In today's world of global migration is not uncommon to bump into all sorts of cultures and customs of all kinds , both behavioral and culinary . See cheap package for Thailand and for three days to find out how you eat rattlesnake in ant sauce with a side dish of milk boiled cockroaches . I exaggerate , but almost . Is an exotic of smazat Lika bear , in a Zagreb restaurant , you can order a kangaroo and ostrich eggs is already overflowing advertisement . The dog , man's best friend , probably will never find on our menus , but Korea is not far off . Sales and cooking dogs in Korea is prohibited from 1984th , during the preparations for the Olympics . Dogs are banned as a food , but it is still winks at his fingers , which is new to us horror !
From us unimaginable mammals in Asia are eating , such as a bat . No statistical information as it is an important food , but local bats , which feed exclusively on fruit , they're holding a treat .
Everything that is not peculiar to us could say that is exotic , but now hold the eastern cuisine , specifically China .
CHARACTERISTICS OF CHINESE CUISINE
Chinese food is not the healthiest . Cooking them is based on a very short time of preparation . Almost everything is done in a wok and deep-fried . However , an interesting and positive side is that the food in preparation always cut into bite- size .
Much attention is given to the choice of colors of foods that must be live . Of the many spices , it is important to mention that ginger has a healing effect on the stomach . To prepare the majority use unsaturated oils and very little animal fat with plenty of fruits and vegetables . The most common side dish is rice , which serves as the bread in our kitchen and used the transparent rice noodles that can be served as a side dish meat dishes .
So the two main secrets of Chinese cuisine : cut properly and must be properly roasted . The main order of Chinese cuisine - food must be not only delicious , but also useful , and sometimes therapeutic .
Chicken with Honey
ingredients :
500 g chicken breast without skin
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 egg whites
cold water
additional amount of corn flour for sprinkling chicken
3/4 cup of clear honey
1 1/2 tsp sweet chilli sauce green onions for decoration
Preparation :
Crop chicken breast in bite-size pieces . Mix corn flour , baking powder , beaten egg whites and cold water .
Sprinkle the chicken corn flour and dip them in a pre-made mixture. Fry in deep oil for about 1 minute or until the surface is crisp . In another pan, melt the honey chilli sauce . Sprinkle over griled pieces of chicken and serve immediately . Garnish with spring onions .
Cucumber soup and ham
ingredients :
600g cucumber
100 g ham
5 cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon minced ginger
2 tablespoons chopped green onions
1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
Preparation :
Peel the cucumbers , cut them into small pieces , and then the size of 4cm squares . Ham cut into long, thin pieces . Pour the soup into a medium size bowl and let it boil . Reduce the heat and add the cucumber , ginger , green onions and soy sauce .
Cook for a few minutes until the cucumbers are almost tender . Add the ham and allow to heat for 1 minute until it is warm . Serve immediately .
Chinese pancakes as a main dish
ingredients :
20 ounces pork
1 cup of cooked cabbage leaves
some celery
salt , pepper
little minced hot peppers
1 tablespoon chopped red onion
1/2 cup oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon of glutamate
dough:
2 eggs
1 and 1/ 2 cup flour
a bit of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups oil
Preparation :
Meat is milled and mixed with chopped boiled cabbage leaves , chopped celery , salt, pepper , hot pepper and chopped onion and put on the stove to simmer . Then he poured the oil , soy sauce and glutamate . Mix flour , oil and eggs ways rarely dough and made it to the fat baked pancakes .
Then fill with stuffing , well wrapped and baked in the hot oil .
Carp in sweet and sour sauce
ingredients :
1 large carp
2 onions
1 tablespoon honey
chopped green ginger
chopped fresh cucumbers
2 tablespoons soy sauce
vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
salt , pepper
rice wine
peanut oil
1 red pepper
Preparation :
Carp are clean , halve and cut into pieces . Then the meat stand for 1 hour in a marinade of salt , pepper and rice wine . Since the meat out of the marinade and roll in flour and roasted in peanut oil .
Red onion is cut into thin slices , toast the oil and add ginger , cucumber , honey , soy sauce , vinegar and sugar and boil all well . That made the sauce must have a sweet-sour taste and a little angry . Before serving sprinkle the starch flour , salt and pepper and garnish with sliced fresh red pepper . Pieces of carp are served topped with sauce ready .
Chicken with pineapple
ingredients :
1 chicken 1 kg
50 ounces pineapple
salt
lemon juice
2 tablespoons white wine
carrots
12 ripe plums
1 teaspoon rice flour
1/2 l of pineapple juice
1/8 l of soy sauce
1 egg
1 cup rice flour
1 cup oil
Preparation :
Chicken: clean and remove the bones and cut it into pieces . Pineapple slice also in pieces and everything is marinated in salt , lemon juice and white wine . In a separate bowl, fry the chicken skin with sliced carrots , split in plums , rice flour thickens , pour pineapple juice and soy sauce and cook everything for half an hour and passes.
Marinated chicken and pineapple dipped in egg and the rice flour and baked in the hot fat until they turn yellow . Then he spilled sauce and serve hot .
Bon appetit !
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