A simple dough and some tasty garlic chives filling make really good stuffed pancakes or pasties. This is a classic Chinese snack called jiu chai hur zi 韭菜盒子. In Chinese it means garlic chive box, box being the pastry. This snack is one I like to make for weekend brunch, simple and filling. What is garlic chive or jiu chai 韭菜? It's a vegetable similar to spring onion (scallion) but the green '
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Di San Xian 地三鮮 (stir fried potato, aubergine and green pepper)
Di San Xian (or more accurately read as 'dee sun sen') is a delicious vegetarian dish from Dongbei (north east China). The name Di San Xian 地三鮮 is translated as 'earth three fresh'.Potato is hardly ever added to any Chinese stir fries, but this recipe really works and truly yummylicious. Once you have tried it, you want again and again. The secret of this recipe is all the vegetables must be
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Moo Shu Pork 木須肉
I got some dried woodears (black fungus) this morning from Aldi. I tried some for a quick stir fry of moo shu pork this evening. These woodears are pre-cut and thinner than those I usually buy from the Chinese supermarket. Once soaked I find them a bit bitty, ok for this kind of stir fry. I would not use it if I have to shred it very fine for some recipes. Tastewise it's fine.Now talk about this
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Dongbei Guo Bao Rou 東北鍋包肉
Dongbei 東北 means the 'East North' plain of China, old name is Manchuria. This area is made up of 3 provinces Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning.Guo bao rou 鍋包肉 is a sweet and sour pork Dongbei style. The difference between this S 'n' S pork to other bog standard S 'n' S pork is the use of very thin pork slivers. Pork loin is usually the choice of meat used.Here is the recipe.Ingredients: (serve 2 -
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