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1. Chinese Recipe
Popular in its iconic take-out boxes, there isn’t any part of the world that isn’t familiar
with Chinese cuisine. It’s fast, delicious, with a whole range of choices to choose from
carbohydrates, to vegetables, meats and seafood plus interesting desserts plus the
fortune cookie picked up with a piece of paper that reads your fortune. These fortune
cookies have been also marketed to be wedding favors or party favors with a little
twist of creativity. Just like food history, Chinese food’s history dates back to centuries
ago and change from period to period. With eight culinary traditions with different
characteristics, China has various flavors and dishes under its belt cooked and
prepared in many different ways–braised, salted, fermented, pickled, the list goes on.
As the westerners favor bread, the major staple food of China is rice. It is usually
eaten steamed or stir-fried with vegetables and meat. Either way, it’s eaten with
other dishes. Rice is also used to make other products, used for cooking or beverage.
Another carbohydrate source is noodles, either in soup form or served fried with other
ingredients. According to the Chinese, noodles symbolize longevity and are often
served in birthday celebrations.
Protein sources are again, seafood, meat, and poultry. Tofu is also used as another
protein source. Also from soy comes another popular Chinese condiment – soy sauce,
which is used to add flavor to dishes, soups, or as a dipping sauce to dim sum –
dumplings already bite-size and usually served as an appetizer. Bok Choy is a popular
vegetable in many side dishes, noodle dishes, and as an edible garnish in main dishes.
Peking duck or Beijing roast duck is another well-known dish and is still popular among
many restaurants today. Other duck dishes in Chinese cuisine are Jinling salted dried
duck, Nanjing’s most famous dish and also dried duck.
At the end of the meal, tea is served with dessert such as jellies with fruit or deep-
friend mantou served with sweetened condensed milk. Ice creams and shaved ice are
also popular. Tea also has different choices such as green tea, black tea, oolong tea,
and there are also herbal teas drunk for medicinal purposes.
Due to immigration and globalization, Chinese food has evolved and some traditional
dishes and favorites are mixed with other culture’s popular dishes resulting in fusion
cuisine, therefore new dishes are created with dishes from two different countries as
inspirations or basis for this new dish. So the story of food does not end here yet.

2. Herbed Tofu in White Wine Sauce
We are trying so much with wine then why leave such a venerable Tofu behind. Tofu
does not have a specific taste of its own so it become all the more easy to blend it with
white wine sauce.
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
Recommended Wine: 1/2 cup white wine
Difficulty Level: Average
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter, 1 1/2 tablespoons flour, all-purpose, 1/2 cup skimmed milk, 1/2
cup white wine, 1 chopped onion, 1 dash cloves – ground, Salt to taste, 1 cup water,
200gms herbed tofu
Preparation Instructions:
In a saucepan melt the butter and add flour to it. Turn off the heat and allow it to cool
slightly and then add wine. To this add onion, cloves, and salt to taste and stir it on low
flame, keep stirring. Allow it to simmer till the desired consistency is achieved. Now
add tofu and let it cook on low flame. You can serve tofu and sauce with steamed rice
or pasta.

3. Stir-Fried Broccoli Chicken with Cashews
Chicken chunks are seasoned with sugar, soy sauce and garlic before being stir-fried to
create this spicy dish with broccoli, peppers and cashews.
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking Time: About 10 minutes
Difficulty Level: Average
Ingredients:
1 tsp. sugar, 2 tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce, 3 med. cloves garlic, minced, 2 boneless,
skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks, 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth, 4 tsp.
cornstarch, 2 tbsp. + 1 tbsp. peanut oil, 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips, 4 cup broccoli
pieces, 1 med. onion, chopped, 1 cup cashew halves
Preparation Instructions:
In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, soy sauce and garlic. Add chicken chunks. Stir to coat
thoroughly. Set aside. In another bowl, combine chicken broth with cornstarch,
whisking until there are no lumps. Set aside. Heat 2 tbsp. peanut oil in a wok over
medium-high heat. Add chicken chunks; stir-fry 4-5 minutes. Add remaining oil,
pepper and broccoli. Stir-fry for about 3 more minutes. Add onion; stir-fry an
additional 2-3 more minutes, or until chicken is fully cooked and vegetables are crisp-
tender. Stir in cornstarch mixture, stirring constantly until mixture thickens, 1-2
minutes. Remove from heat. Add cashews and serve with rice or lo mien noodles.

4. Gelatin Pizza
This one’s just a treat on the dessert table!! Just top it up with fresh whipped cream
and seasonal fruits of your choice. You can also add chopped nuts at the time of
serving.
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 4 hours
Difficulty Level: Average
Ingredients:
2 packages jelly – you can choose flavor of your choice, 250ml boiling water, 100gms
fresh whipped topping, 2 cups chopped fruit – fruits of your choice
Preparation Instructions:
Empty the gelatin mix in a saucepan and add boiling water to it. Stir well till it dissolves
completely. Pour this mixture into well-greased pizza pan. Refrigerate it until chilled
about 2-4 hrs. At the time of serving spread whipped cream on top of it and top it up
with cut fruits. Serve chilled.
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