Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking (51 page)

Congee with pork ribs, preserved duck eggs and ginger 263

Congee with seeds and grains 273

Dandelion leaf congee 263

cornstarch 10

cucumbers 209

Sichuanese spiced cucumber salad 36

Smacked cucumber in garlicky sauce 34

Smacked cucumber with sesame and mustard greens 34

Smacked cucumber with sweet-and-sour sauce 34

Stir-fried cucumber with pork 216

Stir-fried cucumber with wood ear 216

Tiger salad 66

cumin 339

cutting techniques 20

D

Dai Shuang’s yellow split pea soup 247

Dandelion leaf congee 263

day lily bulbs, fresh 332

deep-frying 24

Delectable lotus root salad 70

duck 113

duck eggs

Preserved duck eggs 54, 113, 334

salted duck eggs 334

Silken tofu with preserved duck eggs 41

Soup of salted duck eggs, sliced pork and mustard greens 240

Sour-and-hot preserved duck eggs 54

Winter melon and salted duck egg soup 240

dumplings (
see also
Northern-style boiled dumplings; wontons) 291

Xi’an pot-sticker dumplings 308, 311

E

eggplant/Chinese eggplant 209

Fish-fragrant eggplant 210

Hangzhou eggplant 212

Rice-cooked eggplant 264

Shanghai home-style eggplant 214

Smoky eggplant with garlic 63

eggs (
see also
duck eggs) 113

Egg-fried rice 257

Fresh oyster omelette 132

Fried egg and tomato noodles 284

Fried egg and tomato soup 246

Fuchsia’s emergency midnight noodles 288

Golden Chinese chive omelette 204

Scrambled egg and chives dumpling filling 300

Steamed eggs 130

Stir-fried eggs with tomatoes 128

Stir-fried eggs with yellow chives 205

F

fats, cooking 344

fava beans

Fava bean and snow vegetable soup 244

Fava beans with preserved mustard greens 161

Fava beans with spring onion 161

Fava beans with spring onion, Sichuan-style 161

Hangzhou fava beans with ham 158

Mashed fava beans with cured ham 160

Mashed fava beans with snow vegetable 160

Sichuanese fava bean salad 40

Steamed fava beans with ham 158

fennel seeds 339

Fennel tops and ground pork dumpling filling 300

fish 135

Braised trout in chilli bean sauce 140

Dry-braised fish with black bean and chilli 139

Fish-fragrant fish “tiles” 142

Mirror carp in chilli bean sauce 140

Salt-and-pepper fish “tiles” 142

Sea bream in fish-fragrant sauce 138

Steamed sea bass with ginger and spring onion 136

Sweet-and-sour fish “tiles” 142

Fish-fragrant eggplant 210

flours

glutinous rice flour 342

potato flour 10, 342

Fuchsia’s emergency midnight noodles 288

fuzzy melon

Steamed fuzzy melon with ground pork stuffing 219

G

gai lan
see
broccoli/Chinese broccoli garland chrysanthemum 167

garlic 10, 199, 330

Stir-fried garlic stems with bacon 206

ginger 10, 330

goji berries 340

Gong Bao chicken with peanuts 118

goose 113

gouqi berries 340

greens (
see also
cabbage, Chinese leaf) 167

Stir-fried greens with dried shrimp 172

Green or romano beans with black bean and chilli 154

H

ham, cured 12, 334

Hangzhou fava beans with ham 158

Mashed fava beans with cured ham 160

Steamed fava beans with ham 158

Hangzhou eggplant 212

Hangzhou breakfast noodles 278

Hangzhou fava beans with ham 158

Hangzhou wontons in soup 296

Ho Fun rice noodles with beef 272

Ho Fun rice noodles with mushrooms 272

hoisin sauce
see
sweet fermented sauce

K

Kohlrabi salad with sesame oil 62

Kohlrabi salad with sour-and-hot dressing 62

L

ladles 16

lamb 93

lard 324, 344

laver seaweed 340

lettuce

Stir-fried romaine lettuce 185

lily flowers 340

lotus leaves 114, 340

Lotus leaf buns 315

lotus root 332

Delectable lotus root salad 70

M

mandolins 20

marinades 22

meals, planning 256, 28

menu ideas 30, 31

melons
see
winter melons

Mirror carp in chilli bean sauce 140

Mr. Lai’s glutinous rice balls with black sesame stuffing 312, 314

Mrs. Yu’s sweet and spicy cold noodles 270

mushrooms (
see also
oyster, portobello, shiitake and wood ear mushrooms) 231

Mushroom noodle soup 283

Noodles with mixed mushrooms 284

Mussels in black bean sauce 146

mustard greens 328

Fava beans with preserved mustard greens 161

pickled mustard greens 334

Pickled mustard greens and spring onion soup 244

Silken tofu with pickled mustard greens 88

Smacked cucumber with sesame and mustard greens 34

Stir-fried mashed potato with preserved mustard greens 228

N

noodles 267

Basic noodle soup 283

bean thread noodles 342

Braised chicken with shiitake mushrooms on noodles 284

buckwheat noodles 267, 342

Buckwheat noodles with red-braised beef 286

Chef Chen Dailu’s spicy sesame noodles 282

Classic dan dan noodles 280

Fried egg and tomato noodles 284

Fuchsia’s emergency midnight noodles 288

Hangzhou breakfast noodles 278

Ho Fun rice noodles with beef 272

Ho Fun rice noodles with mushrooms 272

Ground pork noodle soup 283

Mrs. Yu’s sweet and spicy cold noodles 270

Mushroom noodle soup 283

Noodles with mixed mushrooms 284

Red-braised beef noodles 284

Red-braised pork noodles 284

rice noodles 342

Shanghai noodles with dried shrimp and spring onion oil 274

Slow-cooked beef brisket noodles 284

Spicy buckwheat noodles 268

Stewed chicken noodles 284

Vegetarian dan dan noodles 279

wheat noodles 267, 342

Xie Laoban’s dan dan noodles 279

Zhajiang noodles 276

Northern-style boiled dumplings 298, 303

Dumplings in chilli oil sauce 300

filling variations 300

Sour-and-hot boiled dumplings 300

O

oil-sizzling 24

oils, cooking 344

“olive” vegetable 334

oyster mushrooms 231

Stir-fried oyster and shiitake mushrooms with garlic 232

Stir-fried oyster mushrooms with chicken 234

oysters

Fresh oyster omelette 132

P

pea shoots 328

peanuts

fried peanuts 325

Gong Bao chicken with peanuts 118

roasted peanuts 325

peas (
see
also
Snow peas)

Dai Shuang’s yellow split pea soup 247

Peas with dried shrimp 153

Stir-fried peas with chilli and Sichuan pepper 152

Peng Rui’s potato sliver bing 229

pepper

Ground roasted Sichuan pepper 322

Sichuan pepper 10, 229

white pepper 339

peppers, green bell 209

Firm tofu with green bell pepper 84

Stir-fried green pepper with firm tofu 215

Stir-fried green pepper with pork slivers 215

Pipa tofu 78

Pock-marked old woman’s tofu 76

pork 93

Bowl-steamed pork in rice meal 104

Braised pork with potatoes 100

Chinese cabbage and ground pork dumpling filling 300

Classic dan dan noodles 280

Congee with pork ribs, preserved duck eggs and ginger 263

Fennel tops and ground pork dumpling filling 300

Flowering chives with pork slivers 200

Ground pork noodle soup 283

Northern-style boiled dumplings 298

Red-braised pork 94

Red-braised pork noodles 284

Rice-cooked pork 264

Salt-fried pork with garlic stems 98

Shanghainese rice with salt pork and bok choy 260

Soup of salted duck eggs, sliced pork and mustard greens 240

Soup with vegetables and meatballs 248

Soupy rice with pork and greens 262

Steamed fuzzy melon with ground pork stuffing 219

Stir-fried Chinese chives with pork slivers 200

Stir-fried cucumber with pork 216

Stir-fried green pepper with pork slivers 215