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| Noodle Stir-fry |
Dragon represents majestical power in Chinese culture. It is auspicious during the dragon year for starting a new business. This year, 2012, Water dragon brings calmness, harmony, balance, and diplomacy. Let us be blessed with that moving forward.
My grandmother's ritual for the Chinese New Year celebration is to start with paying respect to the ancestors. There must be a whole duck, a whole chicken, a head of a steamed pig, longevity noodles, and dumplings. My aunt reminds me that there needs to be 2-5 types of fruits as well, especially orange and Asian pear, representing prosperity. Incenses are burned with faux money as a gift for those who have passed to another world. Wisdom comes with age. Ancestors have helped establish where we are. Be sure to have remembering and respecting the ancestors on your “to do list” this Chinese New Year.
I decided to start the celebration with making the soy sauce chicken and noodle stir-fry. The kids will have a chance to light the incense and be reminded that their Chinese blood is well within them during this 15 days celebration.
My grandmother's ritual for the Chinese New Year celebration is to start with paying respect to the ancestors. There must be a whole duck, a whole chicken, a head of a steamed pig, longevity noodles, and dumplings. My aunt reminds me that there needs to be 2-5 types of fruits as well, especially orange and Asian pear, representing prosperity. Incenses are burned with faux money as a gift for those who have passed to another world. Wisdom comes with age. Ancestors have helped establish where we are. Be sure to have remembering and respecting the ancestors on your “to do list” this Chinese New Year.
I decided to start the celebration with making the soy sauce chicken and noodle stir-fry. The kids will have a chance to light the incense and be reminded that their Chinese blood is well within them during this 15 days celebration.
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| Soy sauce chicken |
Soy Sauce Chicken:
In a stock pot or any pot that will fit a whole chicken, add:
1 cup regular soy sauce
1/2 cup dark sweet soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4cup of rice wine
1 tbspn of Szechwan pepper, 10 cloves, 2 cinnamon stick, 5 star anise, 6 cardamom. (You can substitute the spices with Chinese 5 spice powder. I like my whole spice version. It gives me control over the amount of each spice.)
In a stock pot or any pot that will fit a whole chicken, add:
1 cup regular soy sauce
1/2 cup dark sweet soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4cup of rice wine
1 tbspn of Szechwan pepper, 10 cloves, 2 cinnamon stick, 5 star anise, 6 cardamom. (You can substitute the spices with Chinese 5 spice powder. I like my whole spice version. It gives me control over the amount of each spice.)
5 slices of ginger, 6 cups of water
Bring the ingredients to boil
Bring the ingredients to boil
Add 1 whole chicken and boil for 10 min. Then simmer on medium heat for 30 min. Rest the chicken in the sauce until serving
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| 5 spices |
Stir fry Noodle:
Blanch Chinese egg noodles in boiling water for 3 min.
High heat, in a wok, add 2 tbspn of canola oil
Blanch Chinese egg noodles in boiling water for 3 min.
High heat, in a wok, add 2 tbspn of canola oil
Add 1 tbsp chopped garlic
Add 1 cup quartered Shiitake mushroom, chopped baby Pok Choy (about 2 bundles)
Add 2 tbsp of oyster sauce
Add noodle
Stir, cover for 5 min.
Serve with the Soy sauce chicken and chili sauce.
Remember to pay respect to your ancestors with the food first and then feast. Happy Dragon Year!
Teera
Add 1 cup quartered Shiitake mushroom, chopped baby Pok Choy (about 2 bundles)
Add 2 tbsp of oyster sauce
Add noodle
Stir, cover for 5 min.
Serve with the Soy sauce chicken and chili sauce.
Remember to pay respect to your ancestors with the food first and then feast. Happy Dragon Year!
Teera
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