Why is good (Americanized) Chinese food so hard to find?

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

Wasnt that a movie with Robin Williams and a board game??

[droxford]

I, too, am trying to find recipes for Americanized Chinese restaurant-sytle meals. I found some recipes at about.com but haven't tried them yet: http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blrecipe.htm. Have any of you tried these?

Recipes I'm looking for:

• Broccoli Beef
• Cashew Chicken
• Sesame Chicken
• General Tso's Chicken
• Egg Rolls
• Hot & Sour Soup
• House Fried Rice (w/ pork, chicken, beef, shrimp)

Here in Houston, we have some restaurants called Fu's Garden who have the taste I'm looking for.

-- droxford
Houston, TX

[lindatooo]

Though we do have a restaurant nearby that satisfies usually I would love a recipe for Sweet & Sour Pork Spareribs I remember as a kid - not with the red grenadine sauce but in a brown sauce so tender the meat falls off the bone...

[chinachef]

i am a chinese chef,living in china now,just like here,so what can i do for u?

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

Wow.... ok... how do you make Mongolian Beef? How about Shu Mai dumplings?

[chinachef]

Pork Shu Mai(china call shaomai)

Serves 6 - 8

Ingredients:
1 pound ground pork
4 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked and diced
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon sugar
about 2 dozen gyoza wrappers (or won ton wrappers cut into circles).

Directions:
Combine all ingredients except gyoza wrappers. Working one at a time, put about 2 teaspoons of filling in the center of a gyoza wrapper. Gather up the sides to form pleats (the top will be open). Pinch slightly in middle to form a "waist," press down filling on the top, and tap the bottom so that the shu mai can stand up.
Arrange shu mai on an oiled heatproof plate or a steamer tray. Steam over boiling water 15 - 20 minutes, until pork is cooked through.

this recipe from http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blrecipe426.htm
but in china,the pork just for on top,pork must change to RICE(SHUSI RICE FROM JAPAN)FOR the skin,u can use ravioli ski or pasta dough,
because i donot know what kind of wonton skin in oversea.

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

Thanks ChinaChef!!!!! I will be trying your recipe within a week! I will tell you how it comes out.

[chinachef]

for Mongolian Beef recipe,i donot this name is which one in china,so sorry about this,enjoy u shu mai,good luck buddy :!:

[BubbaGourmet]

chinachef;
Thanks for the recipe. Ity looks terrific.

[droxford]

????

chinachef didn't provide that recipe - it's one of the recipes from the site I posted a linked to (see my post above from 28-May-2004).

-- droxford