三煲四炖五忌 Soup: 3h-Boil 4h-Double-boil 5Taboos

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常喝煲(boil)或炖(2-boil) 靓汤:
“女人青春永驻不易老,
男人老当益壯百岁寿。”☺

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煲: boil soup
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炖: double-boil soup

Hotel Royal Hsinchu 新竹老爺大酒店「 udn聯合新聞網_簡單煮/暖呼呼炖雞湯」:

忌: taboos

http://m.39.net/food/a_2036588.html

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炒菜功夫 Vegetables Frying Kongfu

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【楊桃美食網】炒出清脆青菜的訣竅:

1. 炒菜过久, 菜苦涩。
2 热锅, 加1匙油,略微爆香蒜末。
3. 加一碗水倒入菜同时炒, 以水汽蒸熟菜叶。
4. 加少学盐, 快翻炒。
5. 沥干菜才上盘。

http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/388464246.html?mzl=qb_xg_5&mzl_jy=2&word=%E5%BA%B7%E5%AE%81%E7%8E%BB%E7%92%83%E9%94%85%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7&hitRelateOptimi=&ad_test=11&test_relate_click=&qb_appasp=1&uid=wapp_1402818236622_188&fr=solved&step=3

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S.O.P. of Chinese Soups

熬汤有几步S.O.P.,煲”三炖四”, 用自动电子锅, 省功夫也能喝到好汤补身免疫…

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There are thousands of Chinese soup but they are prepared in 4 S.O.P. steps:

Standard Operating Procedures (S.O.P.):

1) Preparation of Ingredients
2) Bring to a boil over high heat
3) Turn to low heat and simmer for (T) hours
4) Turn off heat. Season with salt.

Notes:
♡ Adding salt is always the last step.
♡ T = from 1.5 hours to 3 hours, depending on cooking time needed to cook the harder ingredients (meat, hardy legumes…)
Note: softer ingredients (tomato, potato…) can be put in the last half hour to prevent over cooking.

Example 1: 雪耳银杏无花果煲瘦肉汤
White Fungus Soup with Lotus Seed and Chinese Mushroom

image1) Ingredients:
White fungus (19 gm): soak and rinse few times until fully expanded. Drain and set aside.

Dried Chinese mushroom (8 pc): soak until soft and squeeze dry. Repeat this step few times and set aside.

Lean pork meat (300 gm): Scald…

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西洋菜排骨汤 Pork Ribs Soup With Watercress

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材料:
西洋菜 400 克
排骨 600 克
红萝卜 100 克 切块
无花果 5 粒
蜜枣 2 粒

Optional:
(鸡脚 10 只)
(干章鱼 半只)

1 西洋菜多清洗几遍, 去掉泥土,寄生虫。
2 排骨, 鸡脚洗净川汤
3 煮滾半锅清水, 放入所有材料, 慢火炖 5 hours.
4 最后加盐调味。

西洋菜: 清热润肺, 化痰止咳, 利尿, 治疗肺热咳嗽, 鼻出血的蔬菜。抗癌

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老母鸡汤 Soupe de Poule

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老母鸡 (or Kampung chicken) 半只 (去皮)
奶白菜 (Baby Bokchoy) 300 克 (gm)
干贝 (Dried scallop) 5粒 (去柱筋, 剖半)
冬菇 6 朵
淮山 7 片
金华火腿 (ham) 50 克

1. 奶白菜洗净。腐烂菜叶有害身体(rotten nitrate converted to harmful nitrite)。

2. 奶白菜放入炖盅(double-boiler)内垫底,再放入其他材料。

3.注入沸水8分滿,加盖慢火炖(simmer on low heat) 3 hours。

4.下盐调味, 即可上桌。

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芦笋”鱼头云” 汤 Fish Head Soup with Asparagus

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芦笋 (Asparagus)150 克
松鱼头(Bonito fish head) 1 只
干橙皮丝 3-5 条
鸡高汤 250 cc

(A) 盐, 姜片, 葱段,

(B)白酒 少许

1. 松鱼头洗净。加 (A).隔水蒸30分至熟透。
2. 以汤匙挖出”鱼头云”(鱼腮两边的鱼肉)

3. 芦笋洗净飞水(drain dry). 倒入Grinding Machine, 加 鸡高汤, 研磨至细粉 (mince). 筛隔渣畄汁 (filter).

4. 热锅。倒入(3) 芦笋汤汁, 下(2) 鱼头云和(B)调味料。煮沸滚片刻, 即可上桌。

淡水鱼(松鱼,非洲鱼)去泥土味: 白醋腌半小时, 然后用水清洗。

怎样做乳白鱼头汤:
http://jingyan.baidu.com/album/636f38bb1579afd6b84610f0.html?st=2&from=&ssid=&net_type=1&bd_page_type=1&os=0&rst=

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Home Cook Young Tau Foo 家庭酿豆腐

好吃的客家酿豆付已经很难找, 秘诀在熬高汤…

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How To Cook Singapore Young Tau Foo (Recipe)!

Ingredients
3 yellow onions sliced
1 head of garlic, skin on, bruised
1 tablespoon white peppercorns 白胡椒籽
2 cups dried anchovies (ikan bilis)江鱼仔
2 cups soya bean 黄豆
2 inch ginger skinned, sliced
14 cups of hot water

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汤头做法密秘:
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Glasshole Cook

Google Glass Cooks.

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http://www.wired.com/2013/12/glasshole/

With wearable such as Google Glass, you don’t have to flip the recipe book with one hand while cooking,  the Glass shows the recipe in front of your eye – so you become a “glasshole” or an “asshole” 🙂

Google Glass Explorer Story:
1. Korean Chef Roy Choi cooks the Irish food for St. Patrick’s Day:

2. A housewife cooks a Greek dinner with the recipe from google glass:

http://live.wsj.com/video/cook-a-greek-dinner-with-google-glass/4C2E6C72-8E12-4D9E-A97F-DB269EF43567.html#!4C2E6C72-8E12-4D9E-A97F-DB269EF43567

3. Is Singapore ready for Google Glass?

4. Google Glass Explorer Edition 2.0 Unboxing and First Impression :

Wearable computer Google Glass is still beta (only available in mid 2014 or 2015), the apps written so far are :
– Google Now (personal assistant to calendar schedule,  sport tracking, traffic, Google map for direction,..)
– Recipe software “KitchMe” 
– Grocery shopping

The potential is huge:
1. Think of a doctor or surgeon with Google glass to help him diagnose…

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