These are some of the recipes I used for Dumpling Fest 2.0. Braised Beef Shank Gua Bao The beef part Liu, Betty. My Shanghai Recipes and Stories from a City on the Water. Harper, 2024. Phillips, Carolyn J. All under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China. McSweeney’s, Ten Speed Press, 2016. Facebook.com/Thewoksoflife. “Asian… Read More Michele’s 2026 Dumpling Fest Recipes
Originally published on January 25, 2021. Updated on February 16, 2026. I’m not really sure what the difference is between red cooking (紅燒）and lv (滷). I will defer to this article from the Woks of Life. My family called chicken cooked this way lu, and pork shoulder both hong shao and lu. There are many… Read More Chinese Red Cooking Hong Shao/Lu
11/14/25 – For St.Eligius A&S Display 11/15/2025 2nd Redaction: 飲膳正要Yin Shan Zheng Yao (YSZY) – 烏雞湯 – Black Chicken Soup Modern soup: Ingredients: 1 silkie chicken 1 虎乳川贝润肺汤 – Tiger milk Sichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae) lung moistening soup herb pack.[1] 1 bunch scallions cut into matchsticks 2 pieces 15g each ginger – smashed… Read More 2nd Redaction of 烏雞湯 Black Chicken Soup Recipe from 飲膳正要 Propriety and Essentials in Eating and Drinking
My translation of Black Chicken Soup from (YSZY) First Redaction – 12/22/2024 – Northpass Bread and Soup Solar Second Redaction – 11/15/2025 – St. Eligius A&S Display The “I don’t knows”: I have no idea if Hu Shihu, the imperial physician who wrote YinShan ZhengYao knew how to cook. As an imperial physician he undoubtedly… Read More My Translation of 烏雞湯 Black Chicken Soup Recipe from 飲膳正要 Propriety and Essentials in Eating and Drinking
12/22/2024 – For Northpass Solar at Friderich and Lilie’s When I bring the soup to gathers and events I make a modern Chinese medicinal soup as well as the version based on the dietary manual Propriety and Essentials in Eating and Drinking by Hu Shihu, to give the average SCAdian an idea of what my… Read More 1st Redaction of 烏雞湯 Black Chicken Soup Recipe from 飲膳正要 Propriety and Essentials in Eating and Drinking
These are some of the recipes I used for Dumpling Fest aka Dumpling-palooza ————————————————————————————————- Chang, Michele – Stuff I cobbled together https://oriquilt.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/scallion-oil/ Ginger Syrup: https://oriquilt.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/candied-ginger-ginger-syrup-recipe/ Recipes I followed closely enough that I don’t think I need to write new recipes: I cut the red pepper flakes in half and use Bull’s Head BBQ sauce… Read More Michele’s 2025 Dumpling Fest Recipes
I was trying to recreate the samsa I had at Tarim Uyghur Food, in the New World Mall Food Court, in Flushing, Queens, New York for an SCA event. I did an internet search and narrowed it down to the recipes in the list at the end. What I noticed was the recipes from the… Read More Lamb Samsa (Kaobao)
Makes 12 Ingredients: Dough: 3c flour 1.5c water 1 TBS sugar 1 tsp yeast Paste: ¼ cup sesame paste 1 tsp salt 2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns Veg oil or sesame oil Filling: 1 lb Lamb, cut into ¼” cubes 1 large onion diced small, about ¼” pieces ¼ lb of carrots, diced small, about ¼”… Read More Lamb Shaobing
Tangyuan are a sticky rice dumpling typically served on the last day of Chinese New Year, also called the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival falls on the full moon, and tangyuan looks like a full moon. Tangyuan can be unfilled, they can filled with a sweet or savory filling. My favorites are sesame, followed by… Read More Jiuniang Sesame Tangyuan Soup with Poached Eggs 桂花酒釀芝麻湯圓湯
Ingredients: 2 cups whole milk 1 pkg gelatin (7g) 5 TBS Sugar 2-3 TBS Almond powder 1 tsp almond extract 1 can fruit cocktail or fresh fruit Directions: Boil 1 cup of milk. While you are waiting for the milk to boil, place the gelatin in a bowl and pour about ¼ cup of cold… Read More Almond Tofu
