help recipe needed for daughters cookery lesson

tired_mum

hi all
need some help daughter has to do a chinese dish in cooking this week can anyone recommend something easy and quick for her to do
many thanks

kathyd_2

I saw/read a recipe the other day - stir fry beef - the usual stir fry ingredients but the sauce was peanut butter, soy sauce and juice of a lime.

I made this at the weekend using chicken, beansprouts etc., and juice of a lemon and it was really, really yummy.

lynzpower

the tough thing about chinese cookery is that in order for it to be quite authentic - you need quite a lot of fairly random ingredients

But one thing thats quite easy ( ish) with few ingredients is prawn toasts

thin sliced white loaf ( tescos do these still as do asdas)
bag frozen prawns
chinese all spice
lardspring onion
sesame seeds

Basically you need same amount of lard to prawns ( volume not weight)
chop lard - very finely chop spring onion and chop prawns very small
Mix & mash together in a bowl
spread this foul looking gunk onto a slice of white bread
then press prawn side down on a plate of sesame seeds so theyve all stuck
inb frying pan but about 1/2 inch oil - you want it hot but not smoky/spitty
Fry bread side down first until it goes golden then flip it over.
Cook for about 5 mins then scoff

Thats not really a recipe though - its more "what I do" youd be as well to look on a website such as waitrose, bbc or similar.

stressedoutmumof1

Chicken Chow Mein

175g egg noodles
1 tbsp oil
1 onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1cm piece of root ginger, finely chopped
100g beansprouts
100g mangetout or peas
175g cooked chicken
1tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

Cook noodles in boiling water. Heat oil in wok or large pan and fry onion for 2-3 mins, add the garlic, ginger, beansprouts and mangetout or peas and stir fry for 2 minutes. Drain noodles and add to wok with chicken and soy sauce, cook for 2 mins, stir in sweet chilli sauce and serve straight away. Serves 2.

pol

How about mushroom foo yung? Mushrooms, eggs, soy sauce and a little oil.

pol

Pink.

This is one I make quite often:

Sweet chilli chicken


Chicken breasts cut into cubes
1 red pepper
1 red chilli
Half a chopped onion
4 cloves of crushed garlic
4 chopped spring onions
Corn flour


For the sauce:

Stock cube dissolved in ¾ cup of boiling water
2 teaspoons of sugar
2-3 tablespoons of soy sauce
2 teaspoons of vinegar
2 tablespoons of ketchup
a few drops of sesame oil
freshly ground black pepper

Make the sauce by putting all the ingredients into a bowl, mix and put to one side.

Fry the chicken (in batches if making for large quantities) and set aside.

Fry red pepper, chillies, onion, and garlic over a medium heat for a few minutes.

Add the sauce ingredients and bring to the boil.

Use the corn flour mixed in a little water to thicken the sauce if necessary.

Add the chicken and spring onions and heat through thoroughly.

Serve with boiled or fried rice, or noodles



Some of these older threads might give you more ideas:

Egg fried rice

Lemon sauce?

Indian/Chinese food

Chinese spare ribs

recipes for prawn toast and salt and pepper chicken?

Help with spring rolls/samosas


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