BOILED RICE

BOILED RICE

Ingredients

1 cup long grain rice

2 cups water

Instructions

• Wash and drain the rice.
• Cook in boiling water for 5 minutes, stirringoccasionally to prevent sticking.
• Reduce the heat to simmering, cover the pan and cook for 20 minutes or until all the water has been absorbed and the grains are quite separate

PORK AND BAMBOO SHOOTS

PORK AND BAMBOO SHOOTS
Ingredients
2 lb lean pork
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tblsp sherry
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp ground ginger
1 litre water
4 oz bamboo shoots

Instructions :

• Cut the pork into small cubes. Mix the soy sauce, sherry, sugar andginger together, add to the pork, toss well and leave for 10 minutes.
• Put pork and flavourings in a large pan, add the water and bring gentlyto the boil, cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Drain bamboo shoots and shred finely, add to the pan and simmer for 10minutes.
• If wished, liquid may be thickened with 1 tablespoon cornstarch.mixed with a little cold water.

CHICKEN DICE WITH FRIED WALNUTS
Ingredients
4 dried mushrooms
4 oz shelled walnuts
1/3 cup oil
3 lb chicken
1 tsp cornstarch
1 tblsp sherry
2 tblsp soy sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp brown sugar
Instructions

• Soak the mushrooms in hot water for 10 minutes.
• Chop the walnuts and fryin 2 tablespoons of the oil for 2 minutes.
• Drain on absorbent kitchenpaper to remove all traces of oil.
• Cut the chicken meat into small pieces, fry in remaining oil for 3minutes over fierce heat, stirring all the time.
• Mix the cornstarch toa smooth paste with the sherry, soy sauce, salt and sugar.
• Add to thechicken and mix well.
• Drain the mushrooms and chop roughly, add to the pan and cook for 2minutes. Add the walnuts.

SWEET AND SOUR PRAWNS (SHRIMP)

SWEET AND SOUR PRAWNS (SHRIMP)
Ingredients :
1 lb-fresh peeled prawns
2 tblsp - tomato ketchup
1 tblsp - sambal oelek (meshed hot chilies)
pinch of MSG (monosodium glutamate)
1 tblsp -sugar
1 1/2 - rice wine
1 tblsp- cornstarch stirred in 2 tblsp water
1 clove - garlic
1 1/2 tblsp - fresh ginger
3 oz scallions
Marinade :
1 egg white
3 tblsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
3 tblsp water
5 tblsp oil
Instructions:

• Marinate prawns for 20 minutes in egg white, cornstarch, salt, waterand oil.
• Mix together the tomato ketchup, sambal oelek, MSG, sugar, rice wine andcornstarch. Peel garlic and ingwer and chop finely. Also chopscallions finely.
• Heat 3/4 litres oil in a pan or wok and fry half of the prawns. Takethem out of the pan after 45 seconds and drain them. In another pan orwok put 5 tablespoons of oil and fry garly and ginger for 30 seconds.Add prawns and fry while stirring constantly.
• Add prepared sauce and fry for 1 minute. Add chopped scallions and 2tablespoons oil.
  

RAINDROP SOUP

RAINDROP SOUP

Ingredients

6-Water chestnuts

2-Scallions

1 tblsp-Sherry

3 cups-chicken stock (1 cup = 250 ml)

6 oz -diced cooked chicken

salt and pepper

Instructions:

• Slice the water chestnuts and slice the spring onions (scallions) finely.
• Put these in a sauce pan with the chicken stock and the chicken. Bringto the boil and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.
• Add the sherry and season to taste.

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