Today in our series on the Chinese Food Menu, we take you to the main dishes usually on offer in Chinese restaurants! We will do this in two parts as there are many dishes available and we want to keep this easily digestable for our readers!
Beggar's Chicken
Inline image 1Stuffed chicken is wrapped in dough and baked.
Cheng Du Chicken (Chili Chicken Cubes)
Diced chicken breasts are marinated and deep-fried; the sauce is made from hot bean sauce, freshly ground Szechuan pepper, vinegar and sugar.
Chow Mein (Fried noodles)
In this dish the noodles and vegetables are stir-fried separately, then mixed together at the end of the cooking procedure. The noodles can be soft or crispy depending on how long they are fried in oil. It can be made with either thick or thin noodles. A gravy is either added to the noodles while they are being stir-fried or at the final stage of cooking. Chicken, shrimp or pork are used as the meat.
Ants Climbing Trees (Ants Creeping on Trees, Ants Climbing a Hill, Ma Yi Shang Shu)
This is a spicy Szechuan dish: marinated pork is cooked in a spicy sauce and served on cellophane (bean thread) noodles.
Bang Bang Ji (Hot Chicken Salad)
Chicken breasts with hot chili oil are cut into small pieces and served on a sheet of green bean paste.
Beef in Oyster Sauce
Beef is thinly sliced and then marinated with several ingredients that usually include sherry, soy sauce, cornstarch and sometimes sugar. The beef is stir-fried or deep-fried and then oyster sauce is added.
Beef with Broccoli
Marinated beef is stir-fried and mixed with stir-fried vegetables - then covered with a thick brown sauce that may also include oyster sauce.
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