Chinease

[hamrej23]

has anyone ever made chinease food at home per say fried rice, sesame chicken?

Intersted in knowing so I don't have to order out all the time.

[polarsusd81]

I just did a stir fry the other night that turned out really good. I have also done fried rice a few times. I will see if I can find some recipes.

I have found the asian food section at Super Target to have really taken off with a lot of new items that make it much easier than it used to be.

[Ralph Wiggum]

I do a lot of stir frying. Aside from cutting up stuff, it's quick and turns out well. I usually just google what I want to make and try out a few recipes. I'm a big kung pao guy!

[polarsusd81]

For the stir fry I did the other night, I picked up a package of fresh stir fry veggies at Target for 2 bucks. Used a single chicken breast, cut into small pieces. I dredged it in seasoned flour, just a light coating, and fried the chicken first. Then the veggies for a few minutes, then added the chicken back in along with a couple tablespoons of Kikomen Stir Fry sauce. Served over a bed of rice, total prep and cook time start to finish was 12 minutes. Even had some fortune cookies.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Here's a Kung Pao Chicken that I like a lot.

Kung Pao Chicken

4 boneless chicken breasts

1 egg white

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp soy sauce

½ tsp salt

1 green pepper

1 medium onion

1 tbsp cornstarch

1 tbsp cold water

1 tbsp dry white wine

½ tsp sugar

¼ cup sesame oil

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1 clove garlic

1 tsp minced ginger root

2 tbsp hoisin sauce

2 tsp chili sauce

½ cup chicken broth

½ cup roasted peanuts

Dash of white pepper

Cut chicken into ¾ inch pieces. Mix egg white, 1 tsp cornstarch, soy sauce, ½ tsp salt, and white pepper in medium bowl. Stir in chicken. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.

Cut green pepper into ¾ inch pieces. Cut onion into 8 pieces. Mix together 1 tbsp cornstarch, water, wine, sugar, and sesame oil.

Heat wok until it’s very hot. Add vegetable oil. Stir fry onion, garlic, and ginger root for about 1 minute. Add the chicken, and stir fry until chicken turns white. Add hoisin sauce and chili paste. Cook and stir for 30 seconds. Stir in broth, and heat to boiling. Stir in cornstarch mixture. Cook and stir until thickened. Add green pepper. Cook and stir for 30 seconds. Sprinkle with peanuts. Serve over rice.

[Ralph Wiggum]

This one is good, too. Not nearly as spicy and saucy, though.

Kung Pao Chicken with Broccoli

1 lb chicken breast, cubed

4 cups broccoli florets

5 green onions, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tbsp ginger root, minced

4 tbsp vegetable oil

½ cup roasted peanuts

¼ tsp red pepper flakes

Sauce:

½ cup water

¼ cup soy sauce

2 tbsp cornstarch

2 tbsp dry white wine

2 tsp sugar

Mix ingredients for sauce and set aside.

Heat wok until very hot and add 2 tbsp oil. Add chicken and stir fry until white. Remove and set aside. Add 2 tbsp oil to the wok and add green onions, garlic, and ginger. Stir fry about 1 minute. Add broccoli and stir fry about 2 minutes. Stir the sauce and add to the wok. Mix together. Cover and cook until sauce has thickened and broccoli is crisp-tender.

Add red pepper flakes. Mix in chicken and peanuts. Heat through. Serve over rice.

[MNHuntress]

My down and dirty way is to go to Cub, and go to the Chinese section and they sell packets of different varieties (i.e. Kung pao, General Tso's, seasame, orange chicken). The packet is yellow in color, can't remember the brand name. Those are real good and it's very close to the real thing without all the ingredients and work. I substitute pheasant for the chicken and you're good to go.

If you have a membership to Sam's, get the Ming Pork Egg Rolls. Those are the best microwave egg rolls you will find, bar none!

Also at Cub get a bottle of sweetened chili sauce for spring rolls, there are several different brands there and that is the best egg roll sauce there is.

[FishHawk11]

I agree with Huntress...The yellow packet is Sun Bird...they are very good and they're only like a dollar. I have used pheasant, duck, goose and venison and they turn out very good. I used to go to Canada for goose hunting. We would always take our geese to the local china man in town and he would cook up a 7 couuse meal consisting of eggrolls, wantons, usually a soup or 2 and 3 or 4 main dishes, by far the best waterfowl food I have ever tasted. If I could only find someone around St. Cloud to do that I would be in heaven.

[dewey1]

The local china man in canada? wierd!

[magic_minnow]

I saw a chinese restaurant in Baudette.....WEIRD!

[Chef]

I had Chinese food in Italy that was totally different than the stuff we're used to here. It was really good though.

All the food in Europe is good in a different way though. We have so many processed ingredients and non-organic foodstuffs that it's bound to taste different.

[archerystud]

I do the Sun Bird Fried rice. I add in shrimp and about double the amount of frozen peas, my son just loves it.

We also do stir fry quite a bit. Once everything is cut up it's a breeze. As far as sauces go we just try different ones from the store. My wife doesn't like it spicy so we do separate batches which really isn't a big deal since a Wok cooks so fast. I use oil with peppers in it for a little kick.

[FishHawk11]

Yeah I thought it was wierd to find china man in Canada, they came and opened resturants along the railway and made a very good living off of the workers. If the town has a railway going throuh you can almost bet it has a chinease resturant.

Hey Chef what town in Italy? when I was in Italy we had some of the best chinease food I have ever had, it was in the town before you go into Venice, I cant remember the name but it starts with M, and the best Thai food I ever had was in china town in Paris, its a weird world out there.

[Chef]

I was in Milan. Milan is NW of Venice a fair piece, not just outside it.

I had the positivly best meal of my life in Venice at Harry's Bar. Second place is Rosticceria Peck in Milan. No tables in the place to sit at, just counter space along the walls and all scratch-made local foods--not all like the Italian joints here in America.

[LABS4ME]

I like to do a simple Thai dish... Some chicken or pheasant breast, a red pepper sliced thin, whole onion sliced thin, garlic clove, fresh grated ginger, black pepper, shredded carrot and LeAnn Chins Thai peanut sauce. Stir fry above in Sesame oil, till the meat is don and the veggies are 'crisp' tender. Add a little sauce at a time till everything is just barely coated and serve over white rice.

Good Luck!

Ken

[BLACKJACK]

Stir fry is pretty easy to do, I just made it the other night with pheasant breasts and thighs (deboned). Cut up the pheasant the night before, marinated it in Terriyaki soy sauce overnight. Started by slicing up and stir frying a big onion, added a packet of frozen mixed vegies, then did the pheasant, - don't cook it too hard, it gets tough! Last was some sliced mushrooms, sprinkled on some garlic powder, thickened a little bit, and served over brown rice. Works good with vension too. Its even better when the garden is producing fresh broccoli and cauliflower, then I do my own slicing and dicing and exclude all the stems that you get in the frozen vegies. Stir fry is one of my go-to ways to cook wild game.

[DARK30]

Love Chinese! I got weaned on oriental food as a kid...my Dad was stationed in Taiwan, Okinawa, and Japan working for Army Intel. Most of the "Chinese" restaurants don't even come close to the real thing. I never cared for the sea weed stuff or the raw fish but they can do miracles with chicken and pork.

I like making egg rolls but I'm no papasan

[KEN W]

I'm making Chinese for supper.....Beef Stir Fry.....Pork Lo Mein.....and Veggie Egg Rolls......all from scratch.

[Walterwontfalter]

You can get won ton wrappers at most grocery stores.

I mix one package of cream cheese with a tablespoon or so of sugar and fill them with that and fry...or, a little big of browned sausage and finely chopped green onion inside. very tasty and very easy.

[Phred52]

hamrej23, There are several recipe sites available, but one I'm familiar with has some of the best Oriental recipes I've seen. Google All Recipes, without going into too much detail, you should be able to navigate to the Asian recipes in 4 or 5 pages from their home page. There are recipes for dishes like "Chinese Pearl Meatballs", "Pineapple Fried Rice", "Citrus Carp" a bunch of goodies! Enjoy!! Phred52

[polarsusd81]

I just made some lemon chicken and fried rice the other night. Pretty good. I made the lemon sauce from scratch, really not too hard.

[fishorgolf]

The local china man in canada? wierd!

Anyone who has spent allot of time in Canadian small towns hunting will tell you almost every small town and I mean small has a Chinese rest. in it. chow main, egg [PoorWordUsage] young find of stuff) I thought the same thing as you when I saw my first one but my Canadian buddy said they are in almost every town. After he said that I started paying attention and he was right.