Chicken and Snow Peas with Salted Radish (菜脯荷蘭豆雞, Coi3 Pou2 Ho4 Laan4 Dau6 Gai1)

The salted radish adds a nice crunchiness and saltiness to this chicken and snow pea dish. A basic sauce is used to allow the salted radish to flavor the dish. I used a salted radish produced in China, rather than Thailand, because the Chinese salted radish is sweeter and less salty than the Thai version. If the Thai version is used, the salted radish may have to be washed first to remove any excess salt.

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Chicken and Abalone Mushroom Hong Kong Noodles (鮑魚菇雞雲吞麵, Baau1 Jyu4 Gu1 Gai1 Wan4 Tan1 Min6)

I had a can of abalone mushrooms and decided to make a noodle dish with them. Chicken and mushrooms are one of my favorite combinations, and all you have to do is to add some fired tofu and vegetables (in this case baby bok choy), and your dish is complete. In the USA, only canned abalone mushrooms are available in Asian markets, but any mushroom can be used if abalone mushrooms are not available.

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Grilled Lemongrass Rosemary Garlic Lamb Rib Chops (燒烤檸檬葉迷迭香蒜羊扒, Siu1 Haau1 Ning4 Mung4 Jip6 Mai4 Dit6 Hoeng1 Syun3 Joeng4 Paa4)

The spice mixture used in the Grilled Apple-Oak Smoked Lemongrass Rosemary Garlic Turkey recipe was the basis for making a spice paste for lamb rib chops. The spice mixture – lemongrass, rosemary, and garlic - has dried red chilies added to give the lamb an added spicy kick to the taste. Lamb rib chops are easily overcooked, so the lamb grilling and smoking time needs to be based upon the heat of your grill and previous experience.

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Black Bean Chili Sauce Cabbage Lamb Chow Mein (黑豆辣椒青椰菜羊肉炒麵, Hak1 Dau6 Laat6 Ziu1 Ceng1 Je4 Coi3 Joeng4 Juk6 Caau2 Min6)

I used brown beech mushrooms for the first time in a noodle dish. These mushrooms are also known as Shimeji (Hypsizygus tessellatus) mushrooms and are available at your local Asian market. The mushrooms are firm with a nutty taste. Any mushroom can be substituted if beech mushrooms are not available. This lamb noodle dish actually has a lot of texture to it, through the use of cabbage, bamboo shoots, and onions, and is similar to the Cabbage Lamb Dough Sliced Noodles (青椰菜羊肉刀削麵, Ceng¹ Je⁴ Coi³ Joeng⁴ Juk⁶ Dou¹ Soek³ Min⁶) recipe, except for the addition of the black bean chili sauce.

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Hot Bean Sauce Fuzzy Melon Chicken (辣豆辦節瓜雞, Laat6 Dau6 Faan6 Zit3 Gwaa1 Gai1)

This recipe is slightly spicy through the use of hot bean sauce, whose amount can be adjusted to suit your taste. Regular bean sauce can be used if spiciness is not desired in the dish. Outside of marinating the chicken and cutting up the vegetables, there’s really no other preparation work since button mushrooms, available fresh at your local market, are used.

 

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Chili Garlic Sauce String Bean Fish (蒜蓉辣椒青豆角魚, Syun3 Jung4 Laat6 Ziu1 Ceng1 Dau6 Gok3 Jyu4)

Firm white flesh fish fillet pieces can be stir fried, but you have to be gentle so as not to break up the pieces. You don’t want to cut the fish fillet into pieces smaller than 2-inches (5 cm.), which would seem to be too big, but smaller pieces would likely break up when stir fried. For some reason, the picture has uncut string beans, but to make them easier to eat, the string beans really should be cut into pieces, and the recipe reflects this.

 

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Hot Bean Sauce Snow Pea Lamb (辣豆辦醬荷蘭豆羊肉, Laat6 Dau6 Faan6 Ho4 Laan4 Dau6 Joeng4 Juk6)

Lamb and hot bean sauce are a really great combination in my opinion. The spiciness is tempered to a small degree by the addition of some black vinegar, so the sauce looks blacker than a sauce just made with hot bean paste. The idea is not to make a sour (as in hot and sour) dish, but to add a slight acidic flavor to accompany the spiciness.

 

Enjoy!