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Ingredients: 1 medium sized whole chicken Seasoning: half a litre of Soya sauce, 1 of large piece ginger, one teaspoon of Chinese prickly ash seeds (you will have to get the seeds at a Chinese supermarket, ask for hua jiao) Preparation: Slice the ginger. Put the Soya sauce, ginger and...

This is a whole new use for a rooster, :chef: In south China, there was an odd custom; where, in an elaborate wedding ceremony, a woman was married to a rooster. In that time, at Wu Wi district, Guangdong, many men left to go overseas and find work. They were very young when they left home...

Five years ago, I visited Si Chuan. I really enjoyed that place especially the culture. When I was there I visited the ancient streets and found some interesting things. One afternoon, I found a small teahouse. Inside, there were mostly old people having tea and listening to a story teller. I...

Moving to a new city has taken far more time than we anticipated. Our son, who is 14, had to start at another school. He took some fried rice to school one day for lunch and came home hungry because his friends had eaten it all, declaring that it was the "best fried rice they had ever tasted"...

Chinese radish salad Ingredients: 0.5kg of small red radish. Seasoning: 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon of Salt. Preparation: wash the radish, slice the radish into sections. Cooking: Put the radish in a big bowl, put salt and mix. Wait for...

Ingredients: 6 chicken’s legs, 6 med/large dry mushrooms (You can purchase at any Chinese market). Seasoning: 1 desert spoon of oil, 1.5 tablespoons of regular soya sauce, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, 1 large piece of ginger. Prepartation: take off the chicken’s leg skin , cut the mushrooms...

12th May 2008 was a catastrophic day in China. That day had many stories. I was very tearful when I read some of these stories online. They stirred very strong feelings in me. I want share some of these stories. They show that in all circumstances, anywhere there is courage and love. 946...

Ingredients: 12 large lettuce leaves, 1 large chicken breast or two thighs, 1/2 a carrot, 150 gms of cashews, 1spring onion. Seasoning: 1 tablespoon of oil, a little salt (to taste), 1 teaspoon of regular soya sauce. Preparation: Wash the lettue leaves and dry off the water, Chop the...

Ingredients: 1 Large Si Gua, ½ kg of prawns. Seasoning: 2 pieces of ginger, 1 tablespoon of oil, a little salt (to taste). Preparation: peel off the Si Gua skin and slice down the centre to halve. Then slice each of the halves down the centre. Chop the strips into 2cm lengths (approx). Clean...

Kaixin has added a new section - Xiaosui - jiang gu shi (storyteller) When I was young, my father told me about my grandmother’s big feet story. It was very interesting and amusing. My grandmother was born at the end of the Qing dynasty. In that time women must bind their feet. This was...

Ingredients: 0.5 (half) kg of beef mince, 1 egg, 16 pieces of any large vegetable leaf, such as: sweet potato leaf, spinach, cabbage. Seasonings:Three teaspoons of oil, a little salt, 1 teaspoon of potato starch (corn starch if you can’t get potato starch), 1 piece of ginger...

Ingredients: 1 piece of med sized Tofu, 2 tomatoes Seasoning: 1 spring onion, 1tablespoon of oil, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Preparation:Chop the Tofu into small pieces (3cm square), chop the tomato into small pieces, chop the onion into small pieces. Cooking: Heat Wok, put...

On Sunday, we went to a classic music concert at a friend’s house. Vic holds an afternoon concert every month where he chooses a selection of music and plays it to his small group of friends. This was the first time we have been to one of these concerts. It was so interesting. The friends all...

Ingredients 2 and ¼ cups of flour Seasoning 1 cup of warm water, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 teaspoons of baking powder , 1 teaspoon of yeast Preparation [This is for cooking at home in your own pan or deep-fryer, I use a saucepan 22cm...

Ingredients: 1 large choko , 4 pieces of black fungus (you can purchase Black Fungus from a Chinese Supermarket) Seasoning: 1 teaspoon rice vinegar, a little salt. Preparation: Chop the choko into fine long sticks. Chop the fungus in thin strips around 1cm wide. Cooking: Heat wok, put in...

Stir-fry potato stick (vegetable side dish) Ingredients: 1 large potato, half a medium sized carrot. Seasoning: 1 desertspoon of oil, 1 piece of ginger, a little salt, 1 teaspoon of rice vinegar. Preparation: Peel the potato and chop into long fine sticks (approx ¼ the size of a...

Stir-fry sweet potato leaf (vegetable side dish) Ingredients: A generous double handful of sweet potato leaves Seasoning: 1 garlic clove, 1 tablespoon of oil (more or less to taste), a little salt (to taste), ½ to 1 level teaspoon of powdered chicken stock (to taste)...

Rice is the normal food in South China. We like rice a lot. I must have some rice each day. When I just come to Australia, I had not bought my rice cooker so I used a small saucepan to cook rice. At Christmas, a good friend gave me a new, modern rice cooker, which I posted to Australia. My...

Hong Shao Rou (red pork) Ingredients: 1 kg of fat pork (pork with some fat) Seasoning: a tea spoon of oil, a piece of ginger, a table-spoon of regular Soya sauce, a tea spoon brown sugar Preparation: chop the pork into small pieces, wash, dry off the water Cooking: heat the wok...

We shared a meal on Sunday which I cooked for four of our friends. There were 11 dishes. They will all be posted here over time - I have to write some of the recipies yet. We finished with traditional tea - I will post a description and photos shortly. I have to wait for my 20 post...

Ingredients: .5 (half) kg of cow tripe. It must be cleaned very well. Seasoning: two tablespoons of oil, half a teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of regular soya sauce, 1 large piece of ginger, 6 cloves of garlic, 4 spring onions (just the white part), 1 teaspoon of vinegar...

Kaixin means Happy Heart Hi I have just had a look around the Forum and 'Ethnic Foods' ... Yum! Here is the intro again, for those who did not see my Intro Post. Hi, my name is Xiaosui. I moved to Australia last year and I am loving living here! In China I owned a small school that...

Stir-fried beef & capsicum with spring onion Ingredients: 0.5 kg beef, 1 capsicum, 2 spring onions Seasoning: 1 tablespoon of oil , a little salt to taste, 1 teaspoon of light Soya sauce Preparation: Chop beef into strips, add light Soya sauce, mix ingredients together. Then chop the...

Hi, my name is Xiaosui. I moved to Australia last year and I am loving living here! In China I owned a small school that specialised in teaching children who did not want to learn at school. We taught them how to enjoy learning. I also found many women looking for something to do. So the...