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Zucchini and Onion Casserole with Bacon and Cheese

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Zucchini and Onion Casserole with Bacon and Cheese

 

I started liking casseroles now. But I think I like the leftover better because the flavor really get soaked in several hours’ sitting.

Zucchini and Onion Casserole with Bacon and CheeseIngredients:

2 medium size zucchini, half a onion, 5 eggs, 1 small tomato, 1 cup shredded cheese (divided into 2 portion), 1 cup bread crumb, 1 clove garlic, 3 tbsp cooking oil, seasoning to taste.

Method:

Zucchini and Onion Casserole with Bacon and CheeseZucchini and Onion Casserole with Bacon and Cheese1. Chop zucchini, onion and tomato into cube-shape.

2. Mince garlic.

3. Mix all the ingredients but 1/2 cup cheese together.

4. Pre-heat oven to 375ºF.

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I used individual serving size baking dishes, baked 25 minutes.

6. Take baking dish out, sprinkle with leftover cheese, bake until cheese is done.

 

Zucchini and Onion Casserole with Bacon and Cheese

 

Fried Eggplant Sandwich with Shrimp and Green Onion

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Fried Eggplant Sandwich with Shrimp and Green Onion

 

This is the very first time to me to cook eggplant from my own vegetable garden, and this is why I decided to cook something really special.

Fried Eggplant Sandwich with Shrimp and Green OnionFried Eggplant Sandwich with Shrimp and Green OnionIngredients:

Dipping Batter: flour, corn starch, egg, seasoning

Eggplant Sandwich: eggplant, shrimp, green onion

Method:

Fried Eggplant Sandwich with Shrimp and Green Onion1. Mix flour and corn starch as 1:1, then add seasoning, egg and water to make a dipping batter.

2. Chop green onion into little pieces, sprinkle with salt, set aside.

3. Chop shrimp into little pieces, mix with green onion.

4. Slice eggplant.

Fried Eggplant Sandwich with Shrimp and Green Onion5. Spread some shrimp mixture on 1 slice of eggplant, then cover with another slice of eggplant to form an eggplant sandwich. Repeat until all the eggplant slices are gone.

6. Heat up deep fryer.

7. Dip eggplant sandwiches into dipping batter, then deep fry until it’s golden brown.

8. Drain on paper towel, serve when hot.

 

Fried Eggplant Sandwich with Shrimp and Green Onion

 

Stir Fried Asparagus with Mushroom and Onion

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Stir Fried Asparagus with Mushroom and Onion

 

I love asparagus, but there’s really not a lot of ways to cook it, and it’s hard to seasoning it.

Ingredients:Stir Fried Asparagus with Mushroom and Onion

asparagus, mushroom, onion, garlic (optional)

Method:

1. Chop asparagus into short sticks.

Stir Fried Asparagus with Mushroom and Onion2. Chop mushroom and onion into pieces.

3. Mince garlic.

4. Heat up skillet, add cooking oil, cook onion until tender.

Stir Fried Asparagus with Mushroom and Onion5. Add mushroom and asparagus into skillet, stir fry for several minutes, then add seasoning, after mix well add garlic.

I used some oyster sauce, and salt, white pepper, sugar.

6. After you smell garlic, mix 1 tsp corn starch and 2 tbsp water, stir well, add to skillet, quick stir until all the vegetable get coated.

7. Transfer to plate, now it’s ready to serve.

 

Stir Fried Asparagus with Mushroom and Onion

 

 

Stew with Rib and Sauerkraut

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This is my first time cooking with sauerkraut. There is something similar to it in China, it’s made of Napa Cabbage, not regular cabbage.

Ingredients:sauerkraut00101

sauerkraut, ribs, cellophane noodle, seasoning to taste, ginger root (optional).

Method:

1. Soak cellophane noodle in cold water, set aside.

sauerkraut001022. Pour cold water into skillet, add ribs, add cooking wine, little vinegar, maybe several slices of ginger root or ginger powder. Bring to boil on high heat, then simmer for about 5 minutes.

3. Drain ribs, rinse with warm water, set aside.

4. Form sauerkraut into several balls, squeeze some juice out of it, so it won’t taste too sour.sauerkraut00103

5. Pour enough water into skillet, bring to boil, add cooking wine and little sugar.

6. Put ribs and cellophane into skillet, then cover with sauerkraut, bring to boil, simmer for about 10 minutes.

7. Add salt into skillet, and any other seasoning you like, such as pepper, soybean sauce, etc.

8. Simmer for another 10 minutes or until cellophane noodle turn clear.

9. Serve when hot.

 

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Stew with Winter Melon and Ground Pork

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Stew with Winter Melon and Ground Pork

 

When it’s getting cold, stew becomes my favorite dish. It always make you feel better when you have warm food on table.

Ingredients:Stew with Winter Melon and Ground Pork

winter melon, ground pork, seasoning to taste.

Method:

1. Peel the winter melon, then cut it into half, clean inside and outside.

2. Chop winter melon into pieces.

3. Heat up skillet, add little cooking oil, cook ground pork until it’s not pink.

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4. Add cooking wine, vinegar, soybean sauce, and little sugar into skillet, keep cooking until all the juice is gone.

You can add some ginger powder, too, if you like.Stew with Winter Melon and Ground Pork

5. Add winter melon chunk into skillet, stir fry for several minutes, then add water, bring to boil, simmer for 10 minutes, stir, then another 10 minutes, stir, then until winter melon chunk look clear.

Cooking time varies, depend on size of the winter melon chunk.

 

Stew with Winter Melon and Ground Pork

 

Stir Fried Asparagus with Preserved Pork

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Stir Fried Asparagus with Preserved Pork

I’m not a big asparagus person, but once a while, I miss it. I use to stir fry it with eggs. But I noticed that it makes eggs looks darker in my lunch box next day. So I decided to cook it with meat this time.

Ingredients:Stir Fried Asparagus with Preserved Pork

Asparagus, onion, wood ear, preserved pork, seasoning to taste.

Method:

1. Soak wood ear in water for at least 1 hour, then clean and drain good.Stir Fried Asparagus with Preserved Pork

2. Chop asparagus into inch-long sticks.

3. Slice preserved pork into thin slices.

4. Chop onion into cubes.

5. Heat up skillet, no oil needed, set on medium high heat.Stir Fried Asparagus with Preserved Pork

6. Cook preserved pork for several minutes until the fat start looking clear.

7. Add onion to skillet, cook for several minutes until onion start getting tender.

8. Add some cooking wine and vinegar into skillet, mix well.Stir Fried Asparagus with Preserved Pork

9. Add asparagus and wood ear, keep cooking for several minutes.

10. Add salt, pepper, and a pinch sugar into skillet, stir well.

11. Transfer to plate and serve.

Stir Fried Asparagus with Preserved Pork

To view this recipe in Chinese, please click here.

Stir Fried Eggs with Pepper

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Stir Fried Eggs with Pepper

 

This is one of my favorite dishes ever since I was in middle school, especially summer time, when it’s time to harvest banana peppers. I love the hot but not too hot type peppers.

Ingredients:Stir Fried Eggs with Pepper

Peppers, eggs, seasoning to taste

Method:

1. Chop peppers into pieces, get rid of seeds.

2. Mix egg with little cooking wine and salt, maybe some white pepper, too, beat well.Stir Fried Eggs with Pepper

3. Heat up skillet, add cooking oil, cook peppers on medium high heat for several minutes.

4. Pour egg mixture into skillet before peppers get too tender, stir some, to make the egg mixture shape like a pancake.

5. Flip when the bottom get firm.

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6. When it’s golden brown on both side, transfer to a plate and serve.

 

Stir Fried Eggs with Pepper

 

辣椒炒蛋

By | | Vegetable, 蔬菜, 蛋
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辣椒炒蛋

 

小时候，家里有一个小后院，夏天就是一个小小的菜园子，每年必种的一样就是辣椒。每到辣椒收获的季节，辣椒炒蛋就是饭桌上最常见的一道菜。

材料：辣椒炒蛋

辣椒，鸡蛋，调味料

做法：

1、辣椒去籽，切块。

可以用切滚刀块的办法切辣椒，这样中间剩下的就是辣椒籽，略微省事一些。辣椒炒蛋

2、鸡蛋加盐和白胡椒、少许料酒打散。

3、炒锅倒油烧热，倒入辣椒中大火略炒。

4、辣椒稍微开始变软的时候，倒入鸡蛋液，略微搅动，把蛋液摊成一张大饼。

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5、蛋饼底部凝固之后，给蛋饼翻身。

6、蛋饼两面金黄即可出锅。

 

辣椒炒蛋

 

 

Stir Fried Bitter Melon with Eggs and Wood Ear

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Stir Fried Bitter Melon with Eggs and Wood Ear

Bitter Melon is also called Bitter Squash. As its name, it does taste bitter, but it’s good for you, by Chinese sayings. Actually, anything tastes bitter is good for your health, by old sayings in China.

I’m not a bitter melon fan, but I do cook it once a while, mainly stir fry with eggs.

Ingredients:Stir Fried Bitter Melon with Eggs and Wood Ear

2 medium size bitter melon, 3 eggs, 2 red cayenne pepper, 10 wood ear, seasoning to taste.

Method:

1. Soak wood ear in water for about an hour, then clean it up. Tear into smaller pieces if it’s too big.

2. Cut bitter melon in half, scoop the seeds out, then chop into pieces.

3. Chop pepper into pieces.

4. Mix eggs with a little bit cooking wine, set aside.

5. Heat up skillet with high heat, add cooking oil, pour eggs, cook until eggs get firm. Transfer eggs to a plate, set aside.

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6. Add cooking oil to skillet, stir fry wood ear until you start hearing it pop.

7. Add pepper and bitter melon into skillet, cook for several minutes, then add salt and pepper, a pinch of sugar. Keeping cooking and stirring.

8. Add cooked eggs back into skillet, keep cooking until bitter melon get some tender.

9. Transfer to plate, serve when it’s hot.

Stir Fried Bitter Melon with Eggs and Wood Ear

To view this recipe in Chinese, please click here.

Steamed Cabbage with Bacon and Onion

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Steamed Cabbage with Bacon and OnionAmerican cabbage is different from Chinese ones. Cabbage leaves in Chinese version are much thinner and are easier to stir fry. I had a hard time to cook cabbage when I first moved here. This is the first cabbage dish in American version I learned here.

Ingredients:Steamed Cabbage with Bacon and Onion

cabbage, onion, bacon, chicken broth/water, salt and pepper to taste

I cooked half of the cabbage, so I used half of the onion in the picture.

Method:

1. Chop onion to small pieces, set aside.Steamed Cabbage with Bacon and Onion

2. Chop cabbage to cubes, set aside.

3. Heat up skillet, add cooking oil, set to medium high heat, cook onion for several minutes until tender.

4. Add cabbage to skillet, cook for about 3 minutes, add salt and pepper, keep stirring until cabbage start sweating.Steamed Cabbage with Bacon and Onion

5. Cook cabbage until it start shrinking, add chicken broth/water until halfway cover cabbage. Bring broth to boil on high heat, then simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.

I don’t like to have too much juice in dish, so I don’t really pour too much broth. If you like to have more juice, you can add water/broth until cabbage are fully covered.Steamed Cabbage with Bacon and Onion

6. Add bacon, stir, simmer for another 10 minutes.

7. Stir well, simmer for another 10 minutes.

8. Serve hot.

 

Steamed Cabbage with Bacon and Onion