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!