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Onion nuggets
Although I am using onion in this if you prefer you
can use chopped raw prawns, minced raw chicken, or
grated raw potato.
1 large onion
4 tablespoons flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon mixed herbs
Oil for deep-frying
Heat oil for frying. Finely dice onion, and mix with
rest of ingredients
Using two spoons make into rough ball shapes, and
drop into hot oil. Fry until golden
Boiled Rice
Use approximately 100g long grain rice per person
Put large saucepans filled with water on to boil add
tablespoon salt. When water is boiling add rice.
Cook until tender. Drain into colander shaking off
excess water turn out onto dish and serve
Fried rice
Boil rice as above when cool cover and place in
refrigerator until needed
2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon salt
Put oil into wok or large frying pan. When oil is
very hot add cold rice, and salt. Stir-fry for three
minutes. If wanted Ham, peas, and egg can be added
to make special fried rice. If adding ham etc add
another four minutes to cooking time
If adding egg slightly beat egg and pour over rice
while stirring
Chinese prawn crackers
Prawn crackers are sold dry in Chinese grocery
stores and they are not expensive.
To cook you will need a pan of oil for deep-frying.
When the oil is hot drop a few dried crackers in
they only take seconds to cook. Be careful not to
put to many in the pan at once as they really fluff
up, and a few goes a long way
Sweet and sour pork
450g lean pork cut into 3cm cubes
56g flour
1 egg lightly beaten
½ teaspoon salt
Small amount cold water approximately 75ml
Oil for deep-frying
Mix flour, egg. And salt in bowl. Add just enough
water to make a thick batter.
Coat pork cubes in batter and deep fry until golden
brown.
Serve with basic sweet and sour sauce and boiled
rice
Basic sweet and sour
sauce 1
450ml cold water
1 chicken stock cube
3 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoon vinegar
100g tomato puree
2 tablespoons corn flour
4 tablespoons water
Put 450ml water into saucepan add rest of ingredient
except corn
Flour and four tablespoons water. Simmer for ten
minutes add corn flour mixed with 4-teaspoon water
stir until thickened
Basic sweet and sour sauce 2
1 medium sized onion roughly diced, 2 tablespoons
oil,
1 tablespoon mixed herbs 450ml cold water 1 chicken
stock cube
3 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons vinegar
100g tomato puree. 2 tablespoons corn flour
1 small tin pineapple chunks 4 tablespoons water
Put oil in saucepan fry onion until translucent add
rest of ingredient except corn flour and 4 teaspoons
water. Simmer for ten minutes. Add corn flour and
water stir until thickened add salt to taste
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Stir fried noodles with bean shoots
250g dried egg noodles cooked for 4 minutes in pan
boiling water
200g fresh bean shoots
1 small onion diced
1 teaspoon garlic puree
½ teaspoon ginger
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 table spoons oil
Put bean shoot into colander, and when noodles are
cooked drain over bean shoots
Let drain. Put wok onto high heat and add oil. When
hot add onion stir frying until translucent. Add
bean shoots, noodles, and rest of ingredients stir
fry for 2-3 minutes.