Beef Chow Fun Recipe (Hakka Style Stir Fry Noodles)
Hakka Style Stir Fry Silver Needle Noodles (客家炒银针粉) is one of those recipes that are unknown in the western world but incredibly delicious. 银针粉(yínzhēnfěn) translated as silver needle noodles; they are made with rice flour and tapioca flour, and they have a unique bouncy and chewy texture. If you are a noodle lover, this one should be on your trying list.
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INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING THE SILVER NEEDLE NOODLES
250 grams of rice flour (Amazon Link -
80 grams of tapioca starch (Amazon Link -
200 grams of hot water
100 grams of room temperature water
INGREDIENTS TO MARINATE THE BEEF
200 grams of beef, sliced thinly
2 tsp of soy sauce (Amazon Link -
1/2 tsp of dark soy sauce (Amazon Link -
1/4 tsp of 5 spice powder (Amazon Link -
1/4 tsp of baking soda (Amazon Link -
White pepper to taste (Amazon Link -
A drizzle of cooking oil
OTHERS TO COMPLETE THE STIR FRY NOODLES
3-4 tbsp of cooking oil as needed
2 whole eggs, beaten well
1 tbsp of minced garlic
2 tsp of fermented black bean, roughly diced (Amazon Link -
85 grams 3oz of carrot, julienne
4 oz of pickled mustard green, sliced thinly
2 baby bok choy, julienne
1.5 tbsp of soy sauce (Amazon Link -
1.5 tbsp of oyster sauce (Amazon Link -
White pepper to taste
1 tsp chili flake to taste
2 tsp of toasted sesame seeds (Amazon Link -
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine the rice flour and tapioca flour thoroughly. Bring 200 grams of water to a boil, then slowly pour it into the flour mixture and stir until well mixed. Cover it and let it cool until lukewarm.
Slowly pour in about 100 grams of room temperature water in batches and knead it until the flour forms into a smooth dough.
Divide the dough into six smaller pieces. Roll each one into a long thin strip. Line all the strips together and roughly cut them into bite-size pieces (10-12 grams each).
Shape those bite-size dough pieces into pointy needle noodles by rolling them back and forth.
Bring 3 liters of water to a boil and add the noodles. Do not stir immediately. Give it a minute for the starch to set; then, you can stir so the noodles cook evenly.
If you eat the noodles right away, continue to cook for 2-3 minutes after the noodles float to the top of the water. If you are going to use the noodles as an ingredient to make stir fry noodles, continue to cook for 1-2 minutes after the noodles float.
Transfer the noodles into the ice bath to firm up the texture. Leave the noodles in there while preparing the ingredients for the stir fry noodles.
Cut the beef into 1/8 of an inch thick slices, then marinate with soy sauce, dark soy sauce, five-spice powder, baking soda, and vegetable oil. Set aside for 15 minutes.
Cut the stem part of the baby bok choy smaller and the leaves part bigger. Separate the leaves and the stem because they take different time to cook
Drain the silver needle noodles completely; Then season with oyster sauce, soy sauce, and some white pepper to taste.
Heat your wok until smoking hot. Add oil (1.5 tbsp) and swirl it around. Pour in the beaten egg. Swirl the wok again so the egg can cover the bottom of the pan. Once most of the egg is set. Flip it over and cook the other side for 10 seconds. Take it out and cut it into egg noodles. Set it aside.
Turn the heat back on high. Add more oil and heat it until smoking hot. add the beef and stir until the color is changed; remove to the side. Make sure you tilt the wok to leave the excess oil behind.
Add the minced garlic, diced fermented black beans, sliced pickled mustard green, julienne carrot, and the bok choy stems. Stir over medium heat for a couple of minutes.
Add the well-drained silver needle noodles, cooked beef, egg, and the leafy part of the baby bok choy to the wok. Stir over high heat until the bok choy is soft and the noodles are heated up.
Before serving, sprinkle some chili flakes and toasted sesame seeds to taste.
Cantonese Shrimp Siu Mai (Learn to make the Most Popular Dim Sum)
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Shrimp Siu Mai is one of the must-order dim sum items whenever you go to a tea house restaurant. I will show you how to make it from scratch and give you some shortcuts if you don't want to put in so much labor.
INGREDIENTS (Makes 20 Siu Mai)
Make the Siu Mai Filling
14 ounces [400 grams] of peeled and deveined shrimp (Medium 41/50 per pound)
4.5 ounces [127 grams] of ground pork, 25% fat
3 pieces of shiitake mushroom, soaked and diced
1 whole egg
1/4 cup of diced scallions
1.5 tbsp of cornstarch
2.5 tsp of soy sauce (Amazon Link -
2.5 tsp of oyster sauce (Amazon Link -
1/2 tsp of sugar (Amazon Link -
1.5 tbsp of minced garlic
1.5 tsp of minced ginger
1/2 tsp of salt
2 tsp of sesame oil (Amazon Link -
Make the Siu Mai Wrapper
4.5 oz (127 g) of all-purpose flour (Amazon Link -
1/4 tsp of salt
2 oz (57g) of water
1/2 tsp of turmeric Powder (Amazon Link -
cornstarch as needed
Others
Minced carrot for garnish, optional
Make the Dipping Sauce
1 tbsp of julienned ginger
1.5 tbsp of Chinese black vinegar (Amazon Link -
2 tsp of soy sauce (Amazon Link -
INSTRUCTIONS
Make the Filling
Season the shrimp with 1/2 tsp of salt and some white pepper to taste.
Reserve half of the shrimp and keep them whole for presentation. Use a cleaver to smash the other half of the shrimp one by one, then roughly grind them into a paste. Shrimp is delicate, so this won't take too long. If you don't have a cleaver, please use a meat tenderizer.
Soak the dried shitake mushrooms in water 2 hours in advance. Squeeze to eliminate the water, then dice the mushrooms finely. If you can not find dried shiitake mushrooms, replace them with fresh mushrooms, diced carrots, or water chestnuts.
Combine the shrimp, pork, mushroom, egg, scallions, and cornstarch in a big mixing bowl. Although this is a shrimp siu mai, mixing it with some pork will balance the texture and the flavor.
Season the filling with soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, minced garlic, ginger, and sesame oil. Next, mix the filling within one direction until the paste becomes gluey and sticky, then chill it in the fridge while making the wrappers.
Make the Wrapper
Add the turmeric powder and salt to the water and stir well, then pour the mixture into the all-purpose flour slowly and mix at the same time until the water is well absorbed. A classic Cantonese siu mai wrapper has a yellow color, which comes from turmeric or food coloring. Some recipes use egg yolk, but then you will end up with extra egg white, so I recommend using turmeric.
Gather the flour and knead it for a few minutes until a rough dough forms.
Set the paster roller at the thickness setting, feed the dough through, and a rough sheet will come out. Fold the sheet and feed it through the roller again. Repeat this process 6-8 times or until the sheet becomes smooth.
Gradually lower the thickness and feed the sheet through until it becomes 1 mm thick.
Use a 3.5-inch round cookie cutter to cut the wrapper into circles. Then, recombine the scraps and feed them through the pasta roller to make more wrappers. If you don't have a paster roller, feel free to cut the store-bought wonton wrappers into circles and use them as a replacement.
Dust the wrappers with cornstarch to prevent sticking, and set them aside.
Wrap the Siu Mai and Steam
Put 1.5 tbsp of filling in the middle of the wrapper and pack it tight. Push up the edges, then use your forefinger and thumb to surround the siu mai and make it into a cylinder.
Place the siu mai in the steamer on top of parchment paper, then top it with a piece of whole shrimp and garnish it with minced carrots. Continue to wrap the rest. High-end dim sum restaurants usually will use delicate fish roes as garnish. Try it if you have access to purchase fish roes.
Bring a pot of water to a boil and steam the siu mai over high heat for 6 to 8 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the julienned ginger, Chinese black vinegar, and soy sauce. This dipping sauce is non-spicy but is classic for all kinds of steamed dim sum.
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Chef Lucas Sin is standing on the streets of Kennedy Town at 3 A.M. for an extremely valid reason—Sun Hing, one of Hong Kong’s last operating late night dim sum restaurants, is just opening for business. Join Lucas as he tries a variety of expertly steamed buns, from luxurious and silky custard buns to pork and shrimp filled siu mai—and everything in between.
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BETTER THAN TAKEOUT – Sesame Chicken Recipe
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To be honest, the first time I ate this I was thinking, no, Chinese people do not eat sesame chicken. And now, I make it every week. Seriously, who can say no to these crunchy nutty little bites of chicken? And this recipe could be the best sesame chicken you ever had.
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Ingredients to marinate the chicken (Serve 2-3 people with some white rice)
- 1 lb chicken thigh, cut into 1.5 inches cubes
- 2 cloves of garlic
- black pepper to taste
- 1.5 tsp of soy sauce [Amazon Link:
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 3/8 tsp of baking soda
- 1 egg white
- 0.5 tbsp of starch (add it to the marinade)
- 1 cup of Potato starch (use it to coat the chicken)
- 2 cups of oil to fry the chicken
Ingredients for the sauce
- 2 tbsp of Honey
- 3 tbsp of brown sugar
- 2.5 tbsp of Soy sauce [Amazon Link:
- 3 tbsp of water
- 2.5 tbsp of ketchup
- 1 tbsp of vinegar
- Sweet potato starch water to thicken the sauce (2 tsp of potato starch mixed with 2 tsp of water) (Amazon Link:
- 1 tbsp of sesame oil [Amazon Link:
- 1.5 tbsp of toasted sesame seeds [Amazon Link:
- Diced scallion as a garnish
INSTRUCTION
Cut some boneless and skin on chicken leg into 1-inch size pieces. You can use chicken breast if you wish to.
Marinate the chicken with 1 tsp of grated garlic, 1.5 tsp of soy sauce, 1/2 tsp of salt, some black pepper to taste, 3/8 tsp of baking soda, 1 egg white, and 1/2 tbsp of starch. Cornstarch, potato or sweet potato starch, they all work, depends on what you used for the coating later. Mix everything until well combined. Cover it and let it sit for 40 minutes.
Add half of the starch into a big container. Spread it out. Add in the chicken. Cover the meat with the other half of the starch. Put on the lid and shake for a few minutes or until the chicken is coated nicely
Heat up the oil to 380 F. Add the chicken piece by piece. In less than 2 minutes, you can feel that the surface is getting crispy and the color is slightly yellow. Take them out. Then we gonna do the second batch. Before that, you might want to fish out all those small little bits. It is optional but it does affect the quality of the oil.
Keep the temperature at 380 F, and fry the second batch of the chicken. Once you are done, let all the chicken rest for about 15 minutes and we gonna double fry the chicken. Double frying will stabilize the crunchiness so it last longer. At the end we will coat the chicken with some glossy sauce If you don’t double fry it, the chicken might not be crispy while serving. You just keep an eye on the color. In about 2 or 3 minutes, it will reach that beautiful golden color. Take them out and set it aside.
Next, we gonna make the sauce. In a large bowl, add in 3 tbsp of brown sugar, 2 tbsp of liquid honey, 2.5 tbsp of soy sauce, 2.5 tbsp of ketchup, 3 tbsp of water, 1 tbsp of vinegar. Mix them until well combined.
Put your wok on the stove and pour all the sauce in. There is some sugar sink in the bottom of the bowl, make sure you clean that. Keep stirring the sauce on medium heat. Bring it to a boil and pour in some potato starch water to thicken the sauce. This just 2 tsp of potato starch mixed with 2 tsp of water. Keep stirring until it reaches a thin syrup texture. Introduce the chicken back into the wok, along with a drizzle of sesame oil and 1.5 tbsp of a toasted sesame seed. Toss everything until the chicken is coated nicely. Take them out. Garnish it with some diced scallion and you are done.
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This is a perfect recipe for when you come home from work and you got hungry kids to feed. Everything can be ready within 20 minutes. Better and faster than take out. You can also take it to work as lunch because it reheats in the microwave really well. The flavor if impeccable, it is nutty, savory. The chicken is tender and soft. The noodles are very filling but well balanced with the veggies.
INGREDIENTS
1 lb of fresh egg noodles
12.3 oz (350 grams) of chicken breast
1/3 tsp of salt
1/3 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine (Amazon Link -
Black pepper to taste
3 cloves of garlic, sliced thinly
1/2 inch of ginger, julienne
4 oz of carrot, julienne
1/2 of a red bell pepper, julienne
5 mushroom, sliced thinly
4 oz of snap peas
5 scallions
To Make The Sauce
1.5 tbsp of Soy sauce (Amazon Link -
1 tbsp of dark soy sauce (Amazon Link -
1 tbsp of oyster sauce (Amazon Link -
1 tbsp Hoisin sauce (Amazon Link -
1 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine (Amazon Link -
1/2 tbsp of pure Peanut butter (Amazon Link -
1/2 cup of water
INSTRUCTIONS
Slice the chicken breast thinly. Marinade with garlic, ginger, salt, Chinese cooking wine, black pepper, and baking soda. Baking soda will break down the meat fibers and tenderize the chicken. It will give you that melt in your mouth texture.
Julienne the carrot, bell pepper. Slice the mushroom. Cut the scallions. To save time, you can buy a bag of pre-cut, mixed vegetables from the supermarket.
In a sauce bowl, combine all the sauce ingredients thoroughly. The peanut butter makes the sauce creamier and thicker, helps the flavor to wrap around the ingredients. You have to break up the peanut butter a little bit first so it doesn't clump up.
Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the noodles until 80% done. Drain completely. Do not over cooked the noodles otherwise they will turn soggy when you finish them in the wok with that lomein sauce.
Meanwhile, turn the heat to high and heat your wok until smoking hot. Toss in the marinade chicken and stir for 2 minutes or until it just changes color. Add all the vegetables except for the scallions. continue to stir for 1 minute. Add the well-drained noodles along with the lomein sauce. Keep stirring over medium heat until all the sauce is absorbed. As soon as the sauce is gone, you have to turn off the heat. Otherwise the noodles will start sticking to the wok.
Add the scallions and serve.
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