Deep Fried Fishballs And Chinese Cabbage Recipes

STIR-FRIED CHINESE CABBAGE

Steps:

• Stir together rice wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, and ginger root in a small bowl; set aside.
• Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat.
• Add red pepper flakes and minced garlic, and stir-fry until it becomes aromatic but not scorched.
• Add shredded cabbage and stir-fry until limp, but not mushy.
• Add contents of seasoning bowl and cook, stirring, 1-2 minutes more, until liquid is almost absorbed.
• Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and serve.

CHINESE STEAMED BASS WITH CABBAGE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the fish with the chilli, ginger and a little salt. Steam the cabbage for 5 mins. Lay fish on top of the cabbage and steam for a further 5 mins until cooked through.
• Meanwhile, heat the oils in a small pan, add the garlic and quickly cook, stirring until lightly browned. Transfer the cabbage and fish to serving plates, sprinkle each with 1 tsp of soy sauce, then pour over the garlicky oil.

STEAMED FISHBALLS

Steps:

• 1. Soak dried mushrooms. 2. Cut fish in strips 1-inch long. Cut ham, bamboo shoots, Chinese cabbage and soaked mushrooms in similar strips. 3. Mince ginger root then combine in a deep bowl with cornstarch, sherry, salt, pepper and egg white. Add fish strips and toss gently to coat then add ham and vegetable strips, tossing to coat. Form into walnut-size balls and place in a shallow heatproof dish. 4. Steam until done (about 7 minutes). See HOW-TO, _Steaming. 5. Heat stock in a saucepan and add remaining salt. Meanwhile blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste then stir in to thicken. Pour sauce over fishballs and serve. NOTE: Unlike the minced fishballs, these, which are made with fish strips, have a ridged surface. This dish is also known as Rainbow Fish or Yangchow Fishballs. VARIATIONS: * For the Chinese cabbage, substitute fresh spinach. * In step 3, add 2 teaspoons oil to the cornstarch-sherry mixture. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

BEST EVER STIR-FRIED CHINESE CABBAGE!

Steps:

• Soak dried scallops and dried shrimp in hot water or put it in the microwave for 5 minutes on high and slice the chili and garlic as well as roughly chopping the Chinese cabbage.
• Once the dried scallops have significantly soften, drain them while reserving liquid.
• Heat oil in pan and brown the garlic slices. Once garlic is browned, remove half the browned garlic slices and set aside.
• Then add the chilies and then the soaked dried scallops and shrimp and fry for 1 minute.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Add the Chinese cabbage and fry till it slightly wilts and then add then cooking wine, oyster sauce, the soaking liquid.
• Season with soy sauce to taste.
• Cook cabbage for a further 3-5 minutes till cooked but retaining a bit of crunch and then thicken with corn flour.
• Garnish with the crunchy garlic slices and enjoy!

DEEP-FRIED FISHBALLS AND CHINESE CABBAGE

Steps:

• 1. Cut Chinese cabbage in 2-inch sections. Crush ginger root. 2. Prepare Fishballs (from the Edit Tap, click to open recipe and follow instructions) with any of the Fishball Mixtures A-D. 3. Heat oil to bubbling. Add fishballs, a few at a time, and deep-fry until golden. Drain on paper toweling. 4. Heat remaining oil. Add ginger root and stir-fry a few times. Add Chinese cabbage and stir-fry until tender but still crisp. Transfer to a warm serving platter and sprinkle lightly with salt. Place fish balls on top. 5. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat stock. Stir in sherry and soy sauce and heat then add sugar, pepper, and remaining salt. 6. Blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste then stir in to thicken. Pour sauce over fish balls and cabbage and serve. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.