Shanghainese Lion heads are always stewed with Chinese leaves or nappa cabbage. These meat balls are called lion heads because the Chinese leaves covering the meat balls look like a lion’s mane.Nearly every housewife in Shanghai is likely to tell you she has the best secret recipe for these stewed (red braised) meat balls. This is a popular every day dish as well as the more elaborate festival or
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Shanghai Bean Paste Pancake
Chinese: 豆沙鍋餅 (do sa war bin)This stuffed bean paste pancake is typical of Shanghainese snack or dim sum. Very easy to make and nice to go with a cup of tea.Recipe - Serve about 4For the pancake:1 egg110g flour (about 1 cup)1 cup of water1 tbsp of oil1 tsp of oil for greasing the panabout 250g of red bean paste 豆沙 (homemade as recipe or in a tin from supermarket) 2 tbsp of flour paste (mix
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Shanghainese Noodle Pancake
Chinese: 兩面黃 (liang mein huang)This a Shanghai street food, in translation this is called 'two yellow faces' (or two sides brown). This noodle dish makes excellent lunch. Cook like a stuffed pancake. Outside crispy inside soft and filled with a meat and vegetable filling.Very easy to make. Best noodles to use are those fresh thin noodles available from Chinese supermarket.recipe enough for 1 or
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