Tofu in Hoisin Sauce with Sesame Seeds
Hoisin Sauce is made from soya beans, vinegar, plum sauce and other flavourings. It is sweet and spicy and the flavours combined with toasted sesame seeds complement this simple vegetarian dish
Main Dishes
Oyster Chicken with Mange Tout
Oyster sauce should be used sparingly in Chinese cooking. Used in moderation it adds wonderful flavour but too much can be over powering. This recipe uses breast meat but feel free to substitute thighs or a mixture of both.
Beef and Three Mushrooms with Oyster Sauce
In this recipe we use combination of three mushrooms – dried sliced Chinese mushroom, fresh button or chestnut mushroom and fresh oyster mushrooms. Do not use flat field mushrooms as the colour from the gills will transfer to the dish.
Steamed Sea Bass in Oyster Sauce
Steaming and fresh ginger enhances the subtle sweetness of the fish. It is traditional to steam a whole fish with it’s head on, but feel free to use halibut, cod or even salmon steaks for this recipe if you wish. Use the freshest fish you can find.
Yellow Bean Pork Stew
Ideally, you need a food processor to blitz the onions and garlic in this recipe. However, if you do not have one, chop up the onions and garlic finely. Serve with steaming, hot rice.
Sweet and Sour Prawn Stir-fry
We have added sliced pineapple to our sweet and sour prawns to make this a special dish to be remembered. If preferred, replace prawns with chicken or pork. Remember to cut the meat into bite size pieces and season before lightly dusting in cornflour.
Spicy Szechuan Chicken Stir-fry
Fried red chillies in this dish adds a little heat. Leave out the chillies for a milder flavour.
Fish in Yellow Bean Sauce
Use any fish steaks you like for this dish. I used Swordfish steaks but cod, hoki or monkfish work just as well. Delicious served with hot white rice.
Garlic Seafood Stir-Fry with Ginger and Spring Onion Sauce
A meal on a plate. We have used a combination of prawns and squid for this dish. Feel free to use fish and or scallops as well. If fish is the choice we suggest a firm fish like monkfish.
Tangy Chinese Steaks with Tenderstem Broccoli
In Chinese cuisine western ingredients such as tomato and Worcestershire sauce are used to good effect in this tangy steak recipe. For best results do use good quality beef and replace with ordinary broccoli if you can’t get the tenderstem variety. In this recipe the steaks are flash fried in oil but it is quite … Continued