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Print this Recipe Many Chinese-American restaurants serve barbecued spareribs and egg rolls as appetizers. These dishes, when eaten at home, are not usually served as appetizers. At a family meal the appetizers are more likely to include cold chicken or duck, pork strips, ham or sausage, meatballs, fish balls, smoked fish, preserved eggs, shrimp toast, various cold vegetables, and other tidbits. At more formal meals, small dishes of melon seeds, pine nuts and salted peanuts are also set out at this time. These dishes, placed in the center of the table before the meal begins, are sampled while the cook puts the finishing touches to the dinner. Since these various dishes are the first view of the meal, each is designed to stimulate both the eye and the appetite. Meats and vegetables are set out handsomely and decoratively-sometimes sliced thin and arranged like flower petals in layered circles. Even the plainest of ingredients are brightened with a bit of parsley or a few pink slivers of ham. The cold vegetable dishes, while similar to salads, are never eaten raw. (Uncooked vegetables in China were not safe to eat: they had to be blanched, parboiled, salted or pickled.) Chinese vegetable dishes are characterized by light, pretty colors and crisp, crunchy textures. They are seasoned simply, with dressings that are delicious but never overpowering. They are chilled, but only briefly: they are never served so cold as to numb the taste buds. NOTE: This section does not include the full range of dishes which can be served as appetizers. See... PORK Barbecued Pork Strips Barbecued Spareribs Basic Braised Pork Basic Deep-Fried Porkballs Drunken Pork Red-Simmered Pork Strips Roast Pork Stir-Fried Pork and Dried Oysters with Lettuce Stir-Fried Pork with Lettuce White-Cooked Pressed Pork White-Cooked Whole Pork BEEF Beef Velveteen Red-Simmered Spiced Beef with Turnips Smoked Beef Balls DUCK Aromatic Roast Duck Basic Red-Simmered Duck Cold Roast Duck with Fresh Pineapple Cold Roast Duck with Pickled Vegetable Cold Roast Duck with Pineapple Sauce Drunken Duck I and II Nanking Salt Duck Red-Cooked with Five Spices White-Simmered Duck II CHICKEN Basic Steamed Spring Chicken Deep-Fried Chicken Livers Drunken Chicken I, II and III Jellied Chicken Marinated and Deep-Fried Chicken Livers Salt-Roasted Chicken I Simmered and Deep-Fried Chicken Livers Simmered Chicken Livers Smoked Chicken White Cut Chicken Breast White Cut Chicken, Pullet White Cut Chicken, Stewing Fowl White Cut Chicken, Young Bird FISH Basic Braised Soy Fish Deep-Fried Marinated Fish Fillets with Sesame Seeds Deep-Fried Marinated Fish, Pieces Deep-Fried Small Marinated Fish OTHER SEAFOOD Barbecued Shrimp Basic Deep-Fried Lobster Basic Deep-Fried Shrimp Balls Basic Steamed Clams Deep-Fried Bacon Wrapped Oysters Deep-Fried Coated Butterfly Shrimp Deep-Fried Oyster Deep-Fried Shrimp Balls in Batter Deep-Fried Shrimp in Shells without Batter Deep-Fried Shrimp Stuffed with Bacon and Almonds Deep-Fried Shrimp Stuffed with Ham Deep-Fried Shrimp with Bacon I and II Drunken Shrimp Fluffy Deep-Fried Shrimp Balls Poached Shrimp Steamed and Deep-Fried Dried Oyster Balls Stir-Fried Marinated Shrimp in Shells Stir-Fried Shrimp in Shells I Stuffed and Deep-Fried Dried Oysters EGG DISHES Deep-Fried Coated Eggs Egg Pouch Omelets Soy Eggs Tea Eggs VEGETABLE DISHES Basic Deep-Fried Bean Curd EGGROLLS and WONTONS Eggrolls NOODLE and RICE DISHES Sizzling Rice (see 10- The Basics: Rice "BASIC BOILED RICE") The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller. This recipe comes from the Cook'n collection. Try Cook'n for FREE!
Preserved Eggs Preserved Eggs with Ham and Vegetables Chinese Sausages Sesame Ham Sticks White-Cut Chicken Cold Chicken And Cucumber Cold Chicken Sesame Cold Sherry Chicken Red-Simmered Chicken Wings Marinated Abalone Crabmeat And Cucumbers Smoked Fish Pseudo Smoked Fish Dried Jellyfish And Turnips Shrimp Toast Cold Shrimp And Cauliflower Asparagus Salad Braised Bamboo Shoots Basic Cold Bean Curd Slivered Bean Curd And Shrimp Bean Sprout Salad Pickled Cabbage Pickled Chinese Lettuce Pickled Chinese Cabbage Pickled Mustard Cabbage Sweet-and-Pungent Lettuce Rolls Pickled Celery Celery And Carrot Salad Smashed Cucumbers Shredded Cucumbers Eggplant Salad Sweet-and-Pungent Lotus Root Braised Mushrooms Oyster Sauce Mushrooms Marinated Mushrooms I Marinated Mushrooms II Spinach Salad With Shrimp Pickled Turnips Chinese Pickles Stir-Fried Mixed Vegetables Smashed Radishes Stuffed Mushrooms -Braised Stuffed Mushrooms Mixture: Pork Stuffed Mushrooms Mixture: Ham Stuffed Mushrooms Mixture: Shrimp Stuffed Mushrooms Mixture: Pork and Shrimp Stuffed Mushrooms Mixture: Pork and Crabmeat Stuffed Mushrooms Mixture: Fish Stuffed Mushrooms Mixture: Chicken and Shrimp Stuffed Mushrooms Mixture: Water Chestnuts Stuffed Mushrooms -Simmered Stuffed Mushrooms -Steamed Stuffed Mushrooms -Steamed and Poached |
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