Ingredients: 300g pork belly, 200g purple-skinned eggplant, 150g potatoes, 1 green pepper, 45ml salad oil, 2g salt, 15ml dark soy sauce, 1/2 green onion, 2 slices of ginger, 5–6 Sichuan peppercorns, 1 star anise, 15ml cooking wine. Method: 1. Cut the pork belly into approximately 1cm cubes,...
Ingredients for Boiled White Pork: Main ingredients: 250g pork rib meat (pork belly), 150g pickled Chinese cabbage; Auxiliary ingredients: 50g vermicelli; Seasonings: 15g cilantro, 10g Chinese chives, 20g red fermented tofu, 3g salt, 15g pickled Chinese chive flower, 3g MSG, 15g chili oil, 3g Sichuan peppercorn; Boiled White Pork…
Also known as: Club-shaped root, mountain ginseng, cultivated ginseng, renjie, ghost cap, yellow ginseng, jade essence, blood ginseng, earth essence, golden well jade rail, child ginseng, skin-tail ginseng, sun-dried ginseng, transplanted ginseng. Usage tips: For oral use: decoct in soup, 3 to 10 grams (up to 30 grams for large dosage), preferably decoct separately and mix in; grind into powder, 1 to 3 grams; or prepare as paste, soak in liquor, or make into pills or powders. …
Also known as: Frozen Mushroom, Winter Mushroom. Source: The fruiting body of the fungus Pleurotus from the family Pleurotaceae. Plant morphology: Fruiting bodies grow in clusters or stacked layers, fleshy. The cap is 5–21 cm wide, flatly hemispherical, later flattening out into fan-shaped, kidney-shaped, or semicircular forms. Round mushrooms are fan-shaped, 7–15 cm in diameter, with highly variable coloration; when young, the cap is dark brown, later turning dark gray or light gray-brown in the wild, and yellowish-brown upon maturity. The flesh is thick and white; the stem is very short and off-center, with white downy fuzz at the base. The flesh is white and extremely flavorful. When dried, it forms large yellow chunks that regain their fresh shape when soaked in warm water.
Ingredients: Main ingredient: pork spine ribs; secondary ingredients: ginger, scallion whites (also known as spring onions or leeks), star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, fennel, bay leaves, sugar, dark soy sauce, vinegar, oil, salt. Method: 1. Boil water in a pot, add the ribs once boiling, then add a bit of vinegar, cover with a lid and cook for 3 minutes. Remove the bones. 2. Pot…
The Yellow Birch Mushroom, also known as Golden-Crested Pleurotus or Golden-Crested Mushroom, belongs to the Basidiomycotina subkingdom, Agaricomycetes class, Agaricales order, Tricholomataceae family, and Pleurotus genus. Morphological characteristics: The fruiting bodies of the Yellow Birch Mushroom usually grow in clusters or tufts, displaying a golden yellow color. The cap is trumpet-shaped, smooth, 2–10 cm wide, fleshy, with inrolled edges, and white flesh. The gills are white, decurrent…
Ingredients: Main ingredients: 500g Chinese cabbage heart, 25g soaked dried magnolia slices, 75g cooked ham. Side ingredients: 5g refined salt, 3g monosodium glutamate (MSG), 2g sugar, 4g cooking wine, 25g cornstarch, 250g chicken stock, 500g vegetable oil (actual usage 100g). Features: Bright color, tender, soft, delicious, and fragrant. Method: …
Ingredients: pork ribs, oil beans, scallions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, dark soy sauce, Sichuan peppercorns, ground pepper. Instructions: 1. First, chop a small amount of scallions, ginger, and garlic. Heat oil in a pot, sauté the scallions, ginger, and garlic until fragrant. 2. Add one spoonful of sugar and one spoonful of dark soy sauce (for color), then stir-fry the pork ribs until the ends of the bones start to show slightly. Pour in boiling hot water...
Ingredients for Spiced Braised Donkey Meat: Main ingredient: 5000g donkey meat. Seasonings: 10g Sichuan peppercorns, 2g nutmeg, 20g red yeast rice, 10g hawthorn, 5g cinnamon, 50g rock sugar, 5g angelica, 5g cardamom, 20g ginger, 300g soy sauce, 100g cooking wine, 5g star anise, 30g salt, …
Ingredients for braised chicken feet: Main ingredient: Clean store-bought chicken feet, trimmed of nails. Side ingredients: White part of scallions, fresh ginger, garlic, beer. Seasonings: Cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, sugar, star anise. Instructions for making braised chicken feet: Clean the chicken feet and pat dry. Heat oil in a pan and deep-fry over medium heat until golden brown and puffed up…
Ingredients for Crystal Salmon: Main: 1000g salmon, 1500g pork skin; Accessories: 10g fresh shiitake mushrooms, 5g soaked black fungus, 20g spinach, 20g winter bamboo shoots; Seasonings: 2g monosodium glutamate, 10g ginger, 10g scallions, 7g salt, 15g cooking wine, 3g Sichuan peppercorns...
Ingredients: Half a free-range duck (about 750g), 250g pickled radish, scallion segments, ginger slices, cooking wine, salt, pepper, and Sichuan peppercorns to taste. Method: 1. Clean the free-range duck, remove any innards, cut into appropriate chunks, and blanch in boiling water. Rinse off the blood foam. Wash the pickled radish and cut into appropriate chunks. 2. Place a wok over high heat, add oil and heat until hot, then...
It grows in mountain forests and roadside thickets, and is often cultivated in medicinal herb gardens. It is distributed across Central China, East China, South China, and Southwest China. The root bark dispels wind-dampness, strengthens muscles and bones, and can be soaked in alcohol to make Wujiapi wine (or prepared as Wujiapi powder). The root bark contains volatile oils, tannins, palmitic acid, linoleic acid, and vitamins A and B1. Eleutherococcus senticosus is mentioned in the “...
Catfish are nocturnal animals, staying quietly hidden during the day in depressions on the riverbed or under tree roots. They have a large appetite—for example, larger species such as those in the Danube may attack small water birds or mice. Catfish are aggressive bottom-feeders. They are sensitive to light and prefer living in crevices near the riverbanks, deep pits, burrows at the base of tree roots, or rocky caves, as well as in slow-moving waters…
Ingredients: Main: 200g white mushrooms; 100g lean pork. Seasonings: 8g scallions; 5g ginger; 10g cooking wine; 3g Sichuan peppercorns; 3g chicken bouillon; 3g salt; 2g white sugar; 2g MSG; 10g starch (pea); 30g lard (refined). Cooking method: …
Hazel mushrooms are produced in the Wandashan Mountain Range within Baoqing County. They are completely free from pollution and are a purely natural green delicacy. With their delicate texture, tender and delicious taste, they offer extremely high nutritional value. Rich in various amino acids, vitamins, and trace elements essential for the human body, they are highly nutritious. Their main components (per 100 grams) include: water 10.2…
Strawberries, also known as red berries, foreign berries, or ground berries, are a type of red fruit. The term "strawberry" refers to plants in the genus Fragaria of the Rosaceae family, which are perennial herbs. There are over 50 known species worldwide, originally from Europe. Strawberries are heart-shaped, vibrant red and tender, with juicy flesh that is sweet and slightly tart, along with a rich, distinctive fruity aroma...
Blackcurrant, also known as purple plum, is a perennial shrub of the Saxifragaceae family, a specialty fruit introduced from the Soviet Union. It can live for over 20 years. The world's leading producers of blackcurrants include the United Kingdom, Poland, and West Germany, with smaller production in Hungary, France, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, and Belgium...
Adzuki beans belong to the legume family (Fabaceae), genus Vigna, and are annual herbaceous plants. They have underdeveloped taproots but long, slender lateral roots. The plants grow to a height of 80–100 cm and come in upright clumping, semi-trailing, or trailing vine types. The leaves are compound, each made up of three leaflets that are either round-tipped or sword-shaped. Flower stems emerge from the leaf axils, with several flowers blooming at the tip. They are self-pollinating crops with small yellow or light gray flowers. The keel petals are spiraled, and each flower stem produces 1–5 pods, which are 7–16 cm long and contain 4–18 oval or oblong seeds. The seeds are mostly reddish-brown, but can also be black, gray, white, mottled, or light yellow. The thousand-seed weight ranges from 50–210 grams, most commonly around 130 grams.
Beetroot (Beta vulgaris), of the Amaranthaceae family, is divided into wild and cultivated varieties. The cultivated types include four variants: sugar beet, leaf beet, root beet, and fodder beet. Sugar beet, used as a raw material for sugar production, is a biennial crop. Its roots serve as both a raw material in the sugar industry and as animal feed. It is one of China's ma…