| Are you looking for that great flavour that you find in | | | | and stir. Keep this up until heat penetrates thoroughly, |
| Chinese recipes, but simply do not know where to | | | | and sauce has thickened; should take about 1 minute. |
| start? Or maybe you think it's too hard or takes too | | | | Salt and Pepper Prawns |
| much time. Well, you don't have to be a professional | | | | * 1/4 cup lime juice |
| cook to prepare some great, quick, and easy meals | | | | * 4 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce |
| for the whole family. I'll help you bring home the | | | | * 4 teaspoons sesame oil |
| restaurant flavour with a few quick recipes. | | | | * 1 teaspoon sugar |
| Spicy Beef, Shrimp, and Bok Choy | | | | * 6 cups cabbage |
| * 1/4 cup Shao Hsing rice wine | | | | * 2 small red or orange bell peppers |
| * 1 1/2 tablespoons oyster-flavored sauce | | | | * 1/4 cup rice flour |
| * 2 teaspoons cornstarch | | | | * 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt |
| * 4 teaspoons canola oil | | | | * 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper |
| * 3/4 pound sirloin steak | | | | * 1 teaspoon five-spice powder |
| * 1/4-1 teaspoon crushed red pepper | | | | * 1 1/3 pounds raw shrimp |
| * 10 raw shrimp | | | | * 2 tablespoons canola oil |
| * 1 pound bok choy | | | | * 2 jalapeno peppers |
| Instructions: | | | | Instructions: |
| 1. Whisk rice wine, oyster sauce and cornstarch into a | | | | 1. Whisk lime juice, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar |
| small bowl until the cornstarch is dissolved. | | | | into a large bowl until the sugar is dissolved. Add |
| 2. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet or | | | | cabbage and bell peppers. Stir. |
| wok over medium-high heat. Add beef and crushed | | | | 2. Mix rice flour, salt, pepper and five-spice powder in a |
| red pepper. keep cooking, stirring, until the beef begins | | | | medium bowl. Add and coat shrimp in the mixture. |
| to brown. That should take about 2 minutes. Add | | | | Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high |
| shrimp and continue to cook, stirring, until the shrimp is | | | | heat. Add the shrimp and cook, making sure to stir. |
| opaque and pink. Again, this should take about 2 | | | | Should take 4 minutes, until shrimp are pink. Add |
| minutes. Transfer the food to a plate. | | | | jalapenos and cook until the shrimp are cooked |
| 3. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons oil over | | | | through. This should take another minute. Serve in |
| medium-high heat in the same pan. Add bok choy and | | | | combination with the salad from step 1. |
| cook, stirring, until it begins to wilt. That should be about | | | | As you can see, Chinese cooking doesn't have to |
| 3 minutes. Stir in cornstarch mixture. Return the | | | | complicate. Have fun! |
| beef-shrimp mixture (from step 2) to the pan and cook | | | | |