From “Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2” by Todd Wilbur, Plume Books
You might need to buy:
- Special Sauce:
- granulated sugar
- water
- soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- ketchup
- lemon juice
- sesame oil
- Chinese hot mustard powder
- water
- chili garlic sauce
- Stir-Fry Sauce:
- soy sauce
- dark brown sugar
- rice vinegar
- Filling:
- vegetable oil
- skinless chicken breast filets
- diced water chestnuts
- diced straw mushrooms
- chopped green onion
- fried maifun rice sticks
- iceberg lettuce cups
serves 4
You might need to buy:
- peeled and grated fresh ginger
- vegetable oil
- red curry paste
- Chinese egg noodles or spaghetti
- blue-crab meat
- bean sprouts
You might need to buy:
- sugar
- crushed red pepper
- hot water
- fresh lime juice
The dipping sauce is called nuoc cham and can be made ahead and refrigerated. It will keep for a month.
serves 4
You might need to buy:
- fresh mint leaves
- fresh cilantro leaves
- 8-inch round rice paper wrappers
ready in about 40 minutes;
serves 2
You might need to buy:
- tamarind paste
- boiling water
- fish sauce
- palm sugar
- rice wine vinegar
- rice stick noodles
- peanut oil
- minced garlic
- salted cabbage
This is a mod of original, which has not enough beef and too much orange.
ready in about 35 minutes;
serves 4
You might need to buy:
- 25ml of rapeseed oil
- Zest of half an orange
- 25g of black beans
- 50g diced onion
- 75g diced red peppers
- 75g diced green peppers
- 45ml oyster sauce
- sugar
- 200ml water
- 20ml sesame oil
Made w 4 thighs, much more water, mirin instead of wine and kecap manis, asian celery not western, 1.5 anise, no cinnamon, forgot to strain – still tasted good. Would be good to cool stock to skim fat
You might need to buy:
- Coriander sprigs
- Thai basil sprigs
- Noodles of yr choice
- SERVE
- cassia cinnamon or cinnamon
- star anise
- brown onion diced
- whole white peppercorns
- knob ginger sliced
- kecap manis
- soy sauce
- shaoxing wine
- cold water
- STOCK
- Mint sprigs
- Big handful beansprouts
- Lime wedges
- CONDIMENTS
- Sliced chillies in rice vinegar
- Fish sauce
- White sugar
serves 6
You might need to buy:
- fresh Chinese egg noodles
- sesame oil
- vegetable oil
- minced fresh gingerroot
- smooth natural-style peanut butter
- rice wine vinegar
serves 8
You might need to buy:
- -12 ounces angel hair pasta
- fresh bean sprouts
- Dressing:
- hot chili oil
- -3 tablespoons soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- undiluted orange juice concentrate
- Garnishes:
serves 8
You might need to buy:
- cinnamon sticks
- low sodium soy sauce
- rice wine or 1 1/2 cups sake
- water
- hot cooked widelo mein noodles or 4 cups vermicelli