Tag Archives: Chinese Food

Haw-sin sauce

Posted on July 8, 2015 by

I don’t know if you’ve seen The Canberra Times today, but I’m in it. I’m pretty excited. Susan Parsons wrote a lovely piece on my foraging for her Kitchen Garden column in Food & Wine. In honour of the occasion … Continue reading →

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Chinese style haw-sin sauce (product description)

Posted on March 30, 2014 by

This is a complex, sweet and sour Chinese style barbeque sauce with body and depth of flavour. Made with wild hawthorn berries, it has a subtle fruitiness like quince or apple (to which the hawthorn is related). It is mildly … Continue reading →

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Black pepper beef

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

I made pho this weekend and had a little thinly sliced beef left. I’d been meaning to cook crisp fragrant duck wings all weekend. I bit the bullet and decided to make a little Chinese spread for us for Sunday … Continue reading →

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Sweet and sour pork

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

I have fallen in love with the natural sweetness of the free range pork produced by Boxgum Grazing. I’ve been thinking that their pork strips would make a lovely sweet and sour pork. We’ve all experienced the greasy, stodgy sweet … Continue reading →

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Egg fried rice

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

I spent six months in China and did not see ‘special fried rice’ once. This of course was because I did not travel to the south eat of the country, home of the Cantonese cuisine that is so well know … Continue reading →

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Gong Bao Ji Ding (Kung Pao Chicken)

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

There has been one dish remaining for me to cook, on my journey of rediscovery of Chinese cooking. When I posted Sichuan supper, I told you of my love of this dish. Gong Bao Ji Ding is a famous dish … Continue reading →

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Fragrant crisp duck wings

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

The recipe for these duck wings is based on the crisp fragrant duck of Sichuan in China. It’s usually used on a whole duck, but I think this is a little bit extravagant. Besides, I have fond memories of the … Continue reading →

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Sichuan supper

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Several years ago, I undertook a wonderful journey through China. I spent about six months there, studying in the north east, then crossing the country through the middle, to the south west and back again. There’s a new cooking program on SBS … Continue reading →

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