9 mao Recipes

boil-in-bag rice, low-sodium soy sauce, divided, dry sherry, divided, lean ground pork, peanut oil, extra-firm tofu, drained and cubed, chopped green onions, minced fresh ginger, chile paste with garlic, minced fresh garlic, salt, fat-free , less-sodium chicken broth, cornstarch, water

dried thai-style rice noodles, wide (such as chantaboon rice noodles), olive oil, garlic, minced, thick soy sauce, white sugar, olive oil, garlic, minced, pork (any cut), thinly sliced, serrano pepper, minced, or more to taste, fresh basil leaves, chopped, thick soy sauce, white sugar, salt, bean sprouts

sliced chicken or 1 1/2 lbs beef or 1 1/2 lbs peeled raw shrimp, wide rice noodles, green onion, chopped with white and green parts separated, white onion, thinly sliced, garlic cloves, minced, minced ginger, green bell pepper, quartered and cut into 1/4-inch slices, thai basil (about 30 leaves ), sweet basil (about 15 leaves ), roma tomatoes, quartered and chopped into 1/2-inch chunks, handful fresh bean sprout, eggs, sesame oil, vegetable oil, chili-garlic sauce (thai chili paste) or 2 tbsp crushed red chili, oyster sauce, fish sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, sugar, mirin, lime , juice of

lean pork (the recipe calls for pork belly but this is a lighter version), peanut oil, white sugar, shaoxing wine or 1 tbsp sherry wine, fresh ginger, skin left on and sliced, star anise, dried red chilies, cinnamon stick (or 1 piece of cassia bark), light soy sauce , to taste, salt , to taste, sugar , to taste, scallion, to garnish (green parts only )

walnuts, pine nuts, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, dried goji berries, dried apricots, dried blueberries

hanger or skirt steaks (i prefer steak for the kidney flavor), canola , vegetable, or corn oil, plus more for frying, rock candy, moutai or chinese grain alcohol, rice cooking wine, garlic cloves, chopped, onion, chopped, prepared horseradish (traditionally, people use ginger, but i use horseradish which goes better with red meat), soy sauce , plus 2 oz dark, fermented sweet rice sauce (available at any asian grocery), water, cherry cola, hu yieh leaves (dried lotus leaves), chinese buns (gwa bao, a white folded bun from any chinese grocer)

white miso, mirin, sugar, mushroom soy sauce, minced garlic, minced ginger, sesame oil, black bass fillets, jasmine rice, water, iceberg lettuce cups, seaweed mao cups, optional