Japanese Suki Yaki

Ingredients Quantity
Beef, Pork or Chicken 500 gm
Onions 1
Bamboo shoots 1 tbsp
Soya sauce 1 tbsp
Fat 1 tbsp
Watercress a little
Sugar 1 tbsp
Stock as needed

Methods to Prepare:
  • Cut meat into extremely thin, small slices. Beat with a wet baton.
  • Chop spring onions, bamboo shoots and watercress and brown them in a fat along with the meat.
  • Add just enough stock to moisten. Sprinkle with sugar and soya sauce.
  • Simmer on a slow fire for 15 - 20 minutes.
How to Serve:

Each person should have a pair of chopsticks and a bowl into which a raw egg has to been broken. This is beaten up with the chopsticks. Each piece of food is then dipped in egg. Then the hot food cooks the egg and the egg cools the boiling food and then eaten.

Chinese Wontons

Ingredients Quantity
Raw minced chicken or pork 225 gm
Onions (finely chopped) 50 gm
Ginger (finely chopped) 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Refined flour 340 gm
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Eggs 3
Cornflour for rolling
Fat for frying
For sauce
Sugar 4 tbsp
Vinegar 2 tbsp
Tomato sauce 1 tbsp
Cornflour 2 tbsp
Water 1/2 cup
Soya sauce 2 tbsp

Methods to Prepare:
  • Sieve flour, backing powder, and salt together. Make a well in centre. Add lightly beaten eggs
  • Make a stiff dough using a little cold water if necessary. Sprinkle a pastry board with cornflour and knead dough gently till smooth
  • Roll out wafer-thin and cut in 7.5 cm (3") squares. Mix minced meat with other ingredients and place a heaped tsp of mixture in middle of each square.
  • Fold crosswise and press edges together firmly, using a little water. Deep fry in smoking fat until deep brown, or boil in soup.
  • When fried, serve with a sweet and sour sauce
Methods for Sauce:
  • Mix sugar, vinegar, tomato sauce, and water and bring to a boil
  • Add cornflour blended with soya sauce and stir on a slow fire until sauce thickens.

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