Asian


Chinese Pork Egg Rolls

I love these.  I have so many variations of how to make these, but so far this is one of my favorites.  The best part is that they are easy to make :)

1 1/2 ground pork

3 Tablespoon soy sauce

1 teaspoon cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon sugar

2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil or just plain sesame oil will work too

1 Tablespoon Oyster sauce

10 ounces of shredded cabbage

1 cup of shredded carrots

8 dried Chinese mushrooms (shiitake). Soak in hot water till soft about 20-30 minutes

Cooking spray

3 cloves of garlic minced

1 1/2 teaspoons of fresh ginger grated or you can use the chopped in the jar

1 Tablespoon rice wine

2 packages of Spring roll/Egg roll wrappers

Oil for frying

Marinate the ground pork with 1 Tablespoon of the Soy, 1 teaspoon of the sesame oil, cornstarch, oyster sauce and sugar for 15 minutes at room temperature.

Shred the cabbage and the carrots and slice the mushrooms into thin strips – stems discarded

In a large frying pan spray with cooking spray and heat until hot.  Add the garlic and ginger and cook about 30 seconds.  Add the marinated pork mixture and cook till no longer pink.  Add the carrots and mushrooms and cook about 5 min then add the cabbage cook till just soft.  Add the rice wine, remaining soy and sesame oil.  Cook for about another 1 or 2 minutes.  On a baking sheet lined with paper towels spread the filling to cool and let the paper towels soak up any excess moisture.  When filling is cool you are ready to wrap.  Follow instruction on package for how to roll your egg roll.  Do Not Over Stuff!  About 2 Tablespoons of filling per wrapper.  Fill frying pan with about 1 cup of oil and heat till hot cook egg rolls on each side for about 2 minutes, or golden brown.  Make sure the oil is hot or the egg rolls will soak up too much oil and be greasy.

Jeanne's Plum Sauce Chicken

This is so good I am sure you will make it a weekly favorite. Simple, easy and delicious.

Marinate 3 pounds of boneless skinless chicken thighs or breast tenders overnight in
1 Tablespoon Sesame oil
1 Tablespoon chopped garlic
1 Tablespoon chopped ginger
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
Marinate over night

Make plum sauce:
1 cup plum jam
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 Tablespoon chopped ginger
3 cloves chopped garlic
1/2 cup honey

After marinating chicken overnight, BBQ chicken until golden brown. Do not over cook.
Place Chicken in a 9×13 glass dish cover with plum sauce and bake at 325 for 20 minutes.
Serve over rice

For some extra crunch add a few strips of cucumber of red bell pepper.

For the Sauce

1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar

4 teaspoons hoisin sauce

1 Tablespoon minced fresh ginger

2 teaspoons chili-garlic sauce

1 Tablespoon of brown sugar if desired

Mix first all ingredients in  a small bowl.  Pour sauce into ramekin.

For the Filling

You will need  8 inch diameter rice paper rounds

2  2/3 cups of coleslaw mix (shredded cabbage and carrots).  You can always shred your own.  I have done both.

4 Tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

8 teaspoons chopped fresh mint

8 cooked, peeled, deveined medium shrimp.  Halved horizontally.

Submerge 1 rice paper round in a large bowl – I use a pie dish-filled with room temperature water.  Let stand till soft but not limp.  About 1 minute.

Place softened round on work surface.  Mound about 2/3 cups of the coleslaw mix at end of round closest to you; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of cilantro and 2 teaspoons of mint.  Top with 4 shrimp halves, cut side down.  In a single layer.  Fold in ends of round; roll up tightly into cylinder.  Repeat with remaining ingredients 2 or 3 more rolls.  Cut rolls diagonally in half.  Serve with sauce.

1lb Shrimp.  Deveined with shell and tail removed

1/4 cup of Oyster Sauce

Egg Roll wrappers

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Marinate shrimp in Oyster Sauce for about 15 min.  Pour marinade and shrimp in saute pan and cook till shrimp is pink.  Wrap 2 or 3 shrimp in egg roll wrapper.  You can cut the shrimp in half or in thirds if you want. Wet the edge of the wrapper to seal it closed.

Heat oil over medium/high heat and cook till lightly brown on each side. Cut each egg roll  in half on a diagonal.  Serve with soy or hot mustard sauce

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