13 mei lei Recipes

sugar, light soy sauce, oil, sirloin steaks (about 2 cups) or 1 lb flank steak, trimmed and sliced into 1/4-inch thick strips (about 2 cups), cornstarch, curry powder, chicken stock or 1/2 cup water, garlic clove, minced, gingerroot, shredded, salt, onion, sliced and separated into rings, chopped scallion (to garnish )

sugar, water, light corn syrup, vanilla extract, purple and deep pink gel or paste food coloring, butter cookies with cutout centers, yellow colored sugar, shoestring licorice (30 inches)

rice noodles , thin (rice vermicelli), sesame oil, carrot , julienne cut, onion, sliced, cabbage, shredded, chicken breast, boneless and skinless cut in thin strips, eggs, fresh ginger, minced, bean sprouts, drained and rinsed, water, brown sugar, soy sauce (to taste), salt , to taste, fresh ground black pepper , to taste

filling mixture for siu mei, ground pork, prawns, shelled, deveined and minced, shitake mushrooms, minced (i actually used some velvet pioppini mushrooms but i know those aren tsp available to everyone), soy sauce, kosher salt, sweet mirin wine (or white wine), sesame oil, sugar, green onions, minced, fresh ginger, grated, rice wine vinegar, fresh napa cabbage, shredded and chopped, water chestnuts, minced, white pepper , to taste, fresh, round wonton/gyoza wrappers, fresh (or frozen) peas , about 12-15 (for the siu mei), canola oil (to brown the potstickers)

chopped shiitake mushroom caps, chopped water chestnuts, chopped green onions, garlic cloves, chopped, grated peeled fresh ginger, dark sesame oil, salt, sea scallops, chopped, lump crabmeat, drained (such as chicken of the sea), egg, lightly beaten, gyoza skins, cornstarch, lettuce leaves, sugar, low-sodium soy sauce, rice vinegar, water, sambal oelek (ground fresh chile paste) or thai chile paste

boned , skinned chicken breast halves (1 1/2 lbs. total), hoisin sauce, divided, chinese five-spice powder, reduced-sodium soy sauce, vegetable oil, divided, lime juice, thai or vietnamese fish sauce, sandwich rolls or 1 sweet baguette, cut into 4 equal lengths and split lengthwise, mayonnaise, english cucumber , cut into 2-in. matchsticks, carrot , cut into thin matchsticks, jicama , cut into matchsticks, red fresno or red jalapeno chile, halved lengthwise and sliced, cilantro , thai basil, and mint leaves

pears, very hard , barely ripe, chinese white rice vinegar (can substitute distilled vinegar ( cider vinegar not recommended (adds too much apple flaovor), water, sugar, salt

hpnotiq liqueur, super premium coconut rum, super premium banana rum, super premiuma mango rum, pineapple juice

ripe breadfruit (skin should be yellow and brown, flesh soft), butter, brown sugar

chicken breasts, fresh ginger, peeled and sliced, water, head iceberg lettuce, chopped, green onions, sliced, sliced almonds, toasted, sesame seeds, toasted, rice vermicelli (chinese mei fun), oil, for frying, sugar, salt, accent seasoning, black pepper, rice vinegar, salad oil

uncooked medium shrimp, deveined with shell on (21 to 25 per pound), salt, freshly ground pepper, vegetable oil for deep-frying, flour, eggs, lightly beaten, chinese rice stick noodles (mei fun) broken into pieces 1/8 to 1/4 inch pieces