April 2011 | Christine's Recipes: Easy Chinese Recipes | Delicious Recipes

Pork Cutlets with Creamy Mustard Sauce

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Cooking competitions have been flourishingly produced and aired by several Australian television channels, one followed another without any stop recently, I can say. I, myself really like watching all the cooking shows. Not only could I feel and share the passions of every contestant and get myself more motivated to cook, but also I learn so much from the shows. My Kitchen Rules was one of the shows I enjoyed. One of their judges, Manu Feildel’s critic on every contestant’s dish with a sexy French accent was a great attraction to me, throwing lots of insights on how to go about and improve cooking. When My Kitchen Rules was approaching to air their finale episode, his new cookbook, Manu’s French Kitchen was on the way of releasing. In his new cookbook, Manu demonstrates making authentic French dishes at home is such an easy job. I tried his Pork Cutlets with Creamy Mustard Sauce with an amazing end result. It’s a big hit in the family. The rich flavour of creamy mustard sauce entertained all our tastebuds. This dish is so simple to make on the go. All you need is to get good quality pork if possible, to produce the best results.
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Tomato Tofu Egg Drop Soup (番茄豆腐蛋花湯)

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This Tomato Tofu Egg Drop Soup is an old-fashioned, simple soup that we grew up with in Hong Kong. All you need is to add only three to four ingredients into a pot of stock (or water), then bring to a boil. The highlight is the ribbon-like silky smooth eggs. 

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After I posted this quick egg drop soup (蛋花湯) on my Chinese blog and fan page about two weeks ago, some of my fans responded with warm remarks that this soup reminds them of their good old days when they studied overseas.

I feel what they feel, totally with them. I know many overseas students have to cook by themselves for saving up money for their tuition. They don’t have many spare money to cook dishes with expensive ingredients.

This soup is simple, homey and downright easy to whip up especially at times you don’t have many ingredients stocked in kitchen. Not only this soup is handy, it’s not expensive. Best of all, it contains lots of nutrition we need.
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Stir Fried Sugar Snap Peas with chicken

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Peas are commonly used in Chinese stir fry. It’s not only because they have green fresh colour, but also they add more texture, and make the whole dish more enjoyable to eat. Sugar snap peas (aka sugar peas or snap peas) look similar to but actually differ from snow peas. They have round pods as opposed to the flat shape of snow peas. We’re not quite into eating them raw for their grassy taste. Stir frying sugar peas briefly over medium-high heat will bring up their natural sweetness, while their crunchy texture can still be maintained perfectly. This Stir Fried Sugar Snap Peas with chicken has a lot to offer in texture, crunchy sugar peas, with smooth cloud ears and crisp baby corns. The authentic Asian taste of this dish will surely win the hearts of those who like healthy, quick Chinese stir fry.
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