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Main Meal

Watercress Soup

Soups at a Chinese meal are served together with the meal and not at the beginning as a starter. Family members would help themselves from one large communal bowl but you may prefer to serve in individual small bowls.

Chicken Tempera

This is a spicy chicken dish that originates from the Far East. Add chillies to taste or leave out altogether if cooking for children. Serve with white rice and stir fried vegetables.

Red Thai Curry with Chicken

Red Curry is the most well known Thai curry. The basis of the curry is the dried chillies that are ground to a paste together with lemon grass and galangal. This recipe uses 2 large chicken breasts if you prefer to cook the way the locals do, double the ingredients and use a small whole … Continued

Tamarind Beef (Assam Beef)

Tamarind is the pulp from the pods of the Tamarind tree. It has a sweet, sour, fruity aroma and taste and is used as a souring agent in curries and sambals. Interestingly it is a vital ingredient in the making of Worcestershire sauce. With this recipe the use of extra chillies is optional.

Boxing Day Curry

<p>Spice up left over turkey by adding it to Wing Yip Chinese curry concentrate.</p>

Crispy Aromatic Duck

<p>Crispy duck is served with Chinese pancakes, shredded spring onions, cucumber and Hoisin sauce. Some restaurants serve this dish with Plum sauce as an alternative.</p>

Pancakes

These pancakes are easy to make – they are cooked in pairs – and are often eaten with crispy or roast duck. In Northern China, where wheat is a staple crop, pancakes are often used to wrap meat and vegetables.

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.

Pork in Dark Soy – Babi Tauyu

This dish appears in different guises in South East Asia. This family recipe is made with dark soya sauce, but a similar Indonesian dish, Ketchap Babi is made with ketchup manis (a sweetened dark soya sauce). Lean belly pork is ideal for this dish. However if you use a cut such as pork shoulder or … Continued