Simple Chinese Food Recipe 4- Fried Eggs with Tomato

Fried Eggs with Tomato is the most popular Chinese home-style cooking. It has beautiful colors and rich nutritions. Again, like all the other dishes I have introduced, it is also easy to prepare.







Directions:

1. Stir liquid eggs with chopsticks or spoon, and then cut the tomatoes into cube.

2. Heat the pan first and then add some oil; wait until the oil is hot, pour the liquid eggs and then fry the eggs.

3. When the egg cake is ready, put it aside in a bowl and then cook the tomato.

4. Wait till the juice of tomato come out, add the egg cake.

5. Crumble the egg cake and then add some salt, chicken powder and then stir-fry for 1 minutes.

6. Yummy Fried Chicken Eggs with Tomato is done. Good appetite!


Finally sincerely thank you to future Chinese top chef- Alison Zhang and her great assistant!

Simple Chinese Food Recipe 3 - American Style Spring Roll

Sping Roll is a traditional Chinese food and is usually served during holidays, weddings, birthday parties. However, in my opinion, it is not that healthy, since it needs to be deep fried in oil. However, you can make you own style healthy Spring rolls. I am currently in the states, so I invented an American Style Spring Roll that is helthu and easy to prepare. All the ingredients can be found in supermarkets.

Traditional Chinese Spring Rolls:

Simple Chinese Food Recipe 2- Coke Chicken Wing

The most popular soft drink in the world-Coke can be a great cooking ingredients.Coke gives the dish caramel color and a sweet taste. The dish is easy to prepare and cook.







Directions:

1. Leave the chicken wing with cooking wine, salt, Soy Sauce and sugar for 20 minutes.

2. Put some oil in the pan and wait till the oil is heated.

3. Firstly put some garlic and ginger,then Stir-fry the chicken wings for about 3 minutes.

4. Add some soy sauce, salt and sugar and fry for 5 minutes.

5. Add coke into the chicken wing and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

6. Special Coke Chicken Wing is ready. Enjoy!

What to eat in Shanghai

Shanghai (上海) is the largest city in China with a population of over 20 million people in its metropolitan area. After 1990, the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping resulted in rapid development and financing in Shanghai, and in 2005 Shanghai became the world's largest cargo port.The city is a top tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as the Bund and City God Temple, its modern and ever-expanding Pudong skyline including the Oriental Pearl Tower. Today, Shanghai is the largest center of commerce and finance in mainland China, and has been described as the "showcase" of the world's fastest-growing major economy. The local food culture is greatly influenced by the western culture while it still have a lot of delicious tradition dishes.

1. Chestnut Stewed Chicken (板栗煨鸡)

This is one of my favorite dishes. (I have too many favorites :-))Chestnut is a very popular nut in China and it has hard shell and it looks like hazel but larger. It tastes sweet and contains high starch. Simmering it with chicken makes the chicken tastes more gentle and luscious. Dried mushrooms are always added to this dish. The chestnut need to be boiled first and added to the chicken that has been fried.





2. Eight Treasure Glutinous Rice (八宝饭)

Glutinous Rice is a type of short-grained Asian rice that is especially sticky when cooked. Eight treasure Glutinous Rice is a dessert made from glutinous rice steamed and mixed with lard, sugar, red bean paste and other kinds of fruits or nuts. It has a round shape and has many different colors due to various fruits. It is usually served when the family is reunited. It is a traditional dessert that is popular in south part of China.



3. Steamed Bun with Crab Cream Inside (蟹粉汤包)

Steamed Bun has already been introduced in former blog post, but this one is special since the inside is crab meat. Not all part of crab is used, only the crab berry. As you can see from the photo, you need a straw to suck the rich crab cream!



4. Oil Gluten stuffed with minced meat(油面筋塞肉)

Oil Gluten is made from wheat flour and made into a ball shape and then washed over and over in water until only gluten is left.Then the balls are fried in deep oil. Fill the Oil gluten with minced meat and vegetables and then steam the balls. When serving, they are always with soup.





5. Eight Treasures Spicy Paste (八宝辣酱)

The ingredients includes shrimp meat,peanut,sliced pork,and bamboo shoot. The secret seasoning is starch. Firstly fries meat with vegetables, then added mixed starch with water and soy sauce. Leave it in the pan and wait until the paste become thick. Eight treasure means there are around eight different ingredients in this dish.

Simple Chinese Food Recipe 1- Mapo Tofu

As I mentioned in last post, I will upload a video teaching you how to cook Mapo Tofu. I asked a friend of mine who was very interested in cooking and aims to become a top chef in China to help me. All the ingredients are available in the supermarkets in U.S., so if you are interested, please DIY yourself!





Directions:

1. Cut Tofu into cubes, prepare some vegetables, ginger, garlic,and spring onions.

2. Fry ginger and garlic first, and then the tofu.

3. Add some salt, soy sauce and sugar, stir-fry the tofu.If you like spicy taste, add some chili peppers.

4. Add some water and vegetables and stir-fry for a few minutes.

5. Finally add starch. Starch need to mixed with water first.

6. Yummy Mapo Tofu is done. Enjoy!