Shanghai Rice Cake in Soup 上海湯年糕
I used Korean rice cakes that can be found in the refrigerated section of many supermarkets. But you can also use the dried Chinese ones. They tend not to be as chewy as the Korean ones and may take a shorter cooking time but longer soaking time. You can easily make this into a vegetarian dish and can substitute the Shanghai salted pork belly with any meat. Green cabbage, carrots, shepherd’s purse, spinach, bok choy, various mushrooms, and various preserved vegetables are also commonly used.
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Pan-Fried Radish Cake 煎蘿蔔糕
This recipe is an extension of my Steamed Radish Cake [https://auntieemily.com/steamed-radish-cake/] recipe for those who want to pan-fry the radish cake. The steamed radish cake can be cut into any size pieces and pan-fried or deep fried. You can also follow my Fried Radish Cake in XO Sauce for a popular variation. But if you like to keep it old school, serve this pan-fried option with some tea and //auntieemily.com/crystal-shrimp-dumplings/">shrimp dumplings [https://auntieemily.com/crystal-shrimp-dumplings/] (which I also have a recipe for, coincidentally, lol). And you have the perfect dimsum meal!
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Fried Radish Cake in XO Sauce "XO醬炒蘿蔔糕"
This recipe is an extension of my Steamed Radish Cake recipe. Besides using XO sauce, you can consider using Chinese Barbeque Sauce (Sha cha) or any chili oil. Dipping these crispy little bites in sesame sauce and/or hoisin sauce with sprinkles of sesame seeds and green onions would work for me! My son wants to dip them in sour cream! Good thing we were out of sour cream. But I’m interested in giving that a try! You never know!
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Fried Radish Cake in XO Sauce "XO醬炒蘿蔔糕"
This recipe is an extension of my Steamed Radish Cake recipe. Besides using XO sauce, you can consider using Chinese Barbeque Sauce (Sha cha) or any chili oil. Dipping these crispy little bites in sesame sauce and/or hoisin sauce with sprinkles of sesame seeds and green onions would work for me! My son wants to dip them in sour cream! Good thing we were out of sour cream. But I’m interested in giving that a try! You never know!
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Easy Steamed Salted Whole Chicken 簡易蒸鹽焗雞
All the chickens with head and feet that I’ve seen available at Asian supermarkets, are free range. With free range chickens, they tend to have less meat since they’re leaner and have a thicker skin. The thicker skin will make it more likely that the skin will look nice and intact after cooking. So it’s quite a good choice for festive occasions. The following steaming time is for reference only. Use a meat thermometer to check for doneness. • 900g-1350g……...25-35 minutes • 1350g-1800g…….35-45 minutes • 1800g-2300g…….45-60 minutes Note: the steaming time assumes that the chicken has feet attached to help to keep the chicken cavity open for better heat distribution. If your chicken does not have feet attached, then you will need to add more time for steaming.
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Fried Prawn Balls 百花釀蝦球
I used ready-made shrimp paste that I bought in the seafood section of an Asian grocery store. You can also use dace paste or any other fish paste for this recipe. You can also use crab claws or a sturdy fish fillet like cod or basa. To make the sweet and sour dipping sauce, simply combine 2 tbsp of ketchup, 2 tbsp of rice vinegar, 1 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp water. Heat in a pan until the sugar dissolves. Thai chili sauce also works well as a sauce for this dish.
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Pan-Fried Radish Cake 煎蘿蔔糕
This recipe is an extension of my Steamed Radish Cake [https://auntieemily.com/steamed-radish-cake/] recipe for those who want to pan-fry the radish cake. The steamed radish cake can be cut into any size pieces and pan-fried or deep fried. You can also follow my Fried Radish Cake in XO Sauce for a popular variation. But if you like to keep it old school, serve this pan-fried option with some tea and //auntieemily.com/crystal-shrimp-dumplings/">shrimp dumplings [https://auntieemily.com/crystal-shrimp-dumplings/] (which I also have a recipe for, coincidentally, lol). And you have the perfect dimsum meal!
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Fried New Year Rice Cake 煎年糕
This Fried New Year Rice Cake recipe requires the use of a pre-made rice cake. If you need an easy recipe for that, check out mine here [https://auntieemily.com/easy-chinese-new-year-rice-cake/]. Serving and eating rice cake during Chinese New Year is an important tradition because the Chinese homonym for cake 糕(gāo) sounds like 高, means up, high or tall. During Chinese New Year, people will say auspicious phrases to one another. 步步高升 (bù bù gāo shēng) means wishing that every step you take leads you to a higher position. 快高長大(kuài gāo zhǎng dà) is usually said to children and it means wishing that you will grow big and tall quickly.
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Steamed Radish Cake 蘿蔔糕
Besides the radish and the flour-starch mixture, you can change or swap any of the ingredients. If you want to make it very extravagant, you can add abalone and foie gras! The amount of ingredients I added is on the loaded end. Anymore ingredients and it’ll be difficult to slice and not have it fall apart. You could reduce the ingredients by half and it would still be pretty decent. This recipe will make one 8” aluminum container plus a bit left over for a little bowl so that you can taste test it before gifting the whole cake to someone.
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Fried Radish Cake in XO Sauce "XO醬炒蘿蔔糕"
This recipe is an extension of my Steamed Radish Cake recipe. Besides using XO sauce, you can consider using Chinese Barbeque Sauce (Sha cha) or any chili oil. Dipping these crispy little bites in sesame sauce and/or hoisin sauce with sprinkles of sesame seeds and green onions would work for me! My son wants to dip them in sour cream! Good thing we were out of sour cream. But I’m interested in giving that a try! You never know!
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