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"Easy peasy Chinese cooking, when you just don't have time, but really have the taste for it! All on the table in 20 minutes! :)"

Ingredients: hot pepper oil, garlic...

"This is the recipe as taught in the Main Line School Night [winter, 2005] class on Regional Chinese Cooking by Betty Foo, chef & co-owner of the Hunan Restaurant in Ardmore, PA. Betty and her husband are from Hunan and have returned to visit, so the recipe is authentic to the region, both by family history, by recent comparison, and by my own review..."

Ingredients: dried mushrooms, cornstarch...

"Dad has forsaken many a meal outside, just so that he wouldn't miss out in this meal at home. Try it, and you will see the wonderful effect it has. :)"

Ingredients: boneless beef sirloin, fresh ground black pepper...

"For when you want to take a walk on the wild side. Adjust the heat to your own taste."

Ingredients: cornstarch, hot bean paste...

"Healthy bamboo shoots pepped up with pork and spices; a creation of Chef Fuchsia Dunlop."

Ingredients: shaoxing wine, light soy sauce...

"Fermented black beans are found in Asian markets and once you buy them, they last pretty much forever! Also called salted black beans, they're used in the black bean chicken you order from Chinese take-out and has a much different flavor than the Mexican type of black beans. From chef Fuchsia Dunlop with my addition of some red pepper for color!..."

Ingredients: fermented black beans, fresh ginger...

"From the Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook. Chairman Mao's nephew told the author that the people of Mao's home village, Shaoshan, recommend red-braised pork as a health food: "Men eat it to build their brains and ladies to make themselves more beautiful" and this is Mao Anping's recipe. The recipe below gets its lovely reddish gloss..."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, dried red chilies...

"A different and delicious way to prepare lamb. This is from Bon Appetit and I was attracted to it because it uses lamb shoulder chops and you don't see too many recipes for those. I have prepared these indoors using a ridged grill pan with excellent results."

Ingredients: chili oil, dry sherry...

"Entered for safe-keeping, from Weight Watchers Magazine September-October 2008. 3 "thingies" per serving. Original recipe called for 10-oz package of fresh sugar snap peas and baby carrots. Serve with "Quick Mushroom Barley Pilaf WW" for 2 "thingies" per serving."

Ingredients: cornstarch, boneless sirloin steaks...

"Found this recipe in a cookbook, and made this for Christmas instead of the usual Roast Turkey. Just for a little oriental touch. Looks good on the table, as good as restaurant made, or better! According to my Christmas guest."

Ingredients: dried Chinese mushrooms, baby bok choy...

"This sandwich is a speciality of Shaan-xi Province in China. I have modified this to use pork rather than the lamb which would be traditional. The filling would also make a great filling for Steamed Buns unstead of the Chinese Barbequed Pork tradtionally used."

Ingredients: chili oil, szechuan peppercorns...

"This is Fuschia Dunlop's version of the popular General Tso's, different from the American versions as it is not really sweet."

Ingredients: dried hot red chili peppers, dark soy sauce...

"Had way too much of roast beef one time, and whipped this salad up to make up for the amount of meat I had consumed, and the lack of vegetables in a diet. It worked so well, I have started making extra roast beef, just so that I could have heaps of leftovers for this wonderful salad."

Ingredients: garlic, mint leaves...

"This is an incredibly easy, tasty and inexpensive dish. The name comes from the ground pork looking like ants mixed in with the vermicelli which looks like tree branches."

Ingredients: vermicelli, dark soy sauce...