Oriental Dishes

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

  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.

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