Hainan Chicken Rice Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hours

Total Time: 1 hours, 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken, whole
• 5 onions, chopped in quarters
• 5 ginger, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
• 5 garlic cloves
• 8 scallions, halved
• 3 thai chillis, minced
• 2 cups jasmine rice

Method:

1. Blanch chicken in a pot of hot water to remove unwanted scum and fat.
2. In another pot bring 15 cups of water to a boil. Add the scallions, onions, ginger, and garlic.
3. Place the chicken into the pot and poach on low heat.
4. Cook for 45 minutes.
5. Take the chicken out of the pot and let it rest on a rack.
6. Cook rice with 4 cups of the reserved stock in a separate pot.
7. Serve chicken and rice together on a plate.

Chinese Sausage and Bacon Glutinous Fried Rice Recipe

Prep Time: 5 months, 5 minutes

Cook Time: 20 months, 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 months, 25 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups glutinous rice
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup chinese bacon (lap yuk), diced
• 1/2 cup chinese sausage (lap cheong), diced
• 3 tbsp dried shrimp, hydrated
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 scallions, minced
• 2 tsp sesame oil

Method:

1. Cook rice and water in a pot or rice cooker for 25 minutes.
2. Heat wok on high, add 2 tsp of vegetable oil, add sausage and bacon. Cook until some of the fat renders off the meat. If too much oil comes out, pour some of the oil out of the wok.
3. Add the shrimp, toss and add the rice.
4. Go ahead and add the other ingredients and keep tossing.
5. Mix well and when hot add the sesame oil and turn off the heat.
6. Plate it and serve hot.

Yeung Chow Fried Rice Recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

• 3 cups precooked white rice (best if it is a day old)
• 1/4 cup shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 cup barbecued pork, diced
• 1/4 cup peas
• 2 eggs, whisked
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp rice wine
• 1 tsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil

Method:

1. Heat a wok on high and add 1 tbsp vegetable oil.
2. Toss in the shrimp and cook it till they turn color. When done place it in a bowl.
3. Keep the wok hot, and add 2 tbsp of oil, when hot enough add the eggs then the rice.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix into the rice.
5. When steam starts to rise, it is a signal that the rice is hot enough.
6. Pour rice into a bowl and garnish with chopped scallions.

Szechuan Beef Recipe

Prep Time: 10 months, 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 months, 15 minutes

Total Time: 25 months, 25 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups beef flank, sliced
• 2 tbsp hot bean paste
• 1 tbsp ginger, minced
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• 5 tbsp rice cooking wine
• 1 tsp szechuan peppercorns, ground
• 1 tbsp chilli sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1/4 cup scallions, julienne
• 1/4 cup carrots, julienne
• 1/4 cup red pepper, julienne
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 cups vegetable oil, for deep frying

Method:

1. Combine the beef, salt, cornstarch and garlic powder in a bowl.
2. Heat a wok on high and add 2 cups of vegetable oil. Once the oil reaches 375F deep fry the beef for 5 minutes. This will make it very crispy.
3. Remove beef from the oil and remove excess oil with some paper towel.
4. Remove all the oil in the wok. Reheat the wok on high heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil. Stir fry the ginger, chilli sauce. Then add all the other ingredients and toss. Cook for 7 minutes.
5. Add the beef to the wok and toss.
6. Quickly plate it on a dish and serve hot.

Spicy Ma Po Tofu

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups soft tofu, inch cubes
• 1 cup ground meat (chicken/turkey/pork/beef)
• 2 tbsp spicy sambal or chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp bean paste
• 1/4 cup edamame beans, blanched
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp cornstarch, equal parts water

Method:

1. Heat up a wok on high and add the vegetable oil.
2. Add the garlic and sambal or chilli sauce and cook for 10 seconds to draw the flavors out. When it starts to brown add the soy sauce.
3. Place the ground meat into the wok and brown the meat evenly.
4. Once the meat is cooked, add the tofu, bean paste, edamame beans, stock and sesame oil.
5. Add the cornstarch mixture to thicken the sauce
6. Place in a bowl and serve on white rice.