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Ingredients

1/4 cup Boiling water 1/4 cup Dry English mustard 1/2 teaspoon Salt 2 teaspoons Salad oil

Method

Stir boiling water into dry English mustard. Add salt and salad oil. For yellower color, add a little turmeric.

Ingredients

1 lb Boneless beef sirloin, or beef round 1 lb Boned chicken breasts 1 lb Fish fillets 1 lb Medium shrimp 1 lb Chinese cabbage 1/2 lb Fresh forest mushrooms, or Cultivated mushrooms Lemon juice 2 pk Enoki mushrooms (3 1/2?oz packages) 3/4 lb Chinese pea pods 2 bn Green onions 2 bn Spinach 8 oz Canned water chestnuts drained and sliced 8 oz Canned bamboo shoots drained and sliced 4 cn Chicken broth (13 3/4?oz cans) Sweet?and?sour sauce Soy sauce Prepared hot Chinese mustard 1/4 lb Fine egg noodles; cooked Cilantro or chives; chopped (optional)

Method

It is not necessary to use all ingredients listed here as long as you offer an interesting blend of meats, fish and vegetables. Other meats and vegetables can be substituted, if desired.

Place beef, chicken and fish in freezer and chill until firm to touch but not frozen. Slice beef and chicken in strips 1/4?inch thick and about 2 inches long. Cut fish into 3/4?inch cubes. Shell and devein shrimp. Chop cabbage into bite?size chunks. Clean mushrooms. If using forest mushrooms, remove and discard stems. Slice mushrooms and sprinkle with lemon juice.

Cut off and discard root portion of enoki mushrooms and separate clusters as much as possible. Wash, trim ends and string pea pods. Clean green onions and cut in halves lengthwise, including green portion. Cut into 2?inch lengths. Clean spinach and discard thick stems. To serve, arrange beef, chicken, fish, shrimp, cabbage, forest mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, snow peas, green onions, spinach leaves, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots in individual rows on large platters or serving plates. Bring broth to boil.

Place heating unit under Chinese hot pot and pour boiling broth into hot?pot bowl. Using Chinese wire ladle and chopsticks or fondue forks, each person places whatever ingredients are desired into hot broth to poach. When cooked (this will take only a few moments), ingredients are then dipped into sweet?and?sour sauce, soy sauce or hot mustard as desired, and eaten with noodles, adding cilantro, if desired.

Ingredients

3 Chicken breasts, boned and skinned 1/2 lb. Chinese pea pods 1/2 lb. Mushrooms 4 Green onions 2 cups Bamboo shoots, drained 1 cup Chicken broth 1/4 cup Soy sauce 2 tb Corn starch 1/2 ts Sugar 1/2 ts Salt 4 tb Salad oil 1 pack Cashew nuts (about 4?oz)

Method

Slice breasts horizontally into very thin slices and cut into inch squares. Place on tray. Prepare vegetables, removing ends and strings from pea pods, slicing mushrooms, green part of onions, and the bamboo shoots. Add to tray.

Mix soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar, and salt. Heat 1 tbls of oil in skillet over moderate heat, add all the nuts, and cook 1 min shaking the pan, toasting the nuts lightly. Remove and reserve. Pour remaining oil in pan, fry chicken quickly, turning often until it looks opaque. Lower heat to low. Add pea pods, mushrooms, and broth. Cover and cook slowly for 2 mins.

Remove cover, add soy sauce mixture, bamboo shoots, and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Simmer uncovered a bit more and add green onions and nuts and serve immediately.

Ingredients

20 oz. Pineapple Chunks In Syrup 3 tablespoons Packed Brown Sugar 5 tablespoons Teriyaki Sauce, Divided 1 tablespoon Vinegar 1 tablespoon Catsup 1 lb. Ground Beef 2 tablesppons Instant Minced Onion 2 tablespoons Cornstarch 1/4 cup Water

Method

Drain pineapple; reserve syrup. Combine syrup, brown sugar, 3 tablespoons teriyaki sauce, vinegar and catsup; set aside. Mix beef with remaining 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce and onion; shape into 20 meatballs. Brown meatballs in large skillet; drain off excess fat. Pour syrup mixture over meatballs; simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Dissolve cornstarch in water; stir into skillet with pineapple. Cook and stir until sauce thickens and pineapple is heated through.

Ingredients

1 duck, about 5 pounds,fresh or frozen 1 tablespoon salt 1 scallion 3 slices fresh ginger

Glaze

1 tablespoon light corn syrup 2 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon soy sauce Few sprigs fresh cilantro, for garnish

1. Thaw the duck, if frozen. Remove any excess fat, and rinse and pat dry with paper towels. Rub the entire surface of the duck, inside and out, with the salt. Cover and refrigerate for several hours, or, overnight.

2. Put the scallion in the cavity and lay the slices of ginger on top of the duck. Add at least 2 inches of water to a large flameproof roasting pan with a lid and put the pan on the stove. Place a large rack in the roasting pan and bring the water to a boil. Choose an oval casserole large enough to hold the duck and small enough to fit into the roasting pan. Place the duck in the casserole and then put the casserole on the rack. Cover and steam for 1 hour, checking the water level from time to time and adding more boiling water if necessary. Save the duck broth to use in soups or stir fry dishes. When done, remove the duck from the casserole and place it on a rack to dry.

3. Combine the ingredients for the glaze in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. With a pastry brush, paint the hot glaze over the surface of the duck. Allow duck to dry for 1 hour.

4. Preheat the oven to 375F. Roast the duck, breast side down, for 20 minutes. Turn over and continue to roast for 40 more minutes.

5. Transfer duck to a chopping board and allow to cool slightly. Using a cleaver, disjoint and cut the duck through the bone into bite size pieces. Arrange the pieces on a serving platter, garnish with cilantro and serve.

Ingredients

1 can (20 oz.) sliced pineapple in syrup 2 Whole chicken breasts, split (or 1 cut up 3 lb. fryer) 2 tablespoons Butter 1/4 cup Dry sherry 3 tablespoons Soy sauce 2 large Clove garlic, pressed 2 tablespoons Finely chopped crystallized ginger 1/2 teaspoon Salt 1 Red bell pepper, seeded, chunked 1 1/2 cups Sliced celery 1/2 cup Sliced green onion 1 Papaya, peeled, sliced (optional) 1 tablespoon Cornstarch

Method

Drain pineapple, reserving syrup. Brown chicken in butter; Drain.

Combine syrup with sherry, soy sauce, garlic and ginger. Pour over chicken. Cover, simmer 30 minutes, turning chicken once. Remove chicken. Add pineapple, bell pepper, celery, green onion and papaya to pan. Dissolve cornstarch in 1/2 cup water. Stir into pan. Bring to boil. When thickened, spoon over chicken.

Ingredients

1 1/2 tablespoons peanut oil 1 slice fresh ginger root ??1/2″ thick 1 pound beef ??in thin strips 4 ounces bamboo shoots ??sliced 4 ounces button mushrooms ??sliced 3 ounces snow peas 1/2 cup chicken broth 2 tablespoons oyster sauce 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce 1/4 teaspoon seasame oil 1/4 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch ??mixed with 1/2 teaspoon water

Method

Preheat a wok or frying pan and add the oil. Add the ginger and stir to add flavor to the oil. Discard the ginger and add the beef slices. Stir fry for about 2 minutes. Add the bamboo shoots, mushrooms, snow peas and chicken broth. Cover and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar. Thicken with the cornstarch blend and serve immediately with rice.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon Cornstarch 3 tablespoons Dry sherry 1/4 cup Water 1/2 cup Oyster sauce 1 pinch Crushed red pepper flakes 1 tablespoon Oil 1 tablespoon Ginger root, minced 1 Garlic clove ?? crushed 1 pound Broccoli ?? cut up 1 Green pepper ?? julienned 2 Celery ribs ?? sliced 6 Green onions ?? cut in pieces 8 ounces Cooked beef ?? sliced

Method

Dissolve cornstarch in sherry, oyster sauce, water, and add red pepper flakes. In wok or large skillet, heat oil over med high heat, add ginger and garlic. Stir?fry 1 min. Add broccoli, stir?fry 3 mins. Add green pepper, celery, and green onions, stir?fry 3 mins. Make a well in wok and add cornstarch mixture. Stir until thickened. Add meat and gently stir. Use chicken broth if mixture is too thick. Serve with steamed rice.