Cooker’s Pot

You’ll Need:

1 cup fresh cilantro, packed
1/2 cup fresh parsley, packed
1/2 cup Vegetable Broth
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
40 won ton, wrappers
8 ounces black beans, cooked
1/4 cup Vegetable Broth
1 cup corn, cooked
1 teaspoon cumin seeds

Procedure:

To prepare sauce, in food processor, combine cilantro and parsley, process until chopped. Add the 1/2 cup broth, oil, salt and pepper. Process until smooth. Transfer to a small sauce pan; keep warm over low heat. To prepare wontons, in medium bowl, mash beans; stir in the 1/4 cup broth. Fold in the corn and cumin seeds. Arrange wonton wrappers on work surface; place 1 heaping tablespoon bean-corn mixture in the center of each. With pastry brush dipped in water, brush edges of wonton wrapper, Top each with another wonton wrapper, pressing edges together with fork to seal. Cover wontons with damp paper towels until ready to cook. Bring large skillet of water and the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil to boil; add wontons. Cook stirring gently to prevent sticking, 4 minutes. With slotted spoon or spatula, carefully remove wontons to serving bowl; spoon cilantro sauce evenly over top.

You’ll Need:

1 pkg. Chow-mein noodles
1 tbsp. cooking oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 lb. lean pork, sliced
1/4 lb. fresh shrimp, cleaned and sliced
1 tsp. salt.
Dash of pepper
1 small onion, sliced
1/4 cup dried fungus, soaked and sliced
1/4 cup chives, sliced
Lemon slices for garnish

Procedure:

Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain thoroughly. Heal oil in skillet and add garlic. Add pork and cook until meat is tender and done. Add shrimp, salt, pepper, onions and fungus. Add noodles to pork mixture. Stir in chives. Place on large plate and garnish with lemon slices.

You’ll Need:

1/2 pound Chinese pea pods
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 (5 ounce) jar blue cheese spread
Milk

Procedure:

Wash pea pods, but do not stem. Blanch in boiling water for 30 to 60 seconds. Drain and chill. Combine and beat cream cheese, blue cheese spread, and enough milk to make a medium-stiff filling. When ready to serve, cut a tiny slit in each pea pod near the stem end. Place cheese filling mixture in a pastry tube fitted with a No. 2 (fine writing) tip. Ease tip into the slit and fill the pea with cheese mixture. Do not overfill or pods will split. Serve chilled.

You’ll Need:

3 pounds boneless pork butt

Marinade:
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons dry sherry
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon bean sauce
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon fivespice powder

Basting Glaze:
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup boiling water

Procedure:

Cut the pork butt in half, then slice each half into 3/4inch thick strips. (You should have about 12 strips). Place the pork in a nonreactive bowl. Combine the marinade ingredients in a small bowl and pour over the pork strips. Turn the meat to evenly coat, then cover, refrigerate, and marinate at least 3 hours or up to overnight, turning the meat occasionally.

You’ll Need:

1 lb Boneless beef sirloin
1 lb Boned chicken breasts
1 lb Fish fillets
1 lb Medium shrimp
1 lb Chinese cabbage
1/2 lb Fresh forest 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)

Procedure:

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.

You’ll Need:

1/3 cup Warm Water
1/2 tbs Sugar
1 pack Dry yeast
2 1/2 cup Flour
2 1/2 cup Cake Flour
4 tbs Sugar
1/2 tbs Salt
2 tbs shortening
1 1/4 cup Low fat milk
16 pieces white porchman paper 2 inches square

Filling:

6 oz Chinese BBQ pork, diced
1 Tbs Oil
1 tbs Water
1/2 tbs Salt
1/2 tbs Sugar
1/2 tbs Thin soy sauce
1 tbs Oyster sauce
1 tbs Hoisin sauce
2 tbs Cornstarch
4 tbs Cold water (for thickening)

Procedure:

Mix together the warm water, 1/2 tsp. sugar and yeast in an 8 oz. measuring cup. Let stand until it rises to the 8 oz. level (about 20 minutes). Sift flour, cake flour, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add shortening, yeast mixture and milk. Knead mixture 5 minutes to form a dough. Cover with a damp cloth and set dough in a warm place. Allow the dough to rise for 3 hours. Heat wok, add oil and stir-fry pork for 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons water, salt, sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce and hoisin sauce. Bring it to a boil. Prepare thickening by mixing the cornstarch and 4 tablespoons cold water. Stir into the mixture and cook for 1 minute. Let cool before using. After 3 hours, when the dough has risen, shape into rolls about 2 inches in diameter. Cut each roll into 1-1/2 inch pieces. Shape each piece into a shallow bowl shape. Put 1 tablespoon filling in the center, close and twist dough to form a bun. Put the bun on a 2 inch square of white paper. (This prevents the bun from becoming soggy while steaming.) Place 8 buns in a pie pan and allow them to set and rist for 15 minutes in a warm place. Steam for 25 minutes.

You’ll Need:

1 pound beef steak
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 dash white Pepper
1 1/2 pound broccoli
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/4 cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger root
2 tablespoons brown bean sauce
1 cup sliced canned bamboo shoots

Procedure:

Trim fat from beef steak; cut beef lengthwise into 2 inch strips. Cut strips crosswise into 1/8 inch slices. Toss beef, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, the salt and white pepper in a glass or plastic bowl. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes. Pare outer layer from broccoli stems. Cut broccoli lengthwise into 1 inch stems; remove flowerets. Cut stems into 1 inch pieces. Place broccoli in boiling water; heat to boiling. Cover and cook 2 minutes; drain. Immediately rinse in cold water; drain. Mix cornstarch, sesame oil and broth. Heat 12 inch skillet or wok until very hot. Add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; rotate skillet to coat bottom. Add beef; stir fry 2 minutes or until beef is brown. Remove beef from skillet. Heat skillet until very hot. Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; rotate skillet to coat bottom. Add garlic, ginger root and bean sauce; stir fry 30 seconds. Add bamboo shoots; stir fry 1 minute. Stir in beef and broccoli. Stir in cornstarch mixture; cook and stir 15 seconds or until thickened.

You’ll Need:

2 tb Sugar
2 tb Vinegar
2 tb Worcestershire sauce
1/4 c Chili sauce
6 sl Bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 tb Cooking oil
3 c Chopped bok choy

Procedure:

Combine first five ingredients in a saucepan; simmer 5 minutes. Heat oil in a wok or large skillet. Add bok choy; stir fry until crisp tender. Place on serving dish; spoon hot sauce over. Serves 6.

You’ll Need:

3 md Broccoli stalks; fresh
3 tb Peanut oil
1/2 ts Salt
6 tb Oyster sauce
1 ts Sugar
1 ts Tapioca starch
1/4 c Water
Sesame seed oil (Drops)
1 ts Soy sauce; Light

Procedure:

Wash broccoli and drain in a sieve. Cut the tops into flowerets. Make stalks into match sticks about 3 inches in length. In a heated wok, add peanut oil until smoke starts to rise, put in broccoli, salt. Stir and mix well. Put in 2 tablespoons of water, cover with a lid. Cook on high heat for 3-4 minutes until steam escapes from the edge of lid. Remove and drain with a sieve before putting on plate. Use a saucepan to boil up solution of oyster sauce, tapiocas starch, water, sesame seed oil and light soy sauce. When done, apply over broccoli.

You’ll Need:

1 Duckling rubbed inside and
-out with 2 tablespoon salt
2 tb Sherry
2 tb Hoisin sauce
2 tb Dark corn syrup
1 ts Five spice powder
1 tb Ground brown bean sauce

Procedure:

Rub duck inside and out with salt and refrigerate overnight. Mix remaining ingredients and rub on duck inside and our until used up. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place duck on rack, breast side up, in pan with 1 inch of water. Roast 1 hour, turn duck over, roast 1 hour more. Turn duck breast side up, increase heat to 350 degrees and roast 30 minutes. Remove from pan and cool. To serve, carve in the chinese manner, bones and all. Or carve as you would poultry. If carved chinese style, the duckling may be wrapped in foil after carving and frozen. Reheat in foil in 300 degree oven for 30 minutes.