cold seasons. My mom usually cook the crucian carp soup for us when the weather is getting cooler. It is not only tasty but also good for our health.

The materials you need to prepare:

Crucian carp

Gingers

Green onions

Salt

First, you need to clean the crucian carp, take all the viscera out of the fish. Then use the kitchen paper towel to dry all the water on the fish body to make sure when you fry it, the fish skin can keep perfectly.

Second, heat the pot with the oil. When the oil is hot, use the small fire to fry the fish. At the same time, you need to boil the hot water in another pot. When the fish is well cooked, put the fish into the boiling water.

Third, wash the green onions and gingers. Cut them into small pieces and then put them into the hot pot. When the water is boiling, use small fire to cook one hour. Do not forget to add some salt. Then it is done!

Tips:

You can add come vegetables you like into the soup when you cook.

Post #10: Video: My Japanese Friend

Post #9: Radio: Chinese food

Me and my friend Kaicheng are discussing about the Chinese food.

Post #8: Pork Braise in Soy Sauce

This Pork Braise in Soy Sauce is a very common dish. Almost every family know how to make it. It is not very difficult, and everyone can learn how to cook this dish. This dish is popular in a lot of places, but the way to cook it is a little bit different. South people like to use soy sauce and sugar to make the pork colorful and tender. However, north people like to make it more salty and tasty.

The materials you need to prepare:

Streaky pork

Soy sauce

Rock candy

Cooking wine

Green onions

Gingers

 First, you need to wash all the streaky pork and cut it into pieces. Then put them into boiling water to boil the pork. After this, you need to take them out the water and make them dry naturally.

Second, wash all the green onions and gingers. Besides, you need to prepare the rock candy for cooking.

Third, heat the pot and put some oil into the pot. When the oil is hot, put all the green onions and gingers into the pot. And then cook them.

Fourth, put all the pork into the pot. Use the high heat to cook, after cooking for a while, when the pork is almost well cooked, pour the cooking wine and the soy sauce into the pot. In the end, do not forget to put the rock candy.

Fifth, add some water in the pot, make sure the water has covered all the pork. Use the high heat to boiling it.

Sixth, when the water is boiling, turn the high heat to lower heat. And use this small fire to simmer for almost 45 minutes. Then, turn to high heat to make the juice and make sure the pork are tasty. It needs about 15 minutes.

Finally, take them out and it is done! It is not difficult. Just try it~

 

Post #7: Beef Stew Radish

This soup is very good in winter. When you eat this soup, you will feel warm and comfortable. The beef and white radish taste very good when they match together. But remember, do not add too much sauce into the soup, otherwise, they will cover the taste of the beef and white radish. This soup can warm your heart of homesick.

The materials you need to prepare:
Beef

Pepper

White radish

Green onions

Ginger

Salt

Soy sauce

Cooking wine

Sugar 

First, cut the green onions and ginger into short stalks. Then cut the beef into small pieces. Wash the beef and put them into the boiling water. Later, take them out, wash the blood water cover on the beef.

Second, heat another pot, and put the oil into it. When the oil is hot, put all the green onions and ginger into the pot. Finally put the beef into it and cook.

Third, when the beef is well cooked, you need to add the soy sauce and cooking wine into the pot. Then continue cooking.

Fourth, add some hot water into the pot. Besides, you need to add green onions, gingers and pepper. Use high heat and then low heat to boiling around 30 minutes.

Fifth, put white radish into the pot, when it is well cooked, the soup is done!

Tips:

Do not add too much soy sauce in the soup. This does not only destroy the color of the soup but also ruin the taste the soup.

The longer time you stew the beef, the more tender beef will be.

When the soup is done, you can add some fresh green onions on the soup to make it look better.

Post #6: Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs

Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs, this dish is one of the most popular dishes in Shanghai. As long as you go to the restaurants or go to the wedding feast, this dish must appear on the table. You can tell the taste by its name. It tastes a little bit sweet and sour. It is not complicated to make.

The materials you need to prepare:

Pork ribs

Cooking wine

Cooking starch

Rock candy

Soy sauce

Salt

Oil

First, you need to wash the pork ribs, and cut them into small pieces.

Second, put all the pork ribs in the big bowl. Add some salt and cooking wine into the bowl to pickle them for half an hour.

Third, add the cooking starch on the pork ribs, make them cover all the pork ribs. Make sure that the the cooking starch are around the pork ribs.

Fourth, heat the pot, and add some oil into the pot. Then fried the pork ribs into golden.

Fifth, pull the ribs out and wash the pot. Then boiling some water in the pot and pot a rock candy into the water and make it melt. Besides, you need to wait the water to dry. And later put the pork ribs in, and make they dip into the sauce.

Finally, add some soy sauce into the pot, and cook pork ribs together. Then you are done!

Post #5: Coke chicken wing

Since Shanghai people like sweet food, the Coke chicken wing is the popular dish in our daiy life. The chicken wings are good for our blood veseel and skin. The most important part in this dish is the coke, because the coke not only make the chicken wings sweet, but also make it taste more tender.

The materials you need to prepare:

Chicken wings

Coke

Garlic

Salt

Soy sauce

Ginger

Green onion

Cooking wine

First, wash the chicken wings, and use toothpick stick some holes on the chicken wings, this step is to make the sauce dip into the wings more easily.

Second, cut the garlic, green onion, and ginger into small pieces.

Third, put all the chicken wings into the plate, and then put all the green onion, ginger, and garlic on the chicken wings.

Fourth, add some salt, soy sauce, and cooking wine into the plate, pickle chicken wings about 15 minutes.

Fifth, put the oil into the pot, and then fried the chicken wings.

Finally, add some coke in the pot, and then turn the low heat to make the coke soup bacome think. Then it is done~

Post #4: Yam corn pork ribs soup

When the weather is getting cooler, it is good for people to eat some soup. The soup can make people feel warm and comfortable. Yam corn pork ribs soup is also very good for health. It tastes a little bit sweet and fresh because of the corn.

The materials you need to prepare:

Pork ribs

Yam

Corn

Ginger

Salt

First, wash all the materials you need. And cut them into small pieces.

Second, you need to wash the pork ribs, and then boil them in the hot water. Then, wash them again with clean water.

Third, boiling the water in the pot, and then put all the things except into the pot. When it turns boiling, use small fire to cook.

After an hour and a half, put yam into the pot, and then add some salt, don’t put too much salt.

Finally, use small fire to cook half an hour. It is finished!

Post #3: Fried eggs with tomatoes

In China, fried eggs with tomatoes is a home-style dish. When people start to learn how to cook, this dish is the first choice. This dish is easy to learn. Besides, it is very popular in our daily life. However, people from different places make different style of this fried eggs with tomatoes. Since I am from Shanghai, this dish would be made a little bit sweet. Shanghai people like to cook dishes with some sugar, because they think sugar would make food more fresh and delicious. What’s more, Shanghai people like to eat sweet food. Most of them are not used to spicy food.

This dish is easy to cook. First, you need two tomatoes and three to four eggs. Second, you need to beat the eggs and add in salt. Third, cleaning off the tomatoes, remove stems pedicle after the cuts. Fourth, putting the oil in the pan and heat it until the oil is hot. Then put the eggs into the oil; stir constantly until the egg is well-cooked. After the egg is done, put it into dishes. And then began to cook tomatoes, when you cook tomatoes, you can add some tomato sauce into the pan to make it delicious. Finally, you should put the egg into the pan and mix with the tomatoes. Don’t forget to add some salt! Isn’t it easy to make? So what are you waiting for? Try it now~

Post #2: Hot pot

In china, people often eat hot pot when the weather is getting cooler. The best season to eat hot pot is winter. Because hot pot makes people feel warm and full.

The first word people come up with when they talk about hot pot is spicy. The reason is that the hot pot originates from Sichuan Province. Sichuan province is famous for the spicy dishes. However, there is also not spicy hot pot; this is for the people who cannot eat spicy food.

For the students who study abroad, the hot pot is easy for them to make if they miss Chinese food.

The first thing you need is an induction cooker. And then prepare all the food you need for the hot pot. For example, beef, pork, shrimp, tomatoes, potatoes, and all the food you like. And the most important thing is the Hotpot condiment. The order of making hotpot is very easy.

First, boiling the water by the induction cooker, and then put the Hotpot condiment into the cooker. Second, you need to put the food you prepare into the cooker. The order is put the meat first because the vegetables are easy to be cooked. So put the vegetables later to make sure they are very fresh. Remember, you don’t need to put all the things to the pot. You can put some food, and when you finish, you can put some again. Keeping the pot cooking all the time. You can adjust the temperature of the cooker when you are eating. You don’t need to cook it, just put the food into the water, and wait. That’s all. It is very easy! Every can make it. The Hotpot condiment can find in the Chinese restaurant or the Asian market.

I will show you some pictures when I cook the hotpot.

It is very easy. You can make it by yourself.

Post #1: My Story

My name is Minxi Yao. My friends like to call me Xixi or Thea. This is my second year in Washburn University. I just changed my major to public relations this semester. The reason is that I had an internship in the advertisement company SEO department this summer in Shanghai, China for three months.I would like to work in the advertisement Company in the future. And I think learning Mass Media is much more useful for my job. So I decided to change my major after the internship.

I come to Washburn because that I was an exchange student last year, and after one semester, I think my English improved a lot. So I decided to stay here to get the degree in Washburn. And if I can get the degree here, it is much easier for me to get the job in Shanghai after I graduate.

I am very optimistic and easygoing. I like spend time with my friends. I like reading,writing and watching movies in my spare time. I also like traveling. Since I came here, I have been to Miami,Key West, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, L. A, San Francisco, New Orleans, Chicago, Minneapolis,Des Moines, and Omaha etc.As long as I have vacation, I am eager to traveling around. And I will go to Seattle this fall break with my fiends! It is really interesting to meet different people in different places. I like to talk to them and they are very nice and patient.

I come from Shanghai, a big city in China. I love my hometown. Shanghai is now developing very fast, you can almost find everything you want. And Disney in Shanghai opens this summer. I hope more and more people can come to visit Shanghai and know Shanghai.