9 xiao Recipes

soup, water, chicken bones (wings/back/neck), virginia smithfield ham (or cured chinese ham if you can get it), cut into 4 pieces, pork skin & fat (you can ask your butcher for this, he ll most likely just give it to you. you could also use pork belly, or just a fatty cut of pork), ginger coins, garlic cloves, smashed with side of your knife, shaoxing wine (or dry sherry), agar-agar, powdered agar agar, unflavored gelatin, ground pork, peeled shrimp, deveined and minced finely, stalks green onion, finely minced, sugar, soy sauce, salt, white pepper, grated ginger (use rasp grater), shaoxing wine (or dry sherry), sesame oil, dough (makes about 40 dumplings), all-purpose flour (but please re-read the part above re: dough), boiling hot water, cold water, cooking oil, dipper, sambal (hot chili & garlic sauce), black vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, shaved ginger

white flour, yeast, sugar, salt, warm water, ground pork (tastes better if fattier), raw ground up shrimp (optional), fresh gingerroot, peeled and cut into tiny bits, egg, garlic cloves, peeled and sliced, green onions or 1/2 leek, sliced into tiny bits, star anise, dried japanese chilies, szechuan peppercorns (optional), cooking oil, soy sauce, salt

bamboo shoots, cut in thin strips, garlic cloves, minced, fresh red chile, seeded and finely chopped, dried chili pepper flakes, ground pork (or substitute any ground meat such as turkey,beef or even veggie crumbles), shaoxing wine or 1 tsp sherry wine, salt , to taste, rice vinegar, light soy sauce, chicken stock or 3 tbsp water, sliced scallions, green parts only, sesame oil, peanut oil

chicken (about 3 1/2 lb), halved lengthwise, matchsticks of peeled ginger, peanut or vegetable oil, garlic cloves, minced, fresh hot thai chiles, minced , including seeds, coarsely chopped cilantro, water, soy sauce, rice vinegar (not seasoned )

potato starch or cornstarch mixed with 1/2 cup water, salt, pork spareribs , cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces by butcher, peanut oil, dried hot red pepper flakes , coarsely ground in a spice grinder, chinese chile bean sauce or paste, dried facing heaven chiles (1-inch bell-shaped hot red chiles) or 3 (2-inch-long) dried hot red chiles, chinese rice wine (preferably shaoxing) or medium-dry sherry, sesame seeds, sugar, asian sesame oil, chile oil containing sesame oil (such as chiu chow chili oil from lee kum kee)

egg, ground pork, water chestnuts, finely chopped, scallion, finely chopped, cornstarch, sugar, dry sherry, light soy sauce, vegetable oil, salt , to taste