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Guest Post :Authentic three-course Chinese dinner
Monday, November 7, 2016 2:38
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So many of my friends think that making authentic Chinese food is difficult. They say to me ‘It’s ok for you but I wouldn’t know where to start and besides I wouldn’t know where to get hold of the ingredients’. Well, making those takeaway favourites is a lot easier than you might think. Here’s an authentic Chinese dinner that anyone can make. It’s not a quick meal but there’s nothing difficult here and as for the ingredients, you’ll find them all in your local supermarket.
Starter: Stir Fried Prawns
Prep time
2 hours 20 mins
Total time
2 hours 25 mins
Ingredients
450g raw prawns
4tbsp coconut oil or groundnut oil
5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3tsp chilli oil, or to taste
2tsp light soy sauce
Half tsp cornflower mixed with 3tbsp chicken or vegetable stock
50g cashew nuts
One bunch fresh coriander
Marinade
Quarter tsp salt
One tsp cornflower
One egg white
One tbsp. Shaoxing wine or medium dry sherry
Three quarters of tab cornflower mixed with three tbsp. chicken or vegetable stock
175g of mangetouts
Instructions
·· De-vein and place prawns in bowl
· Marinade with salt, cornflower and egg white
· Mix thoroughly and leave for two hours or more in the fridge
· Heat a wok over a high heat
· Add oil and garlic, stir briefly and add prawns
· Stir and mix for about thirty seconds
· Add chilli oil and soy and stir for a minute or two
· Stir in cornflower to chicken or vegetable stock and add to wok
· Stir until it thickens
· Add chopped cashews
· Serve with chopped fresh coriander
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Main: Stir fried cod with black bean sauce
Ingredients
· 500g cod fillet
· One and half tsp cornflower mixed with quarter tsp salt
· Two tbsp. fermented black beans, rinsed
· Two tbsp. sesame oil
· Three and a half tbsp. groundnut oil
· Three finely chopped garlic cloves
· One fresh red chilli, seeded and sliced thinly
· One tbsp. Shaoxing wine or medium dry sherry
· Three quarters of tab cornflower mixed with three tbsp. chicken or vegetable stock
· 175g of mangetouts
Instructions
· Pat cod dry and cut into three quarter inch wide pieces
· Coat evenly with seasoned cornflower
· Mash beans with sesame oil to form paste
· Heat a wok over high heat, add groundnut oil
· Add garlic, chilli and black bean paste and stir
· Add the fish and stir and mix for thirty seconds until brown
· Add the wine or sherry and mangetouts
· Reduce heat and continue to stir for about two minutes, until the fish is cooked
· Mix cornflower and chicken stock together and add to wok, continue to stir until it thickens and then serve
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Rice dish: Steamed onion rice
Author: Guest Post
Serves: serves 4
Ingredients
· One onion
· Two cloves garlic
· 300 ml rice
· 450 ml boiling water
· Half tsp salt
· One tbsp. groundnut oil
Instructions
· Wash the rice in several changes of cold water and soak in cold water for ten minutes
· Finely chop the onion and garlic
· Sauté in a saucepan with oil until soft
· Drain the rice thoroughly, add to the onion and garlic and stir until thoroughly coated
· Add the salt and 450ml boiling water
· Bring to the boil, immediately turn heat to its lowest setting, cover and cook for twenty minutes.
· Then remove from heat and leave the rice covered to sit for a further five minutes.
· Fluff with fork and serve
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