123 Mix Chili Sauce 混醬事

Mix all three sauces together and
you'll get a different flavor hot sauce.

1 tsp XO sauce, 2 tsp black bean sauce, 3 tsp chili sauce.



海老這兩天碰到混醬事真多﹐
特混呸呸醬問候 and hug 一個。

Natto - Fermented Soy Beans 納豆 - 水豆豉

Fermented soy beans seasoned with:
Salt, grated ginger, green onions, chili peppers, and sesame oil.

我不吃納豆﹐可是這水豆豉倒蠻好吃的。

Steam beans in pressure cooker

Cooked beans mix with commercial natto.


For complete direction and recipe
Click here: Homemade Natto


跟Web聊天談起納豆和水豆豉做法﹐
其實都是發酵大豆﹐同樣做法和原理﹐
新鮮納豆灑上一把鹽﹐停止它繼續發酵
黏絲立刻不見了---這就是水豆豉。
點這裡﹕傳統水豆豉做法

Napa Kimchi 韓式泡白菜

This is a stable item in our house.
I make one cabbage at a time
because we prefer fresh tasting kimchi.

Ingredient guideline and approximate amount*
of seasonings for a large napa cabbage (about 2-3 lbs)

3 tbsp coarse Korean chili pepper powder
1 1/2 tbsp fine Korean chili pepper powder
2 tbsp paprika powder (opt)
3 tbsp minced Korean brine shrimps
1 tbsp minced ginger
2 tbsp minced garlic
3-4 stalks green onions
1-2 seedless hot chili pepper
Salt to taste


Direction
1. Slice cabbage into half or quarters
and soak it in medium salty water
for several hours or overnight.

2. Rinse cabbage with clean water and squeeze out liquid.

3. Make a paste from the seasoning ingredients,
use a bit of water to hydrate the chili pepper powder.

4. Thoroughly mix seasoning paste and cabbage together,
taste for saltiness, add more salt if needed.


Notes
*You have to find your own heat tolerance level
and adjust seasonings to your own taste.
I make my kimchi medium hot,
it may be too hot for some people
who are not used to spicy food.


家有泡菜不怕沒菜吃﹐
一碗湯﹐一碗粥﹐粉﹐麵﹐飯﹐
加兩個雞蛋又是一餐。

Stuffed Hoshigaki 胡桃柿餅

Honey, pecan nuts, semi dried persimmon, dried persimmon.
Slit the persimmons vertically, open up and lightly flatten out.

Lightly dip nuts with honey and stuff one of the persimmons.
Tightly wrap nuts and close up the seam.

Now enclose the stuffed fruit inside the second persimmon
and close the seam.

You can stabilize the stuffed persimmon with plastic wrap
if you have trouble keeping them together.

Slice and serve

柿餅直身劃一刀 下面留半寸﹐

打開包入堅果再合起來就好了。

雙色是用兩種柿餅一起包﹕ 先用一個柿餅包堅果﹐

再用另外一個柿餅包外面﹐例如深色包淺色﹐ 或是淺色包深色。

Matzo Ball Chicken Soup 猶太麵包球雞湯

Nickname "Jewish Penicillin"
Who would refuse a bowl of homemade
chicken soup when one is not feeling well or homesick.

Chicken Stock
1 whole chicken
Pepper corns, garlic, bay leaves,
Onion, carrots, celery, and parsley.

1. Leave skin on the chicken for best flavor.
2. When the soup is done, skim chicken fat
and save it for matzo balls.*
3. Discard all vegetables but save some meat
for the soup later.**


Matzo Ball
2 large eggs
2 tbsp chicken fat/oil
2 tbsp chicken broth/water
1 tsp salt, pinch of white pepper
1/2 cup matzo ball meal (not mix)

1. Mix all the ingredients together and refrigerate
1 hour to firm up the dough.
2. Pinch out dough and form into balls, size does not matter.
3. Bring a pot of water to boil---
drop matzo balls into the boiling water,
reduce heat and cook until the matzo balls float to the top.
Alternately, you can cook the matzo balls in the chicken broth,
but you'll sacrifice clarity of the broth or mess up the soup
if the balls falls apart for any reason.


Matzo Ball Soup
1. Bring chicken stock to boil, add new vegetables and meat (opt).
2. Cook until the vegetables and meat are soft to your taste.
3. Drop matzo balls in the soup for a minute to warm them up,
serve anyway you wish, pasta goes well with the soup.


Notes
*Yes, I know it's fattening and unhealthy,
but it's good and authentic.
What is a matzo ball without chicken fat?

**I always toss out all solids after the soup is done and than add
more fresh vegetables and meat, that's because I don't like
tasteless mushy veggies and meat.
It's up to you how you like your soup.