Recipezaar: Cantonese,Historical/Traditional recipes

Shrimp Lo Mein

Tue, 29 Oct 2002 22:22:01 -0500

The Chinese classic shrimp and noodle dish. Prep time includes time to chill the noodles. -- posted by Sue L

Worth Staying Home For Steak

Wed, 08 Jan 2003 20:15:15 -0500

Dad has forsaken many a meal outside, just so that he wouldn't miss out in this meal at home. Try it, and you will see the wonderful effect it has. :) -- posted by KitchenManiac

Char Siu Bao / Char Sieu Bow - Dim Sum (Bread Stuffed With Pork)

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:26:13 -0400

Barbecued pork inside a dome-shaped bun of soft bread dough. Traditionally served with tea as a light lunch. This isn't as sweet as authentic recipes, but it is much easier than the steamed sweet bread. -- posted by littleturtle

Noble House Bok Choy and Lettuce

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:59:06 -0500

This recipe, served during the Chinese New Year, represents abundance, increasing wealth and prosperity in the coming year. -- posted by Celticevergreen

Sticky Rice Wrapped in Bamboo Leaves (Joong or Zhongzi)

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:49:52 -0400

A soy-free version of the Chinese Sticky Rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, known as Joong, or Zhongzi that are traditionally eaten in late Spring for the Dragonboat Festival. You can buy them at Asian supermarkets (like T&T here), and my husband's family makes them, but they all have ingredients my son can't have. Usually these have dried shrimp or scallop, mushrooms, nuts, soy sauce, 5-spice powder, chinese sausage and egg, but yummy as they are, these all make my son itchy, so I improvised! Special thanks to W.K. Leung for his pictorial description here: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=88644 You may want to see the pictures of the various packages he uses. If you don't need to avoid all those ingredients, you'll probably want to follow his recipe, as this one is a little bland (shhh, don't tell my son...) Wrapping the dumplings is tricky - I had to watch a few different videos, and even then, my first one took about 20 minutes! Eventually I figured it out. My best ones ended up as somewhat rectangular pyramids, rather than the tetrahedrons I usually see. This is a fairly time-consuming project, most families make it a group activity! Preparation time below is for one person doing it all herself for the first time, with a little "help" from my little man, and does not include overnight soaking time. -- posted by vancouverlori