Soy Braised Collards With Five Spice Powder Recipes

SOY-BRAISED COLLARDS WITH FIVE-SPICE POWDER

Steps:

• Bring rice wine, soy sauce, sugar, five-spice powder, and 1/4 cup water to a boil in a large casserole or Dutch oven. Add the damp greens. Cover, reduce the heat, and simmer, stirring once or twice, until the greens are very tender, about 15 minutes.
• Remove the cover and simmer until the greens are no longer soupy, 3 to 4 minutes. Adjust the seasoning, adding rice vinegar to taste. Serve immediately.

MAMA'S COLLARDS

Steps:

• Boil chicken about 20 minutes. Add collards and seasoning. Lower heat, cook about 2 hours or until greens are tender.

CRUNCHY BRAISED CHICKEN GIZZARD

Steps:

• Clean gizzards thoroughly, cut off tough tendon bits.
• Dry marinate with a little pepper.
• In a small sauce pan, heat the cooking oil on medium heat.
• Add ginger and garlic, stir fry till fragrant.
• Throw in the gizzards and increase heat to hot, stir fry till the gizzards just chnge color.
• Add in the 300 ml water, the five spice powder, the sweet soy sauce, and vinegar.
• Mix well.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and cook till the sauce reduces to about a third.
• Taste, adjust if necessary.
• Check that gizzards are tender yet crunchy.
• Serve hot, warm or cold with gizzards skewered with toothpicks.
• Note You can make your own Chinese Five Spice Powder by blending the following ground spices: 1 2/3 tbsp star anise 1 1/2 tsp fennel seeds 1 1/2 tsp cassia (in the USA cinnamon denotes both cinnamon and cassia which is native to China, professional bakers prefer cassia to cinnamon.) 1/2 tsp Sichuan pepper or black pepper 1/4 tsp cloves Stir-fried vegetables are enhanced by sprinkling about 1 tsp over them during cooking.
• Add a little salt, and you have a very good marinade for chicken, duck, pork and seafood.