Cantonese Collection

A collection of the remaining recipes with the “Cantonese” label.

Cantonese Shrimp and Asparagus

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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese, Five Spice
Year: 1991
Servings: 1

Ingredients

Veggies

  • onion
  • red peppers
  • asparagus
  • baby corn
  • pea pod
  • bamboo shoots
  • shiitakes

2nd Round

  • 1 fork ginger
  • 1 fork fermented black beans
  • shrimps

Final Flavors

  • 1 Tablespoon sherry
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon oyster sauce
  • dash sesame oil

Instructions

  • Stir fry Veggies in wok. Set aside.
  • Add ginger, black bean sauce, shrimps. Sear/steam shrimps.
  • Add back Veggies. Add Final Flavors.
  • Serve on a Thai plate.

Cantonese Lamb and Asparagus and Black Beans

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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Cantonese, Chinese, Five Spice
Year: 1993
Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • ½ fork ginger
  • 1 fork fermented black beans
  • 4 ounces lamb

Veggies

  • onions
  • asparagus
  • baby corn
  • few mushroom ("zoomers")
  • pea pods (or green beans)
  • 1 fork garlic (slivered – full fork!)

Sauce

  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
  • dash dark soy sauce
  • dash sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons sugar

Instructions

  • Stir fry ginger, black beans, and lamb.
  • Add Veggies, stir fry. Add garlic.
  • Add sauce.
  • Serve on a rice donut, arrange pods around like flower petals.

Cantonese Beef

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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Cantonese, Chinese
Year: 1991
Servings: 1 serving

Ingredients

Veggies

  • onion
  • broccoli
  • carrots
  • scallions ("inchers")
  • bamboo shoots ("shoots")
  • mushrooms ("zoomers")

Meat

  • beef
  • 1 fork garlic
  • 1 fork ginger
  • ½ fork fermented black beans

Sauce

  • 1 round sherry
  • 1 Tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 3 dashes sesame oil

Instructions

  • Stir fry veggies briefly, set aside.
  • Add beer, ginger, garlic, black bean sauce.
  • When ¾ cooked, add back Veggies. Then add sauce.
  • Serve on donut of rice on a large black plate.

Cantonese Golden Tofu

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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Cantonese, Chinese, Vegan, Vegetarian
Year: 2006
Servings: 1 serving

Ingredients

  • handful tofu
  • onions
  • 1 fork garlic
  • 1 fork ginger
  • cashews
  • broccoli
  • carrots
  • baby corn
  • bamboo shoots
  • red peppers
  • sesame oil
  • soy sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon oyster sauce (vegetarian)

Instructions

  • Cook tofu in wok until golden brown.
  • Add onions, garlic, ginger, and cashews.
  • Add veggies. Add sauce.
  • Finish with oyster sauce.
  • Plate on a donut of rice.

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