饺子与烧卖 ♦ Jiaozi (Chinese version of Dumpling) and Shaomai

饺子与烧卖 ♦ Jiaozi (Chinese version of Dumpling) and Shaomai


准备篇 Preparation part:

1）酱料 Sauce:
酱料的材料： Ingredients for Sauce:
洋葱 onion
蒜米 garlic
老干妈辣酱 "LaoGanMa" brand of spicy sauce
番茄酱 Tomato sauce/ Ketchup
糖 sugar
酱油 soy sauce
虾酱(可选) Shrimp paste/belacan (optional)


用蒜米洋葱爆香（香），加上老干妈辣酱（辣），番茄酱（酸），糖（甜），酱油（咸）。。。还有什么想加的就加进去，像虾酱就有鲜味。
（注意：这个是无辣不欢的马来西亚人，我们突发奇想这样配来吃的，正统的不是这样的哦！你可以自己调适合你自己口味的酱料！~）
fry the garlic and onion (smell), add the spicy sauce (spicy), tomato sauce (sauer), sugar (sweet), soy sauce (salty)...and you can add any other thing you like, like Shrimp paste will make it more delicious.
(ps. this sauce is not the original one, it's created by us just because we like to eat spicy stuff, you can do it to fit your own taste!~)


2）汤 Soup:
汤的材料： Ingredients for Soup:
鸡精块或鸡骨头 Chicken cube or Chicken bones


用鸡精快煮汤很简单，但是看起来好像不是很专业。我们用的是鸡骨中小火煲个两三小时的汤。
use chicken cube so boil the soup is very simple, but sounds not so professional. We choose to use chicken bone and boil it with middle low fire for 2 to 3 hours.


3）馅料 Filling:
馅料的材料： Ingredients for Filling:
猪肉碎 Minced Pork
五花肉 Pork belly
虾肉 Shrimp meat
大白菜 Chinese cabbage
红萝卜粒 red carrot cubes
冬菇粒（可选） mushroom cubes (optional)
马蹄粒（可选） Eleocharis dulcis cubes (optional)
糖盐 sugar and salt
胡椒粉 pepper powder
绍兴花雕酒 rice wine
酱油 soy sauce
鸡蛋 egg
薯粉 corn flour


左下角是机器打出来的猪肉碎，没有肉感，也没有肉味。。。
右下角是手打五花肉碎，比较没有打到这么碎，也比较有肉感和肉汁，还有一点点脂肪。。。
上面那个是虾肉碎。。。
另外还有大白菜切碎，加盐把水挤出来。。。
又或者红萝卜粒，冬菇粒，马蹄粒等等。。。
lower left is machine's minced pork, you can't bite anything from that...
lower right is minced pork belly using knife but not mechine, like this at least you can buy something, more juice and a bit fat on it...
the upper one is minced shrimp meat...
other than that, cut the chinese cabage, add salt and squizz out the water...
or you can also add red carrot, mushroom, or Eleocharis dulcis if you want...

调味料要加糖加盐，胡椒粉，绍兴花雕酒，酱油，鸡蛋，薯粉。。。
add sugar and salt, pepper powder, rice wine, soy sauce, egg, corn flour...
水饺的馅：基本一定要有机器猪肉碎，手打五花肉碎，大白菜碎。。。比较好吃可以加马蹄粒。。。
for Jiaozi: basically you must have mechine minced pork, hand minced pork belly, chinese cabbage...if you add Eleocharis dulcis will be better...
烧卖的馅：基本一定要有机器猪肉碎，手打五花肉碎，虾肉碎，红萝卜。。。比较好吃可以加冬菇粒。。。
for Shaomai: basically you must have mechine minced pork, hand minced pork belly, minced shrimp meat, red carrot... adding mushroom will add points...


饺子篇 Jiaozi part:

面粉自己搓，搓成圆圆一粒，弄扁，再把旁边搓平，中间留厚。。。讲就容易啦！要自己搓搓看才知道有多难啊！~~
mix flour with water, and keep on massage it. make them to a ball shape and make it flat, roll the side flatter but leave the middle to be thick...it's easy to say but you will find it very hard when you do it on your own!~~

包馅料。。。又怎么包？提供两种包法：
how to put the Filling in it? we teach you 2 ways of doing it:
普通饺子 Normal Jiaozi：http://limjn86.multiply.com/video/item/28
比较华丽但是很慢。。。looks nicer but very slow
东北饺子 North east Jiaozi：http://limjn86.multiply.com/video/item/27
比较快，又简单。。。very fast and simple...

第一个方法（美食家的煮法）：用汤把它烫熟。。。这样饺子就会吸收汤的精华，吃起来味道也不同。。。但是之后那个汤就不能喝了，因为满是面粉。。。有点浪费那个汤似的。。。
The first way (Gourmet way): put them in to the boiling soup to cook...in this way, the Jiaozi will absorb the taste of the soup, will taste different...but then the soup cannot be drunk anymore, because it will be full of flour...this sounds a bit wasting the soup...
第二个方法（平民家的吃法）：用开水烫熟。。。汤熟后放在汤里。。。既可以吃水饺又可以喝汤。。。但是饺子的皮因为是吸开水煮熟的，吃起来有点淡淡的。。。
The second way (Civilians way): use water to boil them...and then put into the soup...like this you can eat the Jiaozi as well as drinking the soup...but because the Jiaozi skin absorb plain water instead of soup, so the taste is not as good as the previous one...

烫熟了拿出来。。。看起来没有这么好看，沾酱吃起来却很美味哦！
they are cooked!~~ looks not very nice but it taste great with the sauce!~~


烧卖篇 Shaomai part:

烧卖就用现买的云吞皮，包了馅料放在抹了油的碟子，然后拿去蒸。。。那要怎么包烧卖？
we use the Wonton skin (just buy direcktly from the asia market) for Shaomai, put the filling inside and put on the plate with oil on top, then steam it...so how to put the filling?
看这里 see here：http://limjn86.multiply.com/video/item/29

可以用电饭锅蒸，但是之后我们显它火力不够太慢了。。。换去电炉来蒸。。。
you can use rice cooker to steam, but after that we found out it's not strong and very slow...then we change to use electric stove...

蒸好的样子！~~
The done look!~~

配酱料吃。。。赞！！~~
eat it together with the sauce....yummy!!~~

虽然看起来好像很废精神来弄这道菜。。。但是“煮菜除了享受结果，也享受煮的过程”。。。不明白？慢慢参透吧！~~~
although it seems like spending a lot of effort and time to cook this dish, "cooking is not only enjoying the result but also the process... "
cannot understand? try it and you will know~~
http://limjn86.multiply.com/video/item/26

Japanese Yakitori Chicken and Garlic Rice ♦ 日本烧鸟串配蒜米炒饭

Yakitori是日本烧鸟串的名字。插在竹枝上看起来很像手风琴一样，漂亮极了。串了蔬菜又串鸡肉，互相交替，然后整个东西都用酱汁来腌。
Yakitori is the name for grilled chicken kabobs in Japan. These are especially pretty when prepared accordion-style on skewers. The vegetables are woven between ribbons of chicken, and everything is brushed with a gingery marinade.

烧鸟串材料： Ingredients for Yakitori Chicken:
米酒 mirin
酱油 soy sauce
糖 sugar
鸡胸肉/无骨鸡肉 boneless chicken
蒜头 garlic clove, pressed (optional)
青葱 green onion, in inch-long pieces (optional)
灯笼椒 Capsicum annuum (optional)
蘑菇 mushroom (optional)
竹枝 bamboo skewers


烧鸟串基本上就是把鸡胸肉串在一起烧。鸡胸肉用米酒、酱油腌过。除了串鸡胸肉，还要串一些蔬菜，像蒜头，灯笼椒，青葱，蘑菇。。。都可以。。。
To make Yakitori, put the chicken on the bamboo skewer. The chicken is merinated by mirin, soy sauce. Other than chicken, you can put some vege, like garlic clove, Capsicum annuum, green onion, mushroom...just put what you like....


这就是烤好的烧鸟串（原本应该是用炭炉，好像烧satay那样。但是我们没有，用锅来干煎。:P）
This is the final look of Yakitori Chicken (the original one is using coal to cook (barbecue), just like satay. But we don't have it, just use a pan to heat them. :P)

蒜米炒饭材料： Ingredients for Garlic rice:
日本隔夜饭（不是在日本隔夜的饭，是日本米煮出来的饭放隔夜）cooked Japanese rice (*left over rice is the best)
洋葱 onion
蒜米 garlic
萝卜 carrot
蘑菇 mushroom
酱油 soy sauce
鸡蛋 eggs



蒜米炒饭其实很简单，跟平时的炒饭一样，只是放比较多的蒜米。。。蛋先炒过然后弄碎。。。然后炒蒜米， 蘑菇，萝卜。。。还有饭。。。
Garlic rice is actually similar as normal fried rice, just that you use more garlics... dry the eggs first and spoilt it...and then fry the garlics, mushroom, carrot....and then the rice...


配起炒饭来就是这个样子啦！看起来很简单，但是很花时间在串鸟串。。。
Here is the really final look!~~ looks easy but spent a lot of time on preparing the yakitori chicken...

面粉糕 ♦ Hand-made noodle cake

面粉糕是一道很便宜的食物，但是却充满了家的味道。
Hand-made noodle cake is a cheap food, but full of home taste.

全部材料： All ingredients:
面粉 Flour
水 Water
油 Oil
盐糖 Salt and Sugar
鸡蛋 Egg
干贝 Scallop
冬菇 Mushrooms
江鱼仔 Anchovy
玻璃菜 Cabbage
辣椒 Chili
酱油 Soy sauce
炸洋葱 Fried onion
胡椒粉 Pepper powder
鸡精或蚝油 Chicken cube or Oyster sauce


面粉糕，当然要有面粉。。。面粉加适量的水和盐（我也不知道多少，你自己感觉吧！），加一粒蛋，还可以加少少油。。。
Hand-made noodle cake, of cause it's made by hand... add some water and salt (i also don't know how much...use your feel!) into the flour, add an egg, and you can add some oil as well...

然后就这样一直搓，一直搓，一直搓，一直搓。。。。不够水加水，太多水加粉（不要越弄越多，弄到要吃整个星期哦！）
and then keep on stir and stir and stir and stir....not enough water add water, too much water add some flour (don't make more and more until you need to eat the same thing for a whole week!)

弄到这样子就好了。。。放进冰箱等它发酵一下。。。（也可以用一块湿布盖起来，好像比较好）
ok, this is the final look should be...put into the fridge and let it fermentate a bit...(you can use a wet cloth to cover it, it seems to be better)

然后煲汤。。。里面加了什么料？
and then boil the soup....what is inside?

看看。。。有干贝，冬菇，江鱼仔。。。当然还有盐糖，不够味还可以偷偷加鸡精或蚝油:P。。。
have a look....Scallop, Mushrooms, Anchovy...of course also salt and sugar, if the taste is not good enough, you can curi-curi add some chicken stock or oyster sauce :P....

把面粉捏成一片片。。。丢进汤里煮熟。。。
tear the flour to thin pieces....throw into the soup to cook it...

加玻璃菜，上面洒炸洋葱，配辣椒仔加酱油，还有胡椒粉。。。赞赞赞~~~
add some cabage, spread some fried onion on top of it, eat together with chili and soya sauce, and some pepper powder....DELICIOUS~~~