Tasty authentic Chinese recipe(s) required

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So we tend to get many Indian curry recipes on here but hardly ever get any Chinese recipes posted.

I'm going shopping tomorrow so am starting to make a list but I have no idea when it comes to Chinese food. I'll be honest, most of the takeaways I've had have been OK but never anything amazing. I've only ever had a buffet style meal in Chinese restaurants therefore I feel that I must be missing something...

So does anyone have any genuine, authentic Chinese recipes?

I don't mind which meat is the main ingredient!

Thanks!
 
Authentic Tiger Soup recipe

Ingredient
10 ounces tiger meat
1 ounce1000 year old gingseng
2 slicesginger
5 tiger claws
1 tiger penis (optional,1 depending on availability)
2 teaspoonsfinest chinese wine
100 gramstiger bone grind to powder

Blanch tiger meat and penis in hot water first Then put the meat, penis and 1000 year old gingseng to simmer over slow fire for four hours. Add in the tiger bone and simmer for another two hours Serve : Add in the ginger and garnish with the claws. Dish out the delicious, nutritious and exotic tiger soup and serve on a tiger skin carpet

Hang the whiskers and the tiger teeth on your door to prevent unwanted intruders.
 
How do you define authentic? The Chinese buffet food isn't Chinese, that's barstewartedised Chinese. Made to suit this country.

Real Chinese food normally consist with fish, whole, with the head and on the bone, usually steamed with ginger and garnished with spring onion. Veg are normally in it's own plate, like fried leafy veg, yes, you can fry lettuce. Don't let the western pre-conception hold you back, fry it with some garlic, it's amazing.

Food in any household tends to be simple, easy to cook, none of this sweet sour stuff or satay stuff. They are reserved for restaurants meals for most Chinese.
 
Raymond Lin said:
How do you define authentic? The Chinese buffet food isn't Chinese, that's barstewartedised Chinese. Made to suit this country.

Real Chinese food normally consist with fish, whole, with the head and on the bone, usually steamed with ginger and garnished with spring onion. Veg are normally in it's own plate, like fried leafy veg, yes, you can fry lettuce. Don't let the western pre-conception hold you back, fry it with some garlic, it's amazing.

Food in any household tends to be simple, easy to cook, none of this sweet sour stuff or satay stuff. They are reserved for restaurants meals for most Chinese.
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That's exactly what I mean. :) I guess I want a cross between the two because I am used to pretty intense flavours and might find it a bit too bland, which fish would you recommend?


Haircut said:
Quite a few more authentic style recipes here:
http://lizzieeatslondon.blogspot.com/search/label/Chinese

Lots of restaurant reviews, but many recipes in there too.
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SpeedFreak said:
Try here:

http://www.waiyeehong.com/recipes

there are loads of recipes
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Thanks, will have a browse. :)


I lived with a few Chinese people last year and although the majority of them were questionable (at best) cooks, one of them was great but I never got the chance to get any recipes from him.

He did make these small white squares at Chinese new year and said that it was a popular party dish but I have no idea what it was... :(
 
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One I was shown by a girl from Hong Kong was sweet and sour sauce.

1 cup of water
1/2 cup of white vinegar
1/2 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of cornflour
a few drops of red food colouring.

Bring to the boil to thicken.

I've seen it made many times with orange juice etc. but that's what she insisted her family used.
 
Cybermyk said:
One I was shown by a girl from Hong Kong was sweet and sour sauce.

1 cup of water
1/2 cup of white vinegar
1/2 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of cornflour
a few drops of red food colouring.

Bring to the boil to thicken.

I've seen it made many times with orange juice etc. but that's what she insisted her family used.
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My dad makes it in batches and there's vinegar and corn flour for sure but there's also oranges and lemons too.
 
Cybermyk said:
One I was shown by a girl from Hong Kong was sweet and sour sauce.

1 cup of water
1/2 cup of white vinegar
1/2 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of cornflour
a few drops of red food colouring.

Bring to the boil to thicken.

I've seen it made many times with orange juice etc. but that's what she insisted her family used.
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Almost what I do although I don't use food colouring unless I'm serving to friends as I don't care what it looks like!

I have a great recepie for crispy chilli beef somewhere.
 
I don't bother getting chinese takaways these days as all I used to get was rice and crispy chilli beef but this is so easy to do (20 minutes max) and a lot cheaper and if I say so it is much tastier!


Crispy Chilli Beef (serves 2 people)

Ingredients:
- Oil, for frying (I tend to use ground nut oil these days)
- 300g steak (minute or thin-cut sirloin best), sliced into thin strips and tossed with 3 tbsp cornflour (can use any steak really TBH)
- Broccoli florets from a small head, sliced (if you want some greenery)
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- A 5cm piece ginger, finely chopped
- 1 tsp dried chilli flakes, or 1 dried chilli, crumbled
- ½ bunch spring onions, sliced on the diagonal
- 4 tbsp soy sauce mixed with 5 tbsp sugar
- 2 limes, juiced

Cooking:
- Heat up oil in a wok (around 5cm oil in pan) until very hot.
- Fry steak in batches, drain and leave to sit on some kitchen paper.
- Remove most of the oil and stir-fry broccoli, garlic, ginger and chilli for one minute.
- Next tip in the soy sauce & sugar mix and lime juice and cook for two minutes.
- Put in beef and spring onions and toss in mixture for around 30 seconds (don't leave any longer as will end up being soggy chilli beef!)


Additional tips/serving suggestions:
You could reduce sugar down to 3 tbsp and it still works really well.

If you want to reduce strength of spring onions then you could cook along with broccoli etc.

Goes great with any rice but especially coconut rice.
 
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Awesome! Will have to give that a go. :cool:

Sadly I've already been shopping, I did buy some steak but it's ribeye and I shall be having steak and chips later!
 
spudbynight said:
Authentic Tiger Soup recipe

Ingredient
10 ounces tiger meat
1 ounce1000 year old gingseng
2 slicesginger
5 tiger claws
1 tiger penis (optional,1 depending on availability)
2 teaspoonsfinest chinese wine
100 gramstiger bone grind to powder

Blanch tiger meat and penis in hot water first Then put the meat, penis and 1000 year old gingseng to simmer over slow fire for four hours. Add in the tiger bone and simmer for another two hours Serve : Add in the ginger and garnish with the claws. Dish out the delicious, nutritious and exotic tiger soup and serve on a tiger skin carpet

Hang the whiskers and the tiger teeth on your door to prevent unwanted intruders.
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Probs easier to just call Charlie Sheen about this one, he seems to be the leading expert on Tigers and their blood etc at the moment :rolleyes:
 
Not authentic, but nice :)

Make a marinade with:
Glug of Soy sauce
Glug of Rice wine vinegar
Sesame Oil
Grated Ginger (thumb sized piece)
Chinese Five Spice
Honey

Marinade Pork Belly slices overnight.

Put meat in a casserole dish, wrapped in foil for 3 hours at 150C with a bit of the marinade.

Serve with simple stir fry of noodles, pak choi, ****ake mushrooms and baby corn - use sesame oil and a generous dash of soy.
 
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