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Gearing Up for Thanksgiving - Oriental Rotisserie-Style Turkey Breast

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:05:51 +0000

Looking for a quick and easy alternative to roasting an entire bird for Thanksgiving dinner? Total cooking time is about one hour in this recipe for Oriental Rotisserie-Style Turkey Breast. Before baking, the turkey is coated in a spicy mixture with five-spice powder, garlic and ginger. It's served with a simple sauce/gravy made with broth, flour and pan juices.

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Gearing Up for Thanksgiving - Oriental Rotisserie-Style Turkey Breast originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 12:05:51.

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Top 10 Chinese Recipes to Spice Up Your Thanksgiving

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:24 +0000

Looking for a new and interesting way to spice up your Thanksgiving feast? How about adding a Chinese influence to the meal? Traditional Thanksgiving foods, such as turkey and sweet potatoes, lend themselves readily to exotic spices such as five spice powder. Here are several Chinese recipes for Thanksgiving - feel free to update your entire menu or just add one or two new dishes.

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Roast Turkey - seasoned with five-spice powder and oystersauce
Roast Turkey With Hoisin - hoisin sauce lends a sweet and spicy flavor to the marinade
Oriental Rotisserie-Style Turkey Breast Recipe Not up to roasting a whole turkey? Five-spice powder lends flavor to this low carb recipe made with lean turkey breast
Glazed Carrots With Five-spice Powder
Stir-fried Spicy Sweet Potatoes

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Top 10 Chinese Recipes to Spice Up Your Thanksgiving originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 12:00:24.

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Beautiful Broccoli Chicken

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:51:56 +0000

This recipe uses a simple technique called "velveting" to give chicken breasts a smooth velvety texture and prevent them from overcooking. To finish the dish, the velveted chicken is combined with broccoli in a savory, oyster-flavored sauce.

A reader gives this recipe for Broccoli Chicken 5 out of 5 stars and writes: "Excellent recipe. Everyone loved it. It tasted exactly like
they make it at Chinese restaurants, even better. I will recommend this
recipe to everyone, and all the ingredients were very affordable."

Beautiful Broccoli Chicken originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 15:51:56.

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Warming Chinese Stews For the Weekend

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:14:18 +0000

Nothing beats a warming stew on colder weather days. In Vegetarian Country Stew, tofu puffs soak up the flavor of the gravy. (Tofu puffs are available at Chinese markets, or you can substitute firm tofu). This recipe for Hawaiian Beef Stew made with soy sauce is deceptively simple yet full of flavor. It has been reader-rated at 5 out of 5 stars. Last but not least are Chinese red cooked dishes. This recipe for Beef Braised in Soy Sauce uses seasonings available in local supermarkets (with the exception of the dry sherry, which can be found at liquor stores). For something a little more authentic, this Red Cooked Beef recipe is made with licorice flavored star anise and dried mushrooms and includes instructions for cooking the beef in either a wok or a clay pot.

Warming Chinese Stews For the Weekend originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at 12:14:18.

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Video: Easy Mu Shu Pork

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:21:39 +0000

A northern Chinese dish, classic Mu Shu Pork combines thin strips of pork with exotic cloud ears, dried lily buds and Chinese dried mushrooms with scrambled egg in a flavorful sauce. In this version, Gretchen Siegchrist uses easier to find Chinese vegetables such as bok choy and mung bean sprouts. You can enjoy the Mu Shu Pork as is, or serve it in the traditional style, on Mandarin pancakes that have been brushed with hoisin sauce.

Video: Easy Mu Shu Pork originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 12:21:39.

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Delicious Yangchow Fried Rice

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:27:19 +0000

This fried rice dish is made without any extra seasonings, allowing the natural flavor of the ingredients to come through. You'll also noticed that the egg is cooked in the individual grains of rice instead of being fried or scrambled separately. A reader gives this recipe for Yangchow Fried Rice 5 out of 5 stars, saying "As usual Rhonda's recipes always come out great." Thanks!

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Delicious Yangchow Fried Rice originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 12:27:19.

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Fried Rice With Chinese Sausage

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:20:29 +0000

This recipe features the distinctive flavor of Chinese sausage, those thin, firm sausages with a sweet flavor.that are found in Chinese supermarkets and groceries. Since I didn't have leftover cooked rice on hand, I tried a trick recommended by television chef and restarauteur Ming Tsai: prepare a batch of fresh cooked rice, spread on a baking sheet and freeze for 25 - 30 minutes. The texture of the fried rice wasn't quite the same as days-old cooked rice, but it made a handy substitute.

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Fried Rice With Chinese Sausage originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 14:20:29.

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Chengdu Chicken

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:32 +0000

A Szechuan dish, Chengdu Chicken is named after the city of Chengdu, which is the capital of Szechuan province. The secret ingredients in this recipe are hot bean paste, made with fermented soybeans and crushed chilies, and Szechuan peppercorn. Both are available at Asian groceries. Serve Chengdu Chicken with stir-fried greens or a salad, and cooked rice.

Chengdu Chicken originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at 16:45:32.

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Easy Chinese Green Bean Recipe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:40 +0000

In this simple stir-fry, green beans are combined with fresh mushrooms and seasoned with garlic, ginger and hoisin sauce. Traditionally, Chinese green bean dishes are made with Asian long beans - dark green beans that can grow up to three feet long. But you can use other types of green beans, including haricot verts and runner beans. This recipe for Chinese green beans would pair nicely with pork and cooked rice.

More Chinese Green Bean Recipes

Szechuan Green Bean Recipe - uses longbeans
Beef With Chinese Green Beans
Chinese Green Beans With Pork - with Szechuan preserved vegetable

Easy Chinese Green Bean Recipe originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 13:50:40.

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Easy Curry Chicken

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:10:05 +0000

Curry chicken is a nice recipe for busy weeknights, with chicken breasts, onion, potatoes and carrots all cooked together in one dish. Feel free to use chicken thighs instead of breasts, and to replace the curry paste with 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons of curry powder if needed.

Easy Curry Chicken originally appeared on About.com Chinese Food on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 19:10:05.

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