Gyudon (Beef Bowl)

 Originally from Adam Liaw:

• Thinly sliced beef
• 3/4 cup chicken stock
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tbsp sake
• 2tbsp mirin
• 3 tsp sugar
• 1 brown onion

Add chicken stock, soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar to top and bring to boil.

Add onion until soften.

Add beef and stir until beef is cooked.

Chevy's Salsa

 Modified version of this recipe for Chevy's salsa:

• 2 lbs fresh tomatoes
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 1 jalapeno pepper
• 1/4 cup fresh chopped cilantro
• 1 table spoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon minced garlic

1. Grill tomatoes, onion and jalapeno on open flame until slightly charred and tomatoes soften and split.
2. Remove from grill and let cool
3. Drain accumulated liquid
4. Remove stem of jalapenos and tomatoe ends
5. Blend (approx 10 sec) all ingredients in blender
6. Chill and serve.

Braised Pork Belly and Braised Eggs (滷肉飯)

Found this recipe on Angel Wongs Kitchen  for Braised Pork Belly 滷肉飯 (Lǔ ròu fàn) using a pressure cooker to speed things up.

Braised Eggs

• eggs (however many you want to cook)
• water

1. Enough water to cover the eggs by about an inch.
2. Bring water to boil
3. Put in eggs for 12 minutes
4. Put eggs into an ice bath for 15 minutes
5. Peel
6. Add to braised pork belly stew below.

Braised Pork Belly

• 2 lb. boneless pork belly
• 2 Tbsp. minced garlic
• 2 Tbsp. brown sugar (or rock sugar)
• 1/2 cup light soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp. rice wine
• 3 Tbsp. dried shallot
• 1 tsp. five spice powder
• 1/2 tsp.  white pepper
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbsp. dark soy sauce
• 3 3/4 cups filtered water for instant pot (4 cups or more to cover meat for slow cook)

1. Cut pork belly into 1" pieces.
2. Brown the pork and add to instant pot.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients to the instant pot.
4. Set pot to pressure + high for 30 minutes (actual cook time will be longer because the pot needs to pressurize).
5. Once done, add the boiled eggs.

Red Cooked Pork

Found original recipe here: http://www.redcook.net/2008/01/18/hong-shao-rou-red-cooked-pork/

Ingredients:

* 1 1/2 lb. pork belly meat cut into two inch cubes
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* 3 cloves of garlic peeled
* 1-2 whole star anise
* 2 tablespoons soy sauce (老抽)
* 1/4 cup rice wine (紹興酒)
* 1 1/2 cups water

Preparation:

* Melt the sugar with some water in a small pot over medium high heat. Continue heating until the sugar is slightly brown.
* Brown the cubed pork in the pot
* Add brown it with the caramelized sugar. About 8 minutes.
* Put the garlic, star anise,soy sauce, rice wine and clear stock into the pot. Cover the pot and simmer over low heat. Cook for about 40 minutes. Stir the meat every 10 minutes to make sure the bottom of the pot does not get burnt. Remove the cover and turn the heat to medium high. Cook the meat for another 10 minutes until the sauce reduces to a smooth consistency.
* This dish, like most stew dishes, is better if left overnight and reheated the next day.

Sweet Green Bean Soup

This is a popular Chinese summer time treat.

1.5 cup green beans (mung beans)
10 cups water.
5 T sugar.

Wash the beans.
Bring water to boil.
Add beans and simmer at low heat for 45 minutes or until bean is soft.
Add sugar and stir.

Can be served hot or cold.

Banana bread recipe

3 large or 4 regular size over ripe bananas
1.25 C sugar

0.5 lb (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
2 eggs, room temp
1 tsp vanilla

1.5 C all purpose flour
0.5 tsp kosher salt
1.5 tsp baking soda
0.5 C chopped toasted walnut (optional)

1. Preheat 325. 9"x5"x3" loaf pan.
2. Melt butter then let slightly cool.
3. Whip bananas and sugar in mixer.
4. Mix butter, eggs, vanilla together.
5. Mix flour, salt, baking soda, nuts
6. Whip (4) well and scrape down sides of bowl.
7. Add (5) to bowl and mix
8. Pour into pan and bake for ~1 hour.

(muffin pan: 16-20 mins)
(4 small loaf: ~20mins)

Chinese Tea Eggs

Ingredients:

Boil Eggs:

• 8-12 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt

3 cups water
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 piece star anise
1 piece cinnamon stick
black tea (usually just get a black tea bag)

Method:

Cover eggs with enough water to cover. Add salt and bring water to boil and simmer for 3 minutes.
Remove eggs, rinse under cold water and roll in towel to crack shells.
Return eggs to water, add tea, soy sauce, salt, cinnamon and star anise.
Simmer for 3+ hours.

Chinese Sticky Rice (油飯)

Classic comfort food from Taiwan.

Ingredients:

3 cups of long grain sweet rice (sticky rice)
2 chinese (non-sweet) sausage
5 pc. dried mushrooms
1/2 cup dried shrimp
1/2 cup fried shallots
3 T light soy sauce
1 T brown sugar
2 T sesame/cooking oil

Preparation:

1. Cook rice in rice cooker with 1.5 cup of water.
2. Soak mushroom in 1 cup hot water until soft.
3. Soak shrimp in 1/2 cup water.
4. Mix 3 T soy sauce and 1 T brown sugar.
5. Chop mushroom into small strips
6. Chop sausage into small pieces.
7. Combine mushroom water and shrimp water

Method:

Combine chopped mushrooms and dry shrimptogether.
Stir fry shallot in 2T of oil briefly.
Add sausage.
Add mushroom and dry shrimp
Add water from mushroom and shrimp and bring to boil.
Add soy sauce and brown sugar.
Add sweet rice and mix together.