Taste Hong Kong

A Recipe for Preventing Flu – from Apple Daily News I came across an article on Apple Daily News titled, ‘Onion, Garlic vs Flu’, in which the columnist, Yim Ho, suggested ... a secret recipe specifically for preventing flu ... I have that soup re-created it my kitchen and hopefully more could benefit from this post. ...

Cabbage Kimchi Stir-Fried with Beef Either cold or hot, it is good. I'm saying my feeling for the kimchi which are often savored cold as a side dish. But it gets me equally additive be it served alone or be part of a dish. It is generous. It always passes its intense flavors on to other ingredients with which it is being cooked together. ...

Cantonese Fried Noodles with Shredded Pork: Guest Post on Rasa Malaysia I am so honored to have this recipe, Fried Noodles with Shredded Pork, also known as the Yuk See Chow Mein (肉絲炒麵) in Cantonese, a guest post on Rasa Malaysia. Thank you Bee for inviting me to take part in her esteemed blog. ...

Chicken Curry with Onions The ingredients included in this chicken curry are nothing rare but a few humble ones including chicken drumsticks, carrot, potatoes. Curry sauce is homemade with the right mix of curry, turmeric and paprika powder and to cook with coconut milk, fresh garlic, onion, shallot and red onion. ...

Double Cooked Pork Slices This is a famous dish of the Sichuan cuisine. Interestingly, I have never found one Shanghainese restaurant here in Hong Kong not listing this Double Cooked or Twice Cooked Pork Slices on their menu. So a possible reason is that spicy food is also one of their favorites. Added to this, my guess is, this dish is just too simple to adapt because unlike other Sichuan foods, which require lots of spices and different types of chilies, the key ingredients for making this dish include only chili bean sauce, pork slices, green and red chili peppers. ...

Egg Dumplings in Oyster Sauce With only four eggs, about 100g ground pork and a few sprigs of spring onions, I made a dozen of dumplings. Very often, they are simmered in oyster sauce immediately after fried. If not, like what I did this time, the dumplings are stored in fridge and cooked the other day. Or they can also be kept in freezer for up to a week. ...

Fried Ground Pork on Bean Threads Originated from Sichuan, this dish is also nicknamed as Ants on a Tree because it resembles several big classes of ants climbing up a tree (ants are ground pork, tree is bean threads). ...

Fried Tofu Sandwiches So called this is a sandwich, but the spread is neither mayonnese with egg nor butter with ham, instead it is ground beef filled in tofu slices. Making the fried sandwiches is more or less the same as usual sandwiches only that the tofu have to be coated by egg wash and cooked by pan frying. ...

Hand-Pulled Chicken with Cucumber The Chinese way of getting a chicken (or part of it) cooked for this hand-pulled chicken (手撕雞) is mostly done by boiling, poaching or steaming. I use only chicken drumsticks and choose to steam them with julienned spring onion and ginger for more flavors. And, with a simple coating over the chicken drumsticks before steaming, I am happy that the meat is juicy and tender after cooked. ...

Lettuce Wraps – Chinese Style Stir fry ground pork with finely chopped dried oysters and water chestnuts. This is one of the (if not the most) popular Chinese styles of preparing lettuce wraps. ...

Moo Shu Pork – with Cloud Ears and Golden Needle Vegetables The dish is named Mo Shu because it is something about the tree of osmanthus, which pronounces similar to Mo Shu. And because one of the ingredients of this dish, the scrambled egg, is cooked to resemble osmanthus, the name is given. ...

Stewed Beef Shank We may choose to stew the beef shank in advance and put in fridge for a couple of days before consumption. Actually this is most ideal to consume it after chilled for 1 to 2 days when the texture of beef become more compact. Serve as appetizer or main dish. ...

Stuffed Chili Peppers Stuff chili peppers (jalapeno type) with ground beef and white fish meat like sole or carp. Cook with pan-frying to seal their flavors and make them turn golden brown. ...

Wontons in Soup Making these wontons can be fun particularly when you do it together with your friends or family members, wrap, chat, cheer . . . May choose to use ground pork or beef as wonton fillings. ...