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.

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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!