Mama Lew’s Beef Broccoli

Serves 6. Cooking time: ~30 min.

1 lb. beef (rib-eye steak) sliced, fat removed

2 bunches of broccoli (peel stems for more tender texture)

3 slices ginger (or 1 tsp. ginger powder)

Water

2 Tbsp. oil

pinch of salt
3 Tbsp. Soy sauce
3 Tbsp. Oyster sauce (to taste)
1 tsp. cornstarch (optional)

1. Prep meat: Add 1 Tbsp. soy sauce and 1 Tbsp. oyster sauce mixture. Stir. Let sit 10-15 min.
2.  Fry broccoli first in large frying pan with 1 Tbsp. oil, add a little touch of water and oyster sauce. Cover to steam for 2-3 minutes until broccoli is a bright green color. 
3. Remove broccoli and set aside, then brown the beef in 1 Tbsp. oil.
4. Add broccoli back into the pan, ¼ c. water, 3 ginger slices, 2 Tbsp. oil, pinch of salt, soy sauce/oyster sauce to taste.
5.  Optional: Add teaspoons of cornstarch to thicken to your liking.

Best with rice. Serve immediately. Refrigerate and enjoy within 1 week.

Pan-fried Tilapia Fillets

Serves 3-4. Cooking time: 20 min.

3 smashed garlic cloves

3 slices of ginger

~1lb. talepia fillets (fresh or frozen)

1 bunch of green onions, chopped to pieces about an inch in length

lemon juice

flour

1-2 Tbsp. soy sauce

water

1 tsp. sugar

1-2 Tbsp. olive/cooking oil

1.   Cover fish with lemon juice (gets the fishiness out)
2.    Lightly cover both sides of fish with flour
3.   Heat oil, garlic, ginger in large frying pan
4.  Place fish into pan, brown lightly on both sides
5.  Drizzle soy sauce, water, sugar over fish
6.  Add green onions
7.  Take off fire, cover, let sit for 3 minutes.

Serve immediately. Refrigerate and enjoy within 2 days.

Chinese Chicken Soup 雞湯

Prep time: 30 min.

Cook time: 1.5-2hrs.

Ingredients:

1 whole uncooked chicken

6 dried dates 紅棗

6-8 dried shiitake mushrooms (reconstituted in water, soaked)

a handful of dried goji berries

2-3 slices/twigs of Wisconsin Ginseng西洋蔘 (*expensive!)

2-3 slices of DangGui當歸 (optional)

Water

~ 2-4 tsp. salt

    1)   Clean the chicken, remove tail if desired. Place in boiling water for 5 min. to cleanse the chicken, then pour out water.

    2)   Place chicken in large soup pot, add water until covered.

    3)   Add all ingredients, cover, and cook on medium for 1.5 hrs-2 or until chicken is tender and can be shredded with a fork. Taste should be strong. 

    4)   Add salt to taste.

    5) Skim off top layer of oil with a tiny-holed mesh strainer for best taste.

Great to eat with Chinese puffed rice squares (GuoBa) 鍋巴, rice, or thin noodles! 

Jojo's Bok Choy 炒小青鋼材

"It's super simple." - Jojo

Add this much oil

Add this much crushed garlic

Add veggies, some salt

Add mushrooms (a new addition since 2014)

Chun Juan 春卷 (Egg rolls)

Feast your eyes on these!

- Add 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp cooking wine (optional), 2 tsp cornstarch, dab of olive oil to ground pork

In medium sauce pan, fry up :
- 2-4 julienned shittake mushrooms and pork

- add 1 small can bamboo shoots (julienned)

- 1 small head cabbage 

- pinch of salt

- 1 big handful bean sprouts

- a pinch of sugar

- a pinch of cornstarch

Let it cool for 5-10 minutes.

Put filling on egg roll skins, roll up from one corner, fold in the sides, use water to seal the top flap.

Deep fry or pan fry (flipping over half way through) in medium frying pan with olive oil.

Brown the ground pork

Fry up mushrooms in oil

Add a pinch of sugar, some salt

Add cabbage

Add bean sprouts

Cool by the fan

3) Wet the corner with water,
fold right corner to center

1) Add meat

2) Fold bottom corner up

4) Do same to other corner

5) Roll it up

Deep fry in vegetable oil in medium sauce pan

Za jiang mian 雜醬面 (Dark sauce tofu and pork on noodles)

1) Place into large frying pan on medium heat for 1 minute:

- 2 Tbsp oil

- 2 cloves crushed garlic

- 2 tsp. minced ginger

- 4 stalks of chopped green onion

2) Add 1/4c. of sweet bean sauce and stir. 

3) Add 1 lb. ground pork and brown it.

4) Add diced tofu and cook for 2 minutes. (The 5-spice dry tofu:https://garlicdelight.com/tofu-types/) Otherwise, just use regular firm tofu. I freeze and thaw mine before use to make it firmer.

5) Add 2 c. frozen shelled edamame (soy beans) and cook for 2 minutes.

5) Can add more sweet bean sauce to taste if needed. Cook on medium heat for 10 min. stirring often.

Serve over thick noodles or rice. Yum!

Rou yuan zi 肉圓子 (Chinese Meatballs)

- Add 2 c. chicken stock to 3 lbs ground pork butt

- 2 tsp. add soy sauce

- add 1 egg to meld together

- 3 stalks green onion

- 2 tsp. cornstarch to thicken

Stir about 40-50 times til soft and well-mixed.

Cornstarched!

Don't cry! Oh wait… green onions.

In a large pot: add 2 cups chicken stock, 2 c water, a couple of green onion twigs and 3-4 slices ginger. 

Heat on medium.

 In medium saucepan, add veggie oil to cover the bottom,

- roll meat into balls about the size of an egg, add it into oil, fry on high heat until browned on two sides. (Put water on hands to prevent meat from sticking to you!)

- add into the big pot once fried 

 

 

- cook on medium heat until tender (longer the better.. 30min?)
- add in tied tofu

- add in cabbage at the end

- Shiitake mushrooms and chopped garlic if wanted

Voila! Enjoy!