The chicken takes some time to prepare. I cook this on a weekend afternoon, and put it in the refrigerator. For lunch, I take a few fried chicken strips from the refrigerator and heat them in my toaster oven while I make my coffee. You could just as easily whip together a garlic cucumber salad as a side dish while you wait for the chicken strips to heat.
These wings need to marinate before cooking. Mix them with the marinade before you start work. When you break for lunch, put them in your air-fryer for 10 minutes, turn them, and then cook for an additional 10 minutes. Then lunch is ready!
一块完成的扣肉
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Glenn Emerson for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022静的香辣蒜香鸡翅
图片来源:我的中国家庭厨房,2021
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Steamed Kou Rou with Rice and Green Garlic
Kou Rou is a unique Guangxi delicacy. If you like bacon, give Kou Rou a try. One of my favorite quick lunches is a few slices of steamed Kou Rou, over white rice, with a bit of soy sauce. Optionally, adding green garlic to the steamer gives a delicious flavor. You can have a hot, filling lunch in about 10 to 15 minutes.
In China, every kind of food has a variety of cooking methods, and pork recipes are no different. I remember when I was living in my hometown in Guangxi, I could see pork on the dinner table every day. This is almost our inseparable partner at the dinner table. The Hakka people like to fry the pork separately. Simple ingredients only need simple cooking methods, which preserves the flavor of the pork. My mother was from the Zhuang ethnic group, and she liked to stir-fry pork belly with vegetables. When tasting the delicious pork she cooked, I could also taste the delicious sweetness of vegetables. Either way, I think it is tasty.
干面条
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Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022静的自制中国炒面食谱
图片来源:《我的中国家用厨房》,2021年
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Homemade Chinese Fried Noodles Recipe
This recipe calls for alkali wheat noodles, like those used in Dan dan mian, but you can use a couple packets of ramen noodles. With a little diced ham and fresh scrambled eggs, this dish can be ready in 15 minutes or less.
Braised noodles with beans is a traditional specialty food in northern China, but it is relatively rare in southern China. When braising noodles we use steam to simmer the noodles. The noodles are spread over the beans and pork in the broth, and the hot steam soaks into the noodles while the beans and pork are braised by the liquid. Raw alkaline wheat noodles are best, but you can use dried noodles if you increase the water just a bit, cover the pot with a lid, and simmer for 1 minute longer.
炒饭是一顿快速、令人满意的热午餐,可以是素食者,也可以是肉食。 炒饭的目的不是让米饭变脆或油腻,而是要彻底加热。 剩下的米饭效果最好。 使用Grace Young 的经典米饭食谱前一天晚上煮米饭。 你可以用很多蔬菜。 我喜欢豆芽和荸荠。 有些人喜欢切碎的雪豆或青豆。
景氏蛋炒饭
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Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022
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Egg Fried Rice, Southern Style
This is delicious and quick to cook. Southern-style, or Cantonese, does not use soy sauce to season the rice in the pan. Cooking time is about 10 minutes total.
Pork fried rice is my favorite after shrimp fried rice. This is an American-Chinese recipe, but fried rice is like apple pie: everybody's mom has their own recipe. I use pork belly, or pork chops, diced into bite sized pieces. If you make Chinese BBQ Pork or Hongshao Rou, you can use the leftover from that. This recipe marinates the pork with a bit of sugar, Shaoxing wine, oyster sauce, and dark soy sauce for flavor, but this is entirely my own creation, and not authentic Chinese.
My friend's mom comes home from work and she needs to cook lunch, but she's tired, she doesn't want to cook some complicated dishes, she just wants to have lunch right away. So she opens the fridge and she sees the eggs. Take out 4-6 eggs and some tomatoes to make a lunch dish. Today we share my friend's moms recipe for scrambled eggs with tomatoes, because her daughter, my friend, loves eggs with tomato!
This dish is simple, easy to prepare, and does not take much time to cook. When hot and sour potatoes meet rice, oh, I can eat it all! So, how can we cook potatoes any more delicious? Let’s make them together.
This is the simplest, and tastiest soup I have ever made. Take ten white mushrooms, snap off the stems and wash the caps. Heat your pan, add oil and the mushrooms, and slowly saute them over low heat until they release their liquid. Add 2 cups of water, and cook over high heat. Then add some chopped green onions and serve.
孜然辣椒扇贝
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Glenn Emerson for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022图片来源:
Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022图片来源:陈静,我的中国家庭厨房,2021快速的中国海鲜菜肴
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Sesame-crusted Fried Fish Fillet
This is another quick, hot lunch. To save time, you can prepare the fish fillets the night before, but they do not take long to prepare. Heat your oil and fry the fillets until the sesame seeds are a light golden brown, and serve. Any firm fish will work: carp, catfish, haddock, cod, tilapia, etc.
This is a variation of Jing's Cumin Squid Tentacles. Scallops make a great substitute, but since they have a more delicate flavor, some adjustment of the ingredients is recommended.
Squid is very popular on Chinese tables. It appears in barbecue restaurants, hot pot restaurants, and large and small banquets. When I went to banquets as a child, I always hoped that squid would appear on the table as soon as possible. Squid is of course one of my favorite foods. Squid contains various nutrients and its cooking method is also very simple. The cumin squid I will cook today will bring you a whole new experience. Note: Bay scallops make a good substitute for squid.
冷鸡丝沙拉
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Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022蒜蓉五花肉
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Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022冷肉沙拉
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Cold Shredded Chicken Salad
This delicious dish is served cold, but the chicken must be cooked and shredded. Prepared the night before, the flavors will blend overnight in the refrigerator and make a tasty, spicy lunch.
This recipe is best with homemade chili oil, which needs to be prepared in advance. If you prepare this dish the night before and refrigerate overnight, you can let it warm to room temperature during your morning meetings, and enjoy a filling, spicy lunch rich in vitamins and nutrients.
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Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022北方凉面配夏菜中式冷素菜
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Spicy Cold Tofu
This vegetarian dish is quite filling and tasty. Preparation is quick: boil water, dice the tofu, mix the sauce. When the water is boiling, blanch the tofu for 8 seconds, then drain, mix with the sauce, and it's ready to eat.
The noodles must be cooked al dente, then either rinsed or fanned to cool. Fanning is best, as this retains the starch on the noodles to soak up the sauce. While the noodles are cooking, you can heat the oil for the sauce and mix with the chili powder, green onion, and garlic. Add the remaining condiments, and mix with the noodles. If you want, you can add the carrots and cucumbers. The carrots must be blanched, so if you are pressed for time these can be optional.
土豆丝沙拉是一道很棒的简单菜肴,适合在炎热的夏日享用。图片来源:《我的中国家用厨房》,2021年图片来源:
Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022中国生菜沙拉
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Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen, 2022冷的中国蔬菜沙拉
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Shredded Potato Salad
You can prepare this recipe the night before and set it in the refrigerator, or if you are good with a knife, you can make it for lunch in about 15 minutes. Put water on to boil, while it is heating julienne the potatoes and pepper. Blanch the potatoes for 1 minute, then drain and place in cold water. Mix the sauce, drain the potatoes, and combine with the green pepper and sauce.
The only trick to this recipe is finding the celtuce (Chinese lettuce, aka asparagus lettuce or stem lettuce). If there's an Asian grocer near you, this dish can be prepared in minutes with fresh vegetables.
These white radishes are a healthy, nutritious side for any lunch. However, they do need to soak in the brine for a while. Make a large batch and place in canning jars, and store in your refrigerator. Add some as a side to any lunch.
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