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Ingredients Smoking mix: 2 cups (250g) soft brown sugar shopping list 2 cups (250g) long grain rice shopping list 2 cups (85g) jasmine tea leaves shopping list vegetable oil shopping list 4 salmon fillets, skin on salt, to season Put the sugar, rice and tea leaves into a bowl and mix together. Line a deep pan or wok with silver foil and pour in the mixture. Fit a trivet or rack on top. Place onto the hob to heat up. Season the salmon with salt Then once smoking a little, add the salmon to the trivet or rack. Drizzle with a little olive oil and cover with a tight fitting lid. Leave to smoke on the hob for 8-12 minutes depending on the size of the fish. Tips Tea-smoking generates a lot of smoke. Be sure that you open the windows and get as much ventilation as you can. You can use any tea or any herbs for the mix. I am thinking this weekend :D.

Super easy, will try this weekend! 3 large chicken breasts, boned and skinned, cut in half 1/4 c. flour 1 egg 1/4 tsp. baking soda 2 Tbsp. cornstarch 2 Tbsp. canola (or other vegetable) oil 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. soy sauce Mix flour, egg, baking soda, cornstarch, oil, salt and soy sauce. Dip chicken into batter and fry until golden. Drain. Cut chicken crosswise into 1/2-in. slices. Arrange on a heated platter. Keep warm. Pour Lemon Sauce over and garnish with lemon slices. Lemon Sauce 1/2 c. water 1/2 tsp. lemon zest 1/4 c. lemon juice 1/4 c. honey 1 Tbsp. catsup 1/2 tsp. chicken bouillon 1/2 tsp. salt 1 clove garlic, minced 1 Tbsp. cornstarch 1 Tbsp. cold water Heat water, lemon zest, lemon juice, honey, catsup, chicken bouillon, salt and garlic to boiling. Mix cornstarch and water and stir in. Cook and stir for 30 seconds or until thickened.

I returned from a trip to Beijing last week. The entire experience was exhilarating, but the food experience completely blew me away :D. Upon my return I of course had to do quickly try out some recipes before I forgot how wonderful it all tasted. First in line was dumplings! Super easy! I made about 6/7 dumplings. Buy spring roll wrap thats available everywhere if you dont want to go through the trouble of making the dough and cut into relatively small squares. Take some shrimps / chicken / minced meat (or a mixture of them). Add soy sauce to taste. Add sambal oelek (hot sauce with whole chile flakes in it still) to taste. This is the south asian in me, to make it taste more like a Nepali momo. Add fresh cilantros. Little bit of onion if you like, very small amount. And a little bit of garlic. Put all of this into the food processor (moshla machine I call it) and pulse it untill its all mixed and everything is in small tiny pieces. Its better if it isnt a total paste because the consi...