Easy Cabbage Roll Recipe

Ingredients
10 cabbage leaves
1 cup of white rice
2 cups of water
1 pound of lean ground beef
1 cup of dry bread crumbs
1 pinch of ground cinnamon
1 (28 ounce) can of whole peeled tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, diced
1 teaspoon of salt

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2. Bring a large pot of water to boil, add cabbage leaves and cook for 2 minutes. Drain.
3. Combine the rice and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove from the heat and set aside.
4. In a large bowl, combine beef, bread crumbs, cinnamon, drained and chopped tomatoes, onion and salt; stir until well combined. Spoon equal amounts of beef mixture onto the center of each cabbage leaf. Place a spoonful of rice onto the beef. Roll up leaves, tucking in the edges, and seal with a toothpick. Wrap each roll in aluminum foil and place in a shallow baking dish.
5. Bake for 40 minutes, or until beef is cooked through.

Chinese Pork Ribs Recipe

Really easy chinese recipe, serves 6.

Ingredients
1/3 cup of orange marmalade
1/4 cup of soy sauce
3 tablespoons of ketchup
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 pounds of bone-in pork ribs

Directions
1. In a bowl, combine the marmalade, soy sauce, ketchup and garlic. Pour half into a slow cooker. Top with ribs and then drizzle with the rest of the sauce.
2. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or until tender. Thicken cooking juices if desired.

Easy Chinese Food Recipes

By Ken Chahald

Are you looking for that great flavour that you find in Chinese recipes, but simply do not know where to start? Or maybe you think it's too hard or takes too much time. Well, you don't have to be a professional cook to prepare some great, quick, and easy meals for the whole family. I'll help you bring home the restaurant flavour with a few quick recipes.

Spicy Beef, Shrimp, and Bok Choy

* 1/4 cup Shao Hsing rice wine

* 1 1/2 tablespoons oyster-flavored sauce

* 2 teaspoons cornstarch

* 4 teaspoons canola oil

* 3/4 pound sirloin steak

* 1/4-1 teaspoon crushed red pepper

* 10 raw shrimp

* 1 pound bok choy

Instructions:

1. Whisk rice wine, oyster sauce and cornstarch into a small bowl until the cornstarch is dissolved.

2. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add beef and crushed red pepper. keep cooking, stirring, until the beef begins to brown. That should take about 2 minutes. Add shrimp and continue to cook, stirring, until the shrimp is opaque and pink. Again, this should take about 2 minutes. Transfer the food to a plate.

3. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat in the same pan. Add bok choy and cook, stirring, until it begins to wilt. That should be about 3 minutes. Stir in cornstarch mixture. Return the beef-shrimp mixture (from step 2) to the pan and cook and stir. Keep this up until heat penetrates thoroughly, and sauce has thickened; should take about 1 minute.

Salt and Pepper Prawns

* 1/4 cup lime juice

* 4 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

* 4 teaspoons sesame oil

* 1 teaspoon sugar

* 6 cups cabbage

* 2 small red or orange bell peppers

* 1/4 cup rice flour

* 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

* 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

* 1 teaspoon five-spice powder

* 1 1/3 pounds raw shrimp

* 2 tablespoons canola oil

* 2 jalapeno peppers

Instructions:

1. Whisk lime juice, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar into a large bowl until the sugar is dissolved. Add cabbage and bell peppers. Stir.

2. Mix rice flour, salt, pepper and five-spice powder in a medium bowl. Add and coat shrimp in the mixture. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and cook, making sure to stir. Should take 4 minutes, until shrimp are pink. Add jalapenos and cook until the shrimp are cooked through. This should take another minute. Serve in combination with the salad from step 1.

As you can see, Chinese cooking doesn't have to complicate. Have fun!

Hi, my name is Ken Chahald, and I enjoy cooking.

Best of luck.

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Crab Cake Recipe

Ingredients
1 egg
3 tablespoons of mayonnaise
4 teaspoons of lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon of dried tarragon
1 tablespoon of minced green onions
8 ounces of crabmeat
1/2 cup of crushed buttery round crackers
1 tablespoon of butter

Directions
1. In a medium bowl, whisk egg, mayonnaise, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, tarragon, and scallions together. Gently stir in crabmeat, being careful not to break up meat. Gradually mix in cracker crumbs, adding until desired consistency is achieved.
2. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat. Form crab mixture into 4 patties. Place patties in skillet, and cook until golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes on each side.