Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Are there any legit American-Chinese cuisine recipes websites out there?

not Chinese cusines because they differ from American-Chinese!

Thanks in advance!Are there any legit American-Chinese cuisine recipes websites out there?
INGREDIENTS:

4 - 6 ounces (115 - 175 grams) chicken meat, thinly shredded

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 egg white

1 tablespoon thick cornflour/cornstarch paste - (1 part cornflour with 1.2 parts cold water)

about 1/2 pint (300 ml) seasoned oil (see below)

1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic (optional)

1 tablespoon thinly shredded fresh ginger root

3 - 4 spring onions, thinly shredded

4 - 6 ounces (115 - 175 grams) bean sprouts

1 small green pepper, cored and seeded, thinly shredded

1/2 teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar

1 tablespoon light soy sauce

1/2 tablespoon Chinese rice wine

2 tablespoons stock

pinch of MSG (optional)

a few drops sesame oil

PREPARATION:

Mix the chicken shreds with a pinch of the salt, the egg white and about 1 teaspoon cornflour/cornstarch paste. Blanch them in warm oil, stir to separate, then remove and drain them.



Pour off the excess oil, leaving about 2 tablespoons in the wok, stir-fry all the vegetables for about 1 minute, add the remaining salt and the sugar, blend well, then add the chicken with the soy sauce and rice wine, stir-fry for another minute, and add the stock and MSG, if using; finally thicken the gravy with the remaining cornflour paste, garnish with the sesame oil and serve hot.



*How to season vegetable oil Pour about 1 pint (600 ml) vegetable oil into a pre-heated wok or saucepan over a high heat, add 2 - 3 small pieces of ginger root. In a few minutes, the ginger pieces should rise to the surface. Now watch the color of the ginger; when it turns from pale yellow to dark brown, turn off the heat and let the oil cool down a little before removing the ginger pieces. Then store the seasoned oil in a container.Are there any legit American-Chinese cuisine recipes websites out there?
Food network.com and epicurious.com. You can tell that the recipes call for ingredients you can purchase at your local supermarket. It's hard to find the exact ingredients to create authentic chinese cuisine so chefs understand that it's okay to improvise. Also, you'll see that some of these dishes don't even exist anywhere else outside America, but the chefs got their inspiration from chinese cuisine.

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