White Fungus Soup Mix

Ingredients:

White Fungus 雪耳

Polygonatum玉竹

Dioscorea 准山

Chinese South Almond 南杏

preserved dates蜜棗

Barley 薏仁

Pork Bone

Method:

1. Boil the pork bone with water first and then rinse it with cold water. (Cleaning process)

2.Soak white fungus with water for 15 mins. (Break them into small pieces)

3. Rinse all the ingredients with water

4. Prepare a pot and add 15 cups of water. Put all the ingredients in there.

5. Cook with high heat first, when it starts to bubble, turn to low heat and cook it for 2 hrs.

6. Add salt

7. Serve

Benefits of this soup: Good for your lung and throat. Skin wise: Fungus can give you collegen and Barley can give you white skin color tone which will  help to lighten the dark spots on your skin.



Kimchi beef stir fry 泡菜炒牛肉

Ingredients:

Sliced Beef-150g

Kimchi -50g

Chives-100g

Bean sprout- 20g

Grinded Garlic-1/2 teaspoon

Sauce ingredient:

Rice wine-1 teaspoon

Soysauce-1 teaspoon

Sugar-1/2 teaspoon

Marinating sauce:

Egg-2 teaspoon

Salt-1/4 teaspoon

Soy sauce-1/4 teaspoon

Rice wine-1/2 teaspoon

Corn starch-1/2 teaspoon

Method:

1.       Marinate sliced beef with marinating sauce for 15 mins

2.       Wash chives and bean sprout. Chop Chives and kimchi

3.       Heat the pan, add ½ teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil. Cook beef with medium heat . When it’s 70% done. Take them out.

4.       Use the same pan, add ½ teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil. Cook garlic until you can smell it. Then, add bean sprout and cook them for 1 min. Continue to add kimchi and chives. Stir them around quickly. Add the beef back and add the sauce ingredients.  (Don’t cook beef too long, it will be too touch)

5.       Serve.

Salted eggs with chives salad 鹹蛋拌韭菜



Ingredients:

Salted Eggs-1

Chives-50g

Carrot-1/10

Onion-1/3

Sauce ingredients:

Soy sauce paste-1 Big teaspoon

Mirin-1 big teaspoon

Katsuobushi-1big teaspoon

Seven spices powder-1 small teaspoon

Method:

1.       Remove the egg shells and chop the salted egg into small pieces

2.       Wash chives, carrot and onion. Chop them all into small pieces

3.       Cook chives, carrot and onion in boiling water for 30 seconds. Then, place them in a pot of cold water for 1 min. Take them out.

4.       Make sure chives, carrot and onion are drained. Place them in a plate. Add salted eggs

5.       Continue to add soy sauce paste, mirin and mix them well together.

6.       Add 7 spices and Katsuobushi

7.       serve

7 spices powder



Kimchi Pork with Chives 泡菜炒肉片

Ingredients:

Sliced pork-200g

Kimchi-80g

Chive-150g

Garlic-2

Extra Virgin Olive Oil-1 teaspoon

Seasoning ingredients:

Chicken stock powder-1/2 teaspoon

Sugar ½ teaspoon

Marinating ingredients:

Rice wine-1 teaspoon

Soy sauce-1 teaspoon

Water-1 big teaspoon

Corn starch-1/2 teaspoon

Method:

1.       Marinate the pork with marinating ingredients for 15 mins.

2.       If the kimchi you buy is longer, chop them into small pieces.

3.       Wash chives  and chop them ; chop garlic into small slices or grind them

4.       Heat the pan and add the extra virgin olive oil. Add pork into the pan and quickly stir them. When the pork is 80% done, take the pork out.

5.       Add extra virgin olive oil into the pan, cook garlic until you can smell it. Add Kimchi  and some water. Cook until kimchi is soft.

6.       Add the pork back, quickly stir them. And add chives and the sauce ingredients.
7.       Serve



Stir fry pork & tofu

Ingredients:

Chinese 5 spices Tofu-5 pieces (These are marinated. Taste very yummy! I got them from T&T)

Chinese Chive-150g

Red Chili pepper-1

Pork Lion-200g ( cut them into small and thin slices)

Marinating sauce for pork:

Rice wine-1 teaspoon

Soy Sauce-1 teaspoon

Water-1 big teaspoon

Corn Starch-1/2 teaspoon

Sauce Ingredients:

Salt-1/2 teaspoon

Chicken stock powder-1/4 teaspoon

Method:

1.    Marinate the pork with the marinating sauce for 20 mins.

2.    Cut Tofu into thin slices

3.    Wash Chives and cut them into 3cm length and chop the red chili pepper

4.    Heat the pan and add one teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil. Cook the pork until they are done. Then, take them out.

5.    Add one teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil, put salt into the pan and cook tofu with low heat until they tofu turn into a little golden color.  

6.    Continue to add red chili pepper, chicken stock and chives into the pan.  Quickly stir them around. Add the pork back and cook them with high heat for 30 seconds and continue to stir.

7.    Serve.  

* For this recipe, you can skip the pork if you want. It will taste just as yummy.

Eggplants salad-Taiwanese style

Ingredients:

Egg plant-300g

 A:

Soy Sauce-50cc

Oyster Sauce-30c

Sugar-10g

Cold water-45cc

B:

Chili powder- 6g

Grinded Garlic-6g

Grinded Parsley-3g ( I used the dried ones since I can never finish when I buy a fresh one)

Sesame oil -5cc

Method:

1.       Mix ingredient A until the sugar is melted. Then add ingredient B and mix it together.

2.       Wash egg plants and boil them with a hot water. ( Make sure water is bubbling before you put the egg plants in) When they are soft, take them out of the pot.

3.       Cut them into small slices. Place them on to a plate and add the sauce on top.

4.       Serve.

 

Red Bean Soup-Chinese dessert

Ingredients:

Water:8 cups  (If it's not enough for you, you can always add more water.)

Red bean-2 cups

Barley-1 cup (It has various benefits, such as helping to get rid off edema and also lighten your skin color. These are the two main reasons I added this ingredient)

Brown sugar-4 bars (You can start with less sugar and adjust to the sweetness you want.)

Red dates: 1 cup

(Benefits: Calms the central nervous system, protects the liver, improves strength, inhibits cancer cells, treats skin cancer, prevents reaction in blood transfusion-women's menstration , treats diarrhea.)

Method:

1. Wash red bean, barley and red dates.

2.Soak red bean and barley with water in a big pot for 2 hrs.

3. Add red dates into the pot.  Cook it with high heat. When it starts to bubble, turn to low heat. Cook for 2 hrs

4. If you want to drink it thicker, you can continue to cook with the low heat untill you get the required thickness.5. When it's done, turn off the stove. Add brown sugar.

6. Serve. You can drink this dessert cold or warm.

However, you can also choose to cook red bean soup without barely and red dates. The benefit of red bean soup. 1) Promotes diuresis and reduces swelling for conditions characterized by the accumulation of water (such as edema or ascites); 2) Clears heat, damp-heat, eliminates toxins & drains pus especially in dermatological disorders (acne, sores, carbuncles - stronger therapeutic effect when applied topically).

You can use the same method to cook green bean. However, it has different benefits and usually eaten in the summer.It's Chinese energetic properties are sweet and cold. The Chinese therapeutic actions include: 1) Clears heat & toxins from the exterior of the body, such as carbuncles, sores, and ulcers; 2) Dispels Summer-heat and relieves thirst - it is a effective to prevent heat stroke during the summer season and is often eaten as a food/dessert in the summertime to relieve thirst, clear heat, alleviate restlessness, and lower body temperature. [Use this with caution for individuals who may have internal cold.]

You can eat the red dates. It's sweet. (When you buy them, some are seeded)

Brown Sugar