5 tang stock Recipes

fermented black beans, shaoxing wine (substitute ( medium dry sherry), fresh ginger, unpeeled, dried hot red chili pepper (sichuanese preferred), peanut oil (substitute ( vegetable oil, any high smoke point oil), dripping (original recipe (beef or lard), szechuan hot bean sauce, beef stock, rock sugar, sichuanese fermented glutinous rice wine (optional), salt (really, to taste), szechwan pepper, whole

head napa cabbage, chicken stock (ideally, use homemade bone broth with plenty of fat), salt, rice wine or 1 tsp rice vinegar, fresh ginger, dried shiitake mushroom (optional), extra firm tofu, cut into 1/2 inch dice, chopped green onions, light sesame oil (optional)

boneless beef cubes, daikon radish, cut in half without top, green onion, garlic cloves, minced, precooked chinese egg noodles, salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

oil, garlic cloves, minced, chicken stock, fresh galangal root or 3 slices fresh gingerroot, pickled cabbage, minced (called tang chye, chinese pickled cabbage) (optional), salt, white pepper, cooked jasmine rice or 3 cups cooked long-grain rice, fresh fish fillet, cut into bite-sized pieces (red snapper, flounder or salmon), stalk celery, sliced thinly, nam pla, scallions, thinly sliced (optional), fresh cilantro leaves, minced (optional)