Beef with broccoli
Beef with broccoli is fried with thinly cut, briefly marinated beef and blanched broccoli in a dark oyster soy sauce.
Plan the day one meal at a time. This collection brings together breakfasts for busy mornings, useful lunch ideas and dinners for both ordinary weekdays and slower weekends.
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Sweet and savoury breakfast recipes for quick mornings, relaxed weekends, brunch and preparation the night before.
Lunch recipes for home, work and family, including soups, salads, bowls, quick skillets and make-ahead meals.
Dinner ideas organised by time, appetite and preparation, from light plates to comforting family meals.
Recipes
Beef with broccoli is fried with thinly cut, briefly marinated beef and blanched broccoli in a dark oyster soy sauce.
Dim Sum Dumplings succeed with juicy filling of pork chops or shrimps, cabbage, ginger, spring onions and finished dumpling dough leaves.
Chow Mein with vegetables are fried egg noodles with crisp vegetables and a short sauce of soy sauce, oyster sauce or vegetarian alternative and sesame oil.
Mapo Tofu is cooked with soft tofu, doubanjiang, fermented black beans, minced meat, chilli oil and Sichuan pepper. The sauce should taste spicy and slightly numbing.
Kung Pao Chicken is a Sichuan-wok dish with marinated chicken, dried chilli, Sichuan pepper, peanuts and a sweet-salty-sour sauce.
Fried rice succeeds with cold rice from the day before, egg, vegetables, soy sauce and high pan heat. The rice should fry, not steam in the wok.
Som Tam is a Thai green papaya salad with lime, fish sauce, palm sugar, chilli, garlic, green beans, tomatoes and peanuts. It is only slightly on the mortar.
Tom Yum soup is spicy and clear: shrimps, mushrooms, lemon grass, galangal, makrut lime leaves, chilli, lime and fish sauce give her the typical Thai taste.
Tom Kha Gai is a mild, aromatic Thai soup with coconut milk, chicken, galangal, lemongrass, makrut lime leaves, mushrooms, lime and fish sauce.
Pad Thai is a Thai rice noodle dish with tamarind, fish sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, soy sprouts, lime and peanuts. The balance of sour, salty, sweet and nutty is decisive.
Blini are small yeast-raised pancakes made with buckwheat flour, milk, eggs and butter. They are light and fluffy and can be served with sour cream, dill and salmon or with jam for a sweet version.
Kimchi pancakes are hearty Korean pancakes with kimchi, kimchi juice, flour, starch and spring onions. In plenty of oil the edges become particularly crispy.
Korean Fried Chicken is particularly crispy fried with starch and then coated with a shiny Gochujang sauce. Double frying makes the crust stable.
Tteokbokki is Korean street food with soft rice cake in a sweet-sharp Gochujang sauce. Fish cake, spring onions and boiled eggs make the pan filling.
Onigiri are Japanese rice balls made of short sticky rice, salt and fillings such as salmon, tuna mayo, umeboshi or sesame. Nori comes just before the meal.
Miso soup consists of Dashi, Miso paste, Tofu, Wakame and spring onions. Miso is not boiled bubbling, but in the end is dissolved in hot broth.
Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup with strong broth, tara, ramen noodles and toppings such as egg, spring onions, mushrooms, nori and chicken or tofu.
Sweet and sour chicken is prepared with crispy fried chicken, paprika, pineapple and a sauce of vinegar, sugar, ketchup, soy sauce and starch.
Mediterrane One-Pot-Pasta succeeds when pasta, tomatoes, broth and spices are boiled together and the spinach is only submerged at the end. Thus the sauce remains ally and the vegetables fresh.