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Tofu Pudding (Tofu Fa)

Ingredients:

  • 300 g Soy bean
  • 12 cups water
  • 3 tbsp corn meal
  • 454g sugar
  • 1 tbsp calcium hydroxide/carbide ( you can find it from Chinese herbal medicine store, tell the storekeeper that it is for making ‘tofu fa’)

Directions:

  1. Soak the beans over night with another 4 cups of water
  2. Use that soaked and drained bean and 12 cups water to make soy milk by food processor.
  3. Reserve one cup of soy milk and bring the rest to boil, add sugar and stir well
  4. Combine the corn meal, calcium hydroxide and the one cup of soy milk into a 5 litre ‘Corning glass’ pot or other lager and good insulation pot, stir well
  5. Pour the boiling soy milk into that pot, cover and rest for about 45 mins at room temperature until set (don’t move the pot after you pour in the hot milk)

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Honey Chicken Wing

Ingredients:

  • 1 c. honey
  • 1/2 c. soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp. ketchup
  • 1/2 tsp. ginger
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 4 tbsp. oil
  • Dash salt, optional
  • Dash pepper, optional

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients and cover 5 pounds of chicken. No need to marinate.
  2. Bake about one hour at 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Best if prepared a day ahead and rebaked one hour at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Lemon Chicken

Ingredients:

1/2 c. & 2 tbsp. cornstarch
3/4 c. water, divided
2 egg yolks
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (2-2 1/2 lb.)
2 c. corn oil
3 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tbsp. fresh ginger, minced
1 c. chicken broth
1/3 c. fresh lemon juice
1/2 c. scallions (cut diagonally, 1″ slices)

Directions:

  1. In medium size bowl combine 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1/4 cup water and the egg yolks; whisk until smooth. Add chicken breasts, coating each piece well.
  2. In a wok, heat 2 cups oil for frying; until sizzling. Fry chicken breasts, part at a time, on both sides until brown and tender. Remove to paper towels and keep warm.
  3. In medium saucepan, place 2 tbsps. cornstarch, brown sugar and ginger. Stir in 1/2 cup water and broth. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until thickens and comes to a boil, boil for 1 minute.
  4. Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice. Cut each chicken breast slightly at diagonal, into 4 pieces.
  5. Arrange slightly over lapping on serving dish. Pour sauce over, sprinkle with scallions.
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Sweet and sour shrimps

Ingredients:
1/2 lb of medium sized shrimps,
5 pieces of garlic,
3 oz. flour,
1 piece of egg,
2 spoons of tomato sauce,
1 lime,
1/2 spoon of sugar,
salt and pepper.

Direction:

Clean the shrimps, remove the heads, keep the tails
Clean garlic, and slice thinly. Sprinkle over the shrimps.
Make a mix of the flour, egg, with enough water, salt, and pepper.
Heat oil on a pan.
One by one, put the shrimps into the pan by first dipping it in the mix above. Fry until golden.
Put on a plate, pour tomato sauce over them.
Tomato sauce: Heat tomato sauce, add sugar, and lime juice

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