Moo Shu Style Vegetable Pancakes With Watercress Salad And Mung Bean Sprouts Recipes

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• Whisk the hoisin sauce, vinegar, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the pork and marinate 10 minutes.
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. Remove the pork from the marinade using tongs (reserve the marinade) and stir-fry until browned, about 4 minutes. Transfer the pork to a plate. Add 3 to 4 tablespoons water to the skillet, then pour the pan juices over the pork on the plate.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to the skillet; when hot, add the mushrooms and stir-fry until slightly golden, about 2 minutes. Add the coleslaw mix and cook until wilted, about 3 minutes. Add the pork, the reserved marinade and half of the scallions; stir-fry 2 more minutes. Season with salt and sprinkle with the remaining scallions. Serve the stir-fry in the lettuce leaves with more hoisin sauce.

MOO SHU VEGETABLE STIR FRY

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon sesame oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Pour in eggs; cook, stirring gently, until set, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil in the skillet. Add garlic and ginger; cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in bean sprouts, broccoli slaw, soy sauce, and rice vinegar; cook until broccoli slaw is tender, about 5 minutes.
• Stir eggs and hoisin sauce into the skillet until eggs are in small pieces and heated through, about 3 minutes.

VEGETABLE MOO SHU

Steps:

• Stir together the light soy sauce, sesame oil, hoisin sauce, white pepper, and salt, and set aside.
• Heat your wok over high heat with ½ tablespoon oil. Stir-fry the julienned carrots for 90 seconds, remove, and set aside. Using the same method, with ½ tablespoon oil each--cook the spiced tofu, celery, red bell pepper, and shiitake mushrooms separately, and set those aside.
• Next, heat the wok over high heat with the remaining tablespoon of oil, and add the minced garlic and leeks.
• Stir fry the vegetables until the leeks are just wilted (about 2 minutes), and add the carrots, five-spiced tofu, celery, bell pepper, and mushrooms back to the wok.
• Spread the Shaoxing wine around the perimeter of the wok, and add the sauce mixture we prepared earlier. Stir-fry everything together for another minute.
• Serve immediately with steamed Mandarin pancakes and hoisin sauce on the side!

MOO SHU PORK POCKETS

Steps:

• Combine the pork, cabbage, cayenne pepper, garlic, gingersnap cookies, and soy sauce in a bowl. Form mixture into patties. Heat a large, nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add wok or vegetable oil to the pan. Cook patties 7 minutes on each side.
• Heat tortillas on a nonstick surface over high heat for 30 seconds on each side. Paint the tortillas with hoisin sauce, leaving a 1-inch rim from edge. Pile shredded mixed veggies in center of tortilla and top with cooked pork patty. Fold the tortilla up on all four sides and wrap burger in a square package. Invert pork pocket and cut on diagonal. Serve pockets with jasmine rice sundaes and cucumber salad.
• Scoop prepared jasmine rice onto dinner plates using an ice cream scoop. Top with duck sauce and toasted sesame seed "sprinkles". This is a great use for those packets of leftover duck sauce that clutter up your junk drawers in the kitchen and kids love the look of the technique.
• Spread cucumber slices in a thin layer on double-ply paper towels. Roll paper towels up to squeeze water from sliced cucumbers. Transfer sliced cucumbers to a bowl and toss with sliced peppers.
• Combine remaining ingredients in a small plastic container and shake until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Pour the dressing over the cucumbers, toss, and serve.

MOO SHU CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk 2 tablespoons water, 2 teaspoons sesame oil, and cornstarch together in a large bowl. Stir in chicken and set aside.
• Whisk remaining 4 tablespoons water, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, and soy sauce together in a separate bowl. Set aside.
• Heat 1 teaspoon vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add eggs and cook 3 minutes; flip and cook until firm and set, about 3 minutes more. Transfer to a cutting board and slice into thin strips.
• Add chicken mixture to the same skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 6 minutes; flip and cook until chicken is golden brown and juices run clear, about 6 minutes more. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Heat remaining teaspoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, garlic, and sherry. Cook until cabbage starts to wilt, about 2 minutes.
• Add chicken, eggs, and sauce mixture to cabbage mixture. Cook and stir until sauce has thickened, about 5 minutes. Toss in green onions and serve immediately.

BEAN SPROUT SALAD

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat. Add the bean sprouts and cook quickly for 30 seconds. Add the peppers and stir fry. Add the scallions and stir. Remove vegetables to a strainer to drain.
• In a large bowl, mix together vinegar, sugar, salt and sesame oil. Add vegetables and toss tocoat. Refrigerate for 6 hours before serving.

MOO SHU PANCAKES

Steps:

• Mix the salt into the flour with a fork. Pile the flour onto a clean counter and make a well in it with your fingers. Pour the oil into the well, followed by about half of the hot water. Mix the flour into the water and make into a dough, adding a little water at a time until you have a damp dough. Knead the dough for a bout 10 minutes or until smooth.
• Divide the dough into 18- 20 balls of about equal size. Flatten and roll them out into discs about 2-3 inches in diameter. Brush the tops of half of these with a little oil and place the other half of these on top. Dust with a little flour and roll out into thin pizza like circles about 6-8 inches across. Stack with waxed paper in between the pancakes.
• Heat a griddle or large ungreased skillet over medium-low heat. cook one at a time turning often until bubbles begin to form in the dough. Do not brown! With the tip of a knife seperate the pancake into two and place on a warm plate covered with a clean dampened towel mositened with hot water. Continue doing this until all the pancakes are done. Enjoy with Toni's Moo Shu Vegetables!

MOO SHU VEGETABLES WITH CHINESE PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 F degrees.
• Wrap pancakes in foil and place in oven to warm, about 8 minutes.
• Heat sesame oil in a wok or large skillet until very hot.
• Add green onions, bok choy, red bell pepper, carrots and mushrooms.
• Stir-fry vegetables 3 to 4 minutes until crisp tender.
• Add sprouts, tofu, ginger and garlic and continue cooking 2 to 3 minutes until sprouts are soft.
• Stir in tamari and extra hoisin sauce.
• To eat, drizzle a spoonful of hoisin sauce across center of pancake.
• Top with generous helping of vegetables and roll up burrito style.

MU SHU PORK

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, sherry and hoisin sauce in a bowl. Add the pork, toss to coat evenly, cover, refrigerate and marinate for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, soak the mushrooms in enough hot water to cover for 20 minutes. Drain and thinly slice. Set aside on a plate, along with the cabbage, carrot and scallions.
• Heat a wok or large skillet over medium/high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil and swirl to coat. Pour in the eggs, swirling and tilting the wok to form a thin film. Cook just until the eggs are set and feel dry on top, about 1 minute. Transfer to a platter, let cool slightly and cut into 1 inch strips.
• Return the wok to high heat, and swirl in the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add the garlic, and ginger, and stir-fry to release the aromas, about 1 minute. Add the pork and stirfry until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the reserved mushrooms, cabbage, carrot, bean sprouts, and scallions, along with the chicken stock, and stir-fry another 2 minutes. Stir in soy sauce, sherry, sesame oil, and sugar, and cook, stirring until sauce boils, about 1 minute. Add egg strips and mix well. To serve, spread a small amount of hoisin sauce on a warm Mandarin Pancake. Spoon about 1/2 cup mu shu mixture in center of pancake, wrap like a burrito, folding the ends to close, and serve.
• Place flour in a medium bowl, making a well in the center. Pour in the boiling water, and use a wooden spoon or chopsticks to mix until a soft dough is formed. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough gently until it is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Cover with a damp towel and let rest for 20 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a log, 16 inches long. Cut the log crosswise into 1 inch pieces, shape each piece into a ball, then use your hands to flatten each ball into a pancake. Brush the tops of the pancakes lightly with the sesame oil. Then, place one pancake on top of a second pancake, oiled sides together, so that there are 8 pairs. With a rolling pin, flatten each pair into a 6 inch circle. (A tortilla press also works well for this.) Cover the pancakes with a damp towel to rest.
• Heat an ungreased, nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook the pancakes, one at a time, turning them once as they puff and little bubbles appear on the surface, until lightly browned, about 2 minutes on each side. As each pancake is finished, remove from pan and gently separate the halves into 2 pancakes while still hot. Stack cooked pancakes on a plate while cooking the remaining pancakes.
• Serve pancakes while still warm with Mu Shu Pork. Or, pancakes may be prepared up to 1 day in advance, wrapped in plastic, and refrigerated. Pancakes may also be frozen. Reheat them by steaming for 5 minutes, or warming them in a 350 degree F oven, wrapped in foil, for 10 minutes.
• Yield: 16 pancakes

MOO SHU VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Prepare your vegetables and gather all your ingredients
• Heat a large nonstick frying pan to medium heat and add a splash of cooking oil.
• Add the beaten eggs to the pan and cover with a lid. Allow the eggs to almost fully set before flipping the omelet and cooking the other side for another 30 seconds, or just until the eggs have fully set.
• Remove the eggs from the pan and slice into strips, reserving for later.
• In a small bowl, mix together the hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, oyster sauce and sesame oil.
• Heat a large wok to medium high heat and add a couple of tablespoons of cooking oil for stir frying.
• When the pan is hot, add the mushrooms and carrots and stirfry for 2-3 minutes before adding the shredded cabbage, green onion and snow peas to the wok. Continue to stir fry for another 2-3 minutes or until the veggies have brightened and softened but have not been over cooked.
• Add the sauce mixture to the stir and toss to coat with the wok on the burner to heat the sauce up.
• Remove the wok from the heat, add the egg strips to the stir fry mixture and toss to combine.
• Serve with Mandarin pancakes.

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• Cut pork into 1/4-inch-thin strips and mix with 1 tablespoon soy sauce, cornstarch, wine, and water.
• Mix remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce with cabbage, carrot, bean sprouts, and hoisin sauce in a separate bowl.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Pour in eggs. Cook and scramble until set, about 3 minutes. Remove from wok and set aside.
• Heat another tablespoon of oil in the same wok; cook pork mixture until meat is no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Remove mixture and set aside.
• Heat remaining tablespoon of oil in the wok. Add cabbage mixture; stir-fry until softened but still crunchy, about 3 minutes. Add the pork mixture and eggs; stir evenly and drain.

MOO SHU STYLE VEGETABLE PANCAKES WITH WATERCRESS SALAD AND MUNG BEAN SPROUTS

Steps:

• Beat the eggs and add the milk, water and oil. Whisk in flour and strain through a fine mesh sieve. Add remaining ingredients and refrigerate for at least 1/2 hour.
• Separate the broccoli into florets. Heat both oils together over a high heat and char the broccoli for approximately 4 to 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients, ensuring that the hoisin sauce is the last, and stir fry for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Coat a nonstick 12 inch skillet with vegetable oil and put over a low flame. Ladle 1 ounce of crepe batter into skillet and tilt to spread to the edges of the pan. When surface is dry, remove the crepe and repeat this process to make 8 crepes.
• Fill the crepes and roll them. Brown the crepes in a nonstick skillet, on all sides, adding a few drops of canola oil as necessary.
• Toss salad ingredients together. Arrange 2 crepes on each plate and top with salad.