Cola Chicken

This week's recipe is Cola Chicken a fairly modern Chinese dish that is very trendy right now in Taiwan and Mainland China. Some say it tastes a little bit like three cups chicken (三sān 杯bēi 鸡jī ). I don't think so myself, so we'll do that recipe soon to let you compare.


Ingredients for 4 people


600g chicken legs
3cm of ginger
1/2 bulb of garlic
3cm lump of rock sugar or 3T brown sugar
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup cola
green onion and coriander to garnish

Procedure

1 Fry chicken until brown then remove and set aside.
2 Fry ginger and garlic until the fragrance develops.
3 Add the chicken, soy sauce and sugar. Stir constantly until well browned from the soy.This takes about 10 minutes.


4. Add cola and cook for half an hour.


5. Garnish with green onion and coriander

Rou zao

肉ròu 躁zào

This week we bring you a meaty sauce that can be served with either rice or noodles.


Ingredients for 4 to 6 people


500g /1lb mince beef or pork
2-3 shallots or a small onion
1 small handful dried oriental mushrooms
1t 5-spice powder
4-5 star anise
2t -1T sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water
1T rice wine

Procedure

1 Soak mushrooms in hot water for 10 minutes until soft

2 Squeeze the excess water out of the mushroom, remove stalks and then cut into small cubes

3 Chop onion into small pieces

3 Fry onion until soft and then add mushrooms. Cook until the fragance starts to develop

4 Add mince

5 When almost cooked through add the soy and sugar and cook for 5 more minutes

6 Add water and spices

7 Stew for half an hour on a low heat

8 Garnish with finely cut green onions and corriander

9 Add a few drops of sesame oil and serve with rice or noodles and vegetables

Qing Jiao Niu Rou - Green pepper beef

青qīng 椒jiāo 牛niú 肉ròu is a dish that is enjoyed across China. The version we present here isn't quite authentic because we are using three different colors of pepper. So strictly we should call it 彩căi 椒jiāo 牛niú 肉ròu However, the Chinese chef is a master of improvisation and will use anything in the larder.



Ingredients for 4 to 6 people


500g /1 lb beef
3 peppers
1 small onion
4T oil for frying
1/4 cup of water

Marinade
1T rice wine 1T soy sauce 1T flour

Procedure

1 Cut beef into strips

2 Mix marinade and stir into beef

3 Cut up onion

4 Cut up pepper



5 Heat 3T of oil

6 When the oil is hot take out 1T of oil, add it to the beef and stir



7 Add the beef to the pan a stir fry until the beef is 70% done then remove and set aside



8 Add 1T oil and fry onion until tender, add pepper and fry for 2 minutes



9 A some water and season to taste

10 Add the beef back and stir fry again for one minute making sure the that everything is well mixed

11 Serve hot