Festive foods to celebrate Chinese new year

Plan to keep your own Chinese new year party? There are a number of festive Chinese dishes that helps every new year's Eve celebration a success to make you throw a big bash or just enjoy a quiet dinner with friends. Round rissoles such as pearl and shrimp balls mean reunion, while egg rolls and spring rolls mean wealth due to its similarity with ancient Chinese money. When it comes to the main course poultry in focus – duck is a symbol of fidelity in Chinese culture. A classic banquet dessert is eight precious custard - pudding filled with candy, represent "Treasures", such as happiness and long life. And want to of course, out mandarins have to pass guests. Fortune not to mention cookies!

Here you will find a series of recipes to celebrate the year of the rabbit, cocktails and appetizers to dessert. Does not feel that you have prepared everything to do last minute - many starters ahead of time and can be frozen. Another idea is to keep a potluck and a dish to bring every guest. This will give you more time to the House in red - decorate the Chinese think red is a lucky color protects from evil spirits.

 

Low fat (almost) gebratener rice

What do you do with leftover cooked rice? An idea is it Ham with leftovers to make fried rice combine with ham. With a non-stick pan for frying transformed almost this, but not quite, a low fat dish according to these guidelines from about .com's Guide to low fat cooking.

 

Symbolic Chinese new year recipes

Countdown to Chinese new year: 11 days
From spring rolls with plum, sticky rice cake, these recipes sauce all symbolic feature food that happy be in Chinese culture be considered. You are particularly popular in the Chinese new year, but you can enjoy all year!

Beef with Chinese green beans

Beef is paired with Szechuan style "Dry-fried" green beans in this fast and simple stir fry, reader in rated 5 out of 5 stars. If you want feel free by replacing to experiment the sauce in my other recipe for Chinese green beans the sauce in this recipe. Serve beef with Chinese green beans with rice or noodles for a complete meal.

 

Weekend cooking - pot stickers!

Pot stickers the perfect party food - are easy to make and impossible to eat just one! One of China's most popular dumplings, pot stickers are muted on the one hand and the other pan-fried.

Learn everything you need to know about making pot stickers serve including dip proposals and freezing tips, and try several pot stickers recipes, including a vegetarian version and pot stickers shrimp and coriander.

 

Corruption of the Kitchen God with Chinese sticky cake (Nian GAO)

While food plays an important role new year Chinese throughout the season, instead of a food-like tradition finds, before the old year has come to an end. According to legend returns a week before the beginning of the Spring Festival, kitchen, God in the sky over a family report behavior during the previous year. Thus a favourable report from the Kitchen God the custom evolved Nian Gao feed him, both as a bribe as a means to ensure his mouth was passed too full of cake on a negative report! Learn more about the legend of the Kitchen God and try a basic recipe for steamed Nian Gao with glutinous rice flour and brown sugar.

Weekend cooking red cooked pork with beer

Red cooked dishes are the perfect cold weather food. Red cooking consists of gently FRY food in flavorful sauce-based liquid with sugar and spices like five spice powder.

 In this recipe for Red cooked pork chef Martin Yan bathes pork in a soy and five spice mix, and it then with an assortment of root vegetables in Tsingtao Lager Hoisin sauce roast beef.

 

To celebrate Chinese new year by Chinese dumplings

Delicious jiaozi dumplings are lucky considered due to its historical similarity with Chinese money. In the ancient Chinese currency, Yuan Bao was ingots called dumpling-shaped silver and gold.

The dumplings symbolize wealth and hopes for a profitable future. In northern China it is common for families, for hours before the Chinese new year prepare these delicious dumplings eaten after midnight.

 

Chinese traditional Gewürzten food - beef

 

Spiced beef cooking technique described this recipe is strange with the Chinese. Boiled beef, a Chinese cold favorite dish is cooled and cut into slices.

Ingredients:

1 Pound beef

Pinch powder chicken bouillon

few drops sesame oil

1 Tsp salt

Wet ingredients: 1/2 cup soya bean paste, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of wine, 1 / 2 can beer

Spices and flavors: pair Chinese cinnamon, 5 anise seeds, 1/2 oz green onion, 1/2 oz ginger squashed

Directions:

1. Submerge beef in water in the pot. Cook until meat gray and water goes out is foamy.

2. Drain beef. Dive into a fresh pot with water.

3. Add wet ingredients, salt, spices and flavors and cooking you again.

4. Skim off foam, reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours can all.

5. When beef is tender (can be easily pierced with a chopstick), heat to thicken to raise the sauce. Add powdered chicken bouillon and sesame oil flavor.

6. Cool (optional), slice and serve.

Chinese caramel pork

 

The Chinese caramel pork, known as "braised pork in brown sauce" the subtly combines the sweet aromas of caramel and salty soy sauce.

Ingredients:

600 g pork

2 Onions

1 Clove garlic

1 Lemon

8 TABLESPOONS soy sauce

2 Teaspoons pepper

2 Tablespoons wine

1 / 2 Cup water

2 Tablespoons sugar

2 Tablespoons oil

Recipe:

1. Cut the pork into cubes. In a bowl mix the soy sauce, cubes of pork and pepper. The meat is well coated in sauce. And let it cool for 1 hour.

2. Cut onion into thin slice, chop the garlic after removing the seeds. Press the lemon.

3. In a wok, add the onions in oil. Add the drained meat (keep the marinade!) and cooking you 7 to 8 minutes. Add garlic, lemon juice, water, wine and marinade. Cook over medium heat about 30 minutes.

4. Make a caramel by melting of sugar in a pan (high heat). If the caramel is Brown, pour in the wok and roughly bake twenty minutes.

Yummy Chinese Slobber chicken

This is a meal in Chinese style. To see the picture above, you probably have already slavered. It is named slobbering chicken. In fact, its production is very simple:
Ingredients:
Half a chicken
1 Tablespoon Chinese red pepper
1 TABLESPOON soy sauce
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Tablespoon sesame paste
1 El sesame oil
1 Tbsp garlic paste
3 Bunch green onions, chopped
1 Tbsp wine
Boiled 2 tablespoons Sesame
1 Tablespoon paprika
1 Teaspoon vinegar
2 Teaspoons salt
Directions:
1. Wash the chicken with the clear waters. Boil some water in a saucepan and put chicken and Chinese red pepper in the pot. Cut the chicken in cold water for a few seconds after being boiled and then fish, a strip.
2. Add the soy sauce, sugar, sesame paste, sesame oil, garlic paste, green onions, wine, Sesame, red peppers, vinegar and salt in a large bowl and mix.
3. Add Chicken Strip in the sauce and mix together.

Chinese traditional food - Zongzi

 

Zongzi (a pyramid-shaped dumpling made glutinous rice in bamboo and Reed leaves wrapped)

Zongzi is similar to a traditional Chinese food Tamale. It is a special treat for the Duanwu Festival and Loong Boat Festival.

Ingredients:

1 Pound glutinous rice

1 / 2 Pounds red bean paste

3 Ounce preserved fruit

2 Oz raisins

20 Tracks bamboo dried leaves (available in Asian grocery stores)

Length of cotton twine or thread strong white

Directions:

1. Wash glutinous rice and soak for 4 hours, then drain.

2. Divide preserved fruit and raisin in 10 items.

3. Two overlapping bamboo along sheets to a sheet of one and-a-half wide leaves.

4. Fold the bamboo sheet to form a cone.

5. Add 1 tablespoon glutinous rice of the cone to add, then a portion of fruit and raisin preserve. Top with 1 tablespoon rice.

6. Folding at the edges of to cover the tip of the cone. Securely fasten with twine or thread so that no content leak out.

7. Cook Zongzi for three hours. Drain, then arrange on a platter and serve.

Chinese traditional food – rice cake

 

While northerners jiaozi, Chinese new year to celebrate food, people in the South can without rice cake (Niangao), because his debate be interpreted can, as "Life improves every year" believe that rice cake (Niangao) will bring food happiness on the eve of Chinese new year next year.

Ingredients:

10 Oz glutinous rice flour (available in Asian grocery stores)

1 Cup water

2 Ounces sugar

16 BER (Chinese date)

Received 2 oz fruit

Directions:

1. Mix thoroughly rice flour, water, sugar.

2. Add BER and preserved fruit, stir paste forms.

3. Spread the Paste on a slightly buttered heatproof plate.

4. Set the plate on a steamer tray and steam to heat for two hours.

The cake is done when a chopstick (or cake tester) inserted, clean out in the middle.

Chinese traditional food - Shaobing

 

Shaobing (baked crispy SESAM cake) is one of many cake eaten snacks for Chinese breakfast. Shaobing is as popular as American muffin or biscuit in China.

Ingredients:

1 Lb. self rising flour

1 Cup lukewarm water

2 Ounce peanut butter

1 Oz sesame

4 Tbsp syrup

Directions:

1. Mix flour with water and knead until soft dough forms (make sure batter is not sticky).

2. Roll dough out onto lightly floured surface into circle 1/3 inch thick.

3. Spread peanut butter on circle and circle curl to a log.

4. Slice log into 1.5 inch thick pieces. Flatten you pieces in about 1/3 inch thick cake.

5. Brush the surface of the cake with syrup and then Sprinkle sesame on the surface.

6. Bake the cake at 190 ° C until lightly browned.

Chinese traditional food - Laba porridge

 

Laba porridge (rice porridge with nuts and dried fruit etc) is an important part of traditional Chinese food, and there are many species in different regions of China. Laba porridge is known that every Chinese as it a particular day, namely the pay day of the 12th of lunar month, usually at the beginning of January. Most Chinese treat it as a reminder of the upcoming Chinese new year. In fact, Laba pulp originally used, to celebrate the day when Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism experienced his first revelation came after six years practicing asceticism, to survive on every day one meal of rice.

Ingredients:

6 Ounces sugar

Dry ingredients:

1 / 2 Pound glutinous rice; a total of 1/2 pounds red bean, mung bean, BER, peanuts and Lotus seeds (available in Asian grocery stores), or other nuts and dried fruit.

Directions:

1. Rinse the dry ingredients, then add you a pot, the half filled with water.

2. To cook turn and turn the heat to medium.

3. Add sugar and cook for 1.5 hours, until the ingredients are soft.

4. Stir, until blended and serve.

Chinese traditional food - moon cakes

 

Moon cake as the full moon, are traditional Chinese snacks for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which occurs when the Moon is the lightest on the fifteenth day of the 8th Chinese lunar month (located near the beginning of October). Chinese families are usually together that night and eating moon cakes with fruit and wine. As you enjoy the beauty of full moon, you remember the Moon Goddess, Chang's. This Festival is similar to the American Thanksgiving.

Ingredients:

1.5 Pound flour

6.5 Ounces butter

1/2 Cup water

3/4 Cup sugar

6.5 TBSP peanut oil

2 Ounce peanut kernel

5 Oz SESAM

1 Egg, beaten

1 Oz salt and pepper powder mix

Directions:

Dough:

1. Cut 6 oz butter in 0.5 pound flour to make "buttered dough". Split into 10 parts.

2. Melt 0.5 ounces of butter and 1/2 cup water. Stir in an another 0.5 pound flour to make "Water oil dough." Split into 10 parts.

Filling:

1. Steam last 0.5 pounds flour 15 minutes and let cool in a bowl. It should be slightly darker, to seek a rough texture and slightly hardened, but the lump should be easy to break.

2. SESAM, salt, sugar, peanut oil, peanut kernels and pepper powder, steamed flour and mix evenly. Divide the filling into 10 parts.

Ask the moon cake:

1. Flatten each piece of water oil dough into a circle, make a "wrapper".

2. Wrap a piece of dough reduce buttered each water oil dough circle and then again in a new circle (wrapper).

3. Distribute the filling under the wrappers, and each press molds, 3 or 4 inches in diameter in a floured pattern to bake a cake.

4. Brush the cake with the beaten egg. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until lightly browned at 180 ° C. Halfway through baking, turn the cake and brush the other side with the egg.

Chinese traditional food - jiaozi

 

The jiaozi is the traditional food, well received by the Chinese people. It is a kind of very tasty food. The jiaozi is the essential food in Chinese new year.

Ingredients:

1 Lb. flour

10 Oz pork

1 / 2 Pound cabbage, finely chopped mixed with 1 tablespoon to coat salad oil

3 Cups cold water

Wet ingredients: 1 / 2 tablespoons wine, 3 TABLESPOONS soy sauce, 3 tablespoons salad oil and 1 / 2 El sesame oil

Spices and flavors: 2 oz minced green onion I ounce of chopped ginger, 1 / 2 teaspoon salt, 1 / 4 teaspoon white pepper, 1 / 2 teaspoon sugar and 1 / 2 teaspoon of powder chicken bouillon

Directions:

Make the dough:

1. Mix flour with cold water in a food processor until it is tiny and wet pieces.

2. Give place the flour mixture into a bowl and knead the dough forms. Cover Bowl with plastic wrap drying to prevent.

Make the filling:

1. Pork with wet ingredients mix and stir in one direction until sticky.

2. Add spices and flavors, wait and again in the same direction until blended.

3. Cabbage and stir into the same direction until evenly mixed.

To make the jiaozi:

1. Knead and roll - a piece of dough into a log shape, about half an inch in diameter.

2. Cut the log-shaped dough into pieces of a square inch or less. Reduce the pieces with a rolling pin to make a thin circle 1.5 inches in diameter.

3Rd 1 / 2 teaspoon of filling (add more as you perfect your skills) in the center of each circle in half folds and edges with fingers, sealed until you are.

 

 

On the Menu of the Dominos Pizza

Domino Pizza restaurant is one of the largest chains of pizza places everywhere in the world. It began in a small town in Michigan, USA and has gained in popularity until there is more than 9,000 franchises everywhere in the world, today. Can find franchises throughout the 50 States and sometimes there are a number of them in the city. His patronage is solid and unwavering and still growing. This pizza place took the pizza pie in the streets of the Italy on the Atlantic Ocean and truly transformed it into the favorite food of Americans. Dark magpie has been filled with upholstery and oven baked to perfection, so that he won the heart and the palate of most Americans.

Available popular pizzas are divided into two categories - American legends and holidays. American legends include 8 different classic pizza toppings amazing aimed to please the masses. 6 Wisconsin cheese pizza is close to the original pie simply as may it be, made with rich tomato sauce and cheese of old while. Hawaiian Honolulu and the Fiery Hawaiian Pizza Pizza helps bridge the gap between this group remote islands and North America. The Steak Pizza of cheese Philly, chicken BBQ's Memphis pie, pie of Cali Bacon chicken Ranch and chicken Buffalo person brings real life taste of America. There veggie lovers, you have the Pacific Veggie pizza consisting of pads of fresh vegetables that complement the celestial cheese.

Other hand so simply you go nuts and celebrates the holiday category is where you look. There are 6 pies you can choose from but everyone is so filled with toppings that you'll never feel like you missed next to one. ExtravaganZZa, day celebration of the MeatZZa and the feast Delux come topped with different types of meat and vegetables. Day Bacon Cheeseburger and celebrate America's Favorite perhaps not many types of toppings but have so much that its taste and quality are not hindered in any way. All these can be ordered in four different crusts, and you can even add the toppings of your choice if you want.

Apart from pizza, there are a number of other dishes that are offered on the Domino Pizza Menu. There are plenty of snacks in which the breadsticks and sauce inclinése so cheesy chicken wings are most famous. Another excellent addition is cinnamon breadsticks. But it isn't everything. You can also obtain various sandwiches and pasta are served round bread carved to form a bowl. Although there are not many choices in dessert cake of lava that they serve is incredible. Menus in various locations around the world have incorporated some special dishes to satisfy the local courthouse. These deductibles may have changed the flavor a bit, but the integrity of the site has not changed at all.

Restaurants of Fame in New York City - where they eat?

Where New York celebrities to go out for dinner? It is the fans question seriously expect a reply to. While an ordinary person can find unlikely as their idols, they are entitled to lunch and dining at the restaurant even where their stars eat. There is no law preventing them from doing so. [In addition, there is no law preventing shutdown] eat and fans waiting in restaurants where their idols would possibly be eating. This is what this article is. This article is about celebrity restaurants in New York. Here fans of their respective personalities will know where they may meet their superstar and your chance to meet or even speak to them. Now, we start.

Although it is hard, restaurants in New York celebrity City finds himself with a poor effort. One way to find these restaurants where celebrities go is to know what celebrities are looking for in a restaurant and a particular restaurant that meets flavoured their idols of research. This method might be difficult, but it is still in force. Another way to do is follow your celebrity admired for 24 hours and wait dine for dinner. It is very difficult and impractical. On the other hand, many journalists and media men do that and it is a test if you are really a big fan. Also, it could also have a chance to meet a celebrity by searching for the best restaurant. There is good chance that these high-winning celebrities would only dinner in first-class restaurants. Nevertheless, more convenient way to search for restaurants where stars could eventually dinner is looking for evidence of people and news on the topic to see the stars in a restaurant in particular. It the method that should be used that this process has proven to be more reasonable and more precise.

Among celebrity New York restaurants is the Lion Restaurant. In this restaurant, stars like Halle Berry, Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Jessica Parker have been identified. What makes visiting this restaurant is the fact that this restaurant is not crowded. Celebrities like above love such a particular restaurant. They can relax here and break free from the stress caused by tying it but often irritating fans. In contrast, they hate the restaurants that are filled with people. The celebrities put in eyes very public criticism and should realize that their profession calls for the same, a bit of peace would help them relax their lives very challenging.

Lion restaurant offers subtle peace this desire of these celebrities. Food in Lion's Restaurant in New York can be neglected, too. This restaurant offers more than ordinary meal. Knowing that celebrities visit usually their place, the owner of Restaurant Lion made a point to offer cuisines and dishes adapted to their client standards in life. Then it can be argued that the price of food in this restaurant is a little expensive, none could be argued that this restaurant is one of the best options for celebrity dinner. With this information, visit the site now. Who knows? Perhaps, one day of your visit, your just dream star would be a table you.

Lo Bello-Italian Restaurant in freehold, NJ review

I love eating outside, especially Italian food. My sister lives in Manalapan, New Jersey and mentioned a new restaurant called Lo Bello, so we decided to do a test. I must say that I am pleased that we have. The restaurant is located on southern freehold Street (which is a very nice place if you've never visited) and is truly unique. The Interior is warm and frankly I was reminded of an institution which would be in Manhattan. With its tapestries hung ceilings and the outdoor kitchen, I was pleasantly surprised to find something like that in Jersey.

Anyway, the wait staff was pleasant and suggests that we should have (seasonal figs as a pesce di appetizers and zuppa for one entry) that we tried. The only thing that best was that food portions. The plates are big that we liked and the taste was incredible. After we ate, the owner of Roberto came to our table to ask how everything what was, and we told him we were happy. Learning that I was in New York, he did what would be a smart businessman and a leader to meet my sister and I (I say smart businessman because since this visit I travelled StatenIsland 45 minutes to the freehold to eat it 3 times more). Chef Ciro was very pleasant and told us about his experience of CEO etc. Turns out that he was also the head of the head to one of Staten Island beautiful restaurants years (small world). I was impressed by the fact that the head was actually Italian. Anyone who has already worked in a restaurant/meeting chef Italian restaurant can attest that 9 of 10 times the head not even Italian. Tonight, we left and received a certificate of 10% off the coast of our next tour, which we used on our next trip.

All in all an experience very enjoyable and delicious cuisine. Prices was moderate and since its a bring your own creation of liquor I find Bill still more attractive. You can consult the atmosphere, menu and prices by visiting their website here Lo Bello Restaurant and they accept online bookings.

Information on the various dishes offered at a Taco Bell

Taco Bell is a chain of fast food joints proud of good Mexican food and very fast service. This commune has begun in Irving, California, United States of America. His popularity grew so dramatically which suddenly little Taco Bell franchise began to open in cities across California and the West Coast soon. As its popularity spread and chain went national. Today there are nearly 5,800 restaurants in the U.S. alone. This popularity also spread worldwide and it y Taco bells in countries such as the Australia, Greece, China, Cyprus, Iceland, India and the Mexico as well as other countries like the Philippines and the Poland.

The main type of food available at these restaurants is prepared Mexican style which is slightly adapted to the palaces of the American public. His most famous dishes are tacos and burritos. There are 14 different tacos from the menu, each with its own unique style and stuffing. Traditionally the tacos are made from corn shells and here in this restaurant of things are no different. There are some tacos can be ordered in a crunchy corn shell or in a flour tortilla fresh depending on what you choose. Most tacos filled with ground beef is cooked in spices, vegetables such as lettuce and ripe tomatoes and shredded in special sauces complement the filling. Each is topped with cheese offshore. For those who went to the vegetarian route, that you que vous pouvez pouvez ordered the crispy potato Soft Taco is filled with bite of crispy potatoes instead of meat and other stuffing is the same. Another speciality taco is the volcano Taco served in red corn shell special and topped off with a special sauce of molten lava. This particular overload is very spicy and should only be judged by those who are brave of heart.

Another favorite is the burrito. There are 16 burritos you can choose from. The only common thing in these burritos is the fact that they all wrapped in tortillas soft flour and are filled with Spiced rice and Bean apart from the other stuffing. Each burrito has a variety of different meats prepared in their own special way. It is added to the regular farce with vegetables and topped with cheese offshore sour cream sauce. Cream sauce sure is reduced fat cheese isn't too, also fresh vegetables are a healthy meal as well as a delicious meal.

Besides the burritos, Taco Bell's Menu also has a number of dishes such as Gorditas and Chalupas. Gorditas are very similar to tacos, but are served in a soft bread instead of corn shells. The chalupas again are taco flat type served in shells of chalupa instead of those of maize. You can also choose from a selection of salads are served in a shell of tortillas crispy. The menu also offers a variety of beverages and fruit based specialty drinks.

Visit Geneva Lake two bars

Trying to decide which Lake Geneva Bars to visit when you arrive to the city? Should not be whether to worry about just having a good guide for you can weed through the bars are not visit.

I can help because I've been attending Bars in Lake Geneva for more than 20 years. I've seen of all. Some institutions stand over others because of certain qualities they possess.

Here are a few criteria that seek to determine the best bars of Lake Geneva:
AtmosphereDrink SelectionsDrink price/SpecialsFood Menu OptionsCustomer Service

All these factors must be present to be regarded as the best. To be honest, for most institutions, it is a difficult task. For one reason or another, it is difficult for many institutions for combining all these qualities. However, there are a few taverns that rise above the others when it comes to these factors.

Of course, where you can get depends greatly on your choice. Many bars have very different personalities, and you can certainly find something that meets your desires.

If you are looking for a bar of Geneva Lakes area who can provide you with an atmosphere pleasant, while offering great drinks, food and service look no further than the Harpoon Willies.

Located in Williams Bay, Harpoon Willies (or Poons as locals name it) combines the great drinks, food, atmosphere and service and is the most pleasant bar around the Lake. He was also a huge screened porch overlooking beautiful Lake Geneva.

Owned and managed by the family LaCorix, Harpoon Willies combines the small city of the customer service of quality and the atmosphere that you would be happy to get anywhere. 5 HDTV flat screen to watch your favorite team easy and fun. There is no game Cubs or brewers that we don't get! In addition, Wi-Fi access is available, so bring your lap top of page if necessary. If you simply visit the area, be sure to stop by Willies Harpoon more enjoyable experience that lac Léman Bars have to offer.

Other popular bars of Geneva Lake include fields, Carvettis, pigs and kisses, Next Door Pub, Foleys, chucks, to name a few. You will find that there is an abundance of options in the Lake Geneva region.