Asian food you won't see in restaurents or recipe books

[MunkeyQ]

My mother is half Malay and cooks quite a bit of stuff which is eaten a lot over there but hasn't caught on here for whatever reason. I thought I'd share the best ones...and no, I honestly don't know the names. ;)


Steamed Meaty Egg
Mix 4-5 eggs with a 500g packet of minced beef or turkey. You're aiming for a thick liquid, so stir it lots. Then just pour it into a bowl and steam in a wok with a trivet under the bowl. Goes well with rice and salty vegetables.


Fried Meaty Egg
Slightly similar to the first one. Mix two eggs with 500g of beef mince, but this time you're aiming for a much thicker consistency...runny enough to slop out of a bowl but not pour. To cook it, use a large flat-bottomed frying pan and plop in handful sized portions at a time and cook on both sides until browned.


Deep-Fried Small Salty Fish
Go to a Chinese supermarket and look for a packet of small dried fish. They're about an inch long - since the writing is in Chinese I don't know what they're called and my mother never learnt anything other than English. There's only one product like it though. Just throw the whole packet into a pan of very hot oil, fry for 4-5 minutes until crispy and drain well on kitchen paper. You need to serve these immidiately after frying as the oil makes them go soggy otherwise. Since the fish are very salty, it's best served with copious amounts of rice and boiled vegetables.


Soupy rice thing
This is apparently very common across most of Asia. Cook a fairly large amount of rice and boil until the pan is dry and the rice is almost cooked...don't do the Western thing of using so much water you have to drain it afterwards. Blasphemy I tell you! Then, put the rice in a large saucepan along with 1/2 inch of sliced ginger, 2 garlic cloves, a good handful of pickled salt vegetable and however much pork loin you like. Slice it into 1/2 inch chunks. Oh, and you'll also need enough good chicken stock to cover the rice.

Cover and boil this lot for around 40 min on a low heat until the meat is cooked and it all looks nice and mushy. The liquid should be almost absorbed by the rice. Serve on its own with soy sauce to taste.


I'll add more as I remember them.

[Slave of the Beast]

Stir fry [insert family pet].

[puzld]

I have yet to see jogging cow, but I hear some Koreans are rather fond of it.

[MunkeyQ]

Stir fry [insert family pet].
Check out beef manifold next time you see an asian supermarket.

It's fucking disgusting. Seems like the stuff normal people throw to the dogs is a delicacy to them

[Jim Strongcock]

asian pussy. yum.

[ObsidianZ]

Soupy rice thing
This is apparently very common across most of Asia. Cook a fairly large amount of rice and boil until the pan is dry and the rice is almost cooked...don't do the Western thing of using so much water you have to drain it afterwards. Blasphemy I tell you! Then, put the rice in a large saucepan along with 1/2 inch of sliced ginger, 2 garlic cloves, a good handful of pickled salt vegetable and however much pork loin you like. Slice it into 1/2 inch chunks. Oh, and you'll also need enough good chicken stock to cover the rice.

Cover and boil this lot for around 40 min on a low heat until the meat is cooked and it all looks nice and mushy. The liquid should be almost absorbed by the rice. Serve on its own with soy sauce to taste.

The English word is congee, or at least that's what they call it on menus. Cantonese call it joke. It's basically rice porridge. You can put in any meat, mushrooms, nuts, or veg you want. Diced black preserved eggs are nice. It's nice to top with something crispy before serving, like deep fried tofu or fried dried scallops.

You can get larger versions of the salty fish, cut into little "steaks". Put a piece or two into a small dish, add a moderate amount of oil and minced ginger, then steam. The flavour comes out into the oil. Great with rice.

As for the steamed egg dish, I'm pretty sure it's what white people call Egg Foo Yung. I've never had it though.

Is beef manifold the tripe/stomach/intestines? It's good stuff, you should try it ;).



*ObZ

[ratfrink]

I thought egg foo yung was more like an omlette.

My housemate is half malaysian half chinese and he makes delicious congee. He also looks and dresses like an asian Jimi Hendrix, except his hair isn't in an afro (although it is very large)

[Slave of the Beast]

Check out beef manifold next time you see an asian supermarket.

It's fucking disgusting. Seems like the stuff normal people throw to the dogs is a delicacy to them

How much is that doggy in the window? Woof woof! (http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/1c/5d/41/hanoi-market-and-it-s.jpg)

Gooks will eat some of the nastiest shit imaginable, (http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/eating-sexual-organs-at-a-chines-restaurant.jpg) just for the fun of it.

[ObsidianZ]

How much is that doggy in the window? Woof woof! (http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/1c/5d/41/hanoi-market-and-it-s.jpg)

Gooks will eat some of the nastiest shit imaginable, (http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/eating-sexual-organs-at-a-chines-restaurant.jpg) just for the fun of it.

White people eat buffalo testicles :rolleyes:.

Meat's meat, how's a penis different from liver? Other than the "ew gross" factor of an adolescent mind.


*ObZ

[Slave of the Beast]

White people eat buffalo testicles :rolleyes:.



That's great, fantastic observation, but this thread is about Asian food you don't typically find in recipe books.

Meat's meat, how's a penis different from liver?Other than the "ew gross" factor of an adolescent mind.

*ObZ

In that case we are all adolescences, fool, unless you'd be quite happy to dine on your dead mother's uterus at her funeral. Meat, after all, is meat.

[Dog]

How much is that doggy in the window? Woof woof! (http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/1c/5d/41/hanoi-market-and-it-s.jpg)

Gooks will eat some of the nastiest shit imaginable, (http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/eating-sexual-organs-at-a-chines-restaurant.jpg) just for the fun of it.

Stop trolling. Like someone else said, meat is meat.

[Ford Prefect]

BRAISED PUPPY WITH ASSORTED GREENS

Serves 4 to 6
Time: 15 minutes preparation, 1 1/2 hours cooking

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds dog meat, cut into 2-inch chunks (cuts from both the front and hind legs are wonderful
1/2 medium head iceberg lettuce
1/2 pound Napa cabbage
1/2 pound spinach
1/2 pound edible chrysanthemum leaves (tong oh), optional
1/2-inch-thick slice fresh ginger, smashed
4 slices garlic
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 cups chicken broth
1 teaspoon salt
2 scallions, cut diagonally into 2-inch sections
Cilantro sprigs
Sauce mixture:
2 tablespoons ground bean sauce
2 tablespoons red wet bean curd (nom yu)
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoons Shao Hsing wine
3 cloves garlic, smashed
2 square inches dried tangerine peel, softened in hot water for ten minutes
4 pieces star anise
1 tablespoon sugar
8 turns freshly ground black pepper

Sauce thickener:
1 tablespoon corn flour
2 tablespoons water


PREP

Separate the lettuce into leaves and break the leaves in half. Wash, drain, and pat dry. Ditto the Napa cabbage. Trim spinach, wash in several changes of water, drain, and pat dry. Discard the buds and the tough ends of the chrysanthemum leaves, wash and rinse them thoroughly, then pat dry. Mix all the ingredients for the sauce mixture and set aside.


COOKING

In a four-quart pot, bring about two quarts of cold water to boil over high heat. Add dog meat chunks and return to boil. Parboil for five minutes, drain meat in a colander, rinse under cold water, then pat dry. Heat a 14-inch flat-bottom wok or skillet over high heat until very hot but not smoking. Add the dog meat and stir-fry without any oil for three minutes to brown; the meat will stick to the wok a little. Dish up. Add two tablespoons of vegetable oil to the wok, then the ginger. Drizzle in the sauce mixture, add meat, and stir-fry and turn for a minute. Transfer the whole thing to a four-quart clay pot, add the chicken broth, then bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for approximately an hour and a half, depending on the grade of the meat. Test doneness by inserting a chopstick into the meat: If the chopstick goes in with no resistance, it’s done. Mix the corn flour with water and stir in the mixture to thicken the sauce.

Meanwhile, heat the wok or skillet over high heat again until it’s hot but not smoking. Add one teaspoon of vegetable oil and a piece of garlic, and stir-fry for ten seconds. Add the lettuce and stir-fry for one minute. Add a quarter-teaspoon of salt and stir-fry for another ten seconds or until the lettuce is just limp. Dish up. Repeat the same cooking procedure with the Napa cabbage, the spinach, and the chrysanthemum leaves. Line and surround the braised meat with the four batches of vegetables, garnish with scallions and cilantro sprigs, and serve immediately.


Note: As with all braises and stews, this dish tastes even better the day after it’s made. Simply refrigerate it when it cools down, reheat it the next day, and serve. Be sure to cook the vegetables just before serving so they won’t get overcooked and doggy—I mean soggy. Whoops.

http://www.viceland.com/int/v13n3/htdocs/braised.php?source=db

[Slave of the Beast]

Like someone else said, meat is meat.

All meat is exactly the same?

Oh, wait... you're talking shit! Sorry, I'm a little slow this evening.

[Dog]

All meat is exactly the same?

Oh, wait... you're talking shit! Sorry, I'm a little slow this evening.

If you're serious, then I really had no idea you were this dumb. Eating dogs or cats is no more or less strange than eating cows or pigs. In other words, making fun of other cultures because they eat different types of animal meat from you is retarded.

[Slave of the Beast]

If you're serious, then I really had no idea you were this dumb. Eating dogs or cats is no more or less strange than eating cows or pigs. In other words, making fun of other cultures because they eat different types of animal meat from you is retarded.

I never said it was strange, I said it was nasty, that is not a statement of logic, asshat, it is simply a matter of taste. You, on the other hand, are trying to apply to this situation the same kind of narrow minded autism SWF suffers from. Let's take your reasoning to it's logical conclusion...

Stop trolling. Like someone else said, meat is meat.


...you'd be quite happy to dine on your dead mother's uterus at her funeral. Meat, after all, is meat.

... in fact why wait for her to die, if she had a hysterectomy what would be the problem with sharing it over a nice bottle of red wine at the next Drache family gathering? Then there's aborted fetuses, amputations, human roadkill... tons of perfectly good meat gone to waste. If it weren't for being illegal, I you should have no problem at all buying 'Harlem bum steak' from your local food store.

[ObsidianZ]

^You were clearly being insulting when you included "gooks" in your post.

And why do you keep talking about consuming human parts? Are you trying to convince us that it's nasty? It's only constructed social taboo that stops us. Tom Cruise ate placenta, big fucking deal. Is there any reason why we shouldn't eat people parts? Aside from respecting the dead, although some cultures respect their dead by eating them...


*ObZ

[I Remember Michelle]

Fried Meaty Egg
Slightly similar to the first one. Mix two eggs with 500g of beef mince, but this time you're aiming for a much thicker consistency...runny enough to slop out of a bowl but not pour. To cook it, use a large flat-bottomed frying pan and plop in handful sized portions at a time and cook on both sides until browned.


Squish it down with a egg flipper and you have a hamburger pattie.

[Slave of the Beast]

^You were clearly being insulting when you included "gooks" in your post.

I guessed this is the real reason why you objected, probably because 1) you're a gook 2) girlfriend's a gook 3) you have gook relatives 4) most of your friend are gooks, etc...

And why do you keep talking about consuming human parts? Are you trying to convince us that it's nasty? It's only constructed social taboo that stops us. Tom Cruise ate placenta, big fucking deal. Is there any reason why we shouldn't eat people parts? Aside from respecting the dead, although some cultures respect their dead by eating them...

*ObZ

So you'd happily eat your mother's breasts in front of her if she ever had a mastectomy. How nice for you.

The point is this: the Western revulsion to entomophagy would denote them as immature, and the same would probably go for the Eastern response to formaggio marcio. It's only special people like you who've transcended all forms of preference and spend their e-time telling others how mature they are.

By your reasoning I'm also sexually immature because scat repulses me, after all sex is sex... in fact having any preference or boundaries of any kind is a sign of immaturity. Which suggests to me that the vast majority of humanity is, by your definition, "adolescent" given that we all have (conflicting) cultural and personal values. According to your reasoning even having a favourite/loathed colour is 'immature' due to its inherent illogicality.

What you've actually done, I suspect due to the gook-inflicted butthurt*, is take biological terms and grossly misapply them to this situation; there is no such thing as 'cultural adolescence' or 'cultural maturity', merely differences in taste. Disgust is an inherent part of human nature, not a sign of immaturity. The bogus terms invented by you are simply mask the fact that you are upset at the use of the word "gook".

Boo fucking hoo.

*However, if I'm wrong on the gook front and you genuinely think that food is a one dimensional 'meat is meat' experience and that preferences are immature, then you too are most likely mentally subnormal.

[Mantikore]

asian pussy. yum.

both kinds :thumbsup:

[ObsidianZ]

stuff

No, what I'm saying is that being racist based on what people eat is retarded. That's the immature part. What "biological terms" have I misapplied?

Of course there's going to be cultural differences, but you've misextrapolated my comment. It's fine to feel revulsion towards another culture's practices but maturity comes from respecting those practices. Respect is something you obviously don't have.

This is just a big show to cover your bigotry.


*ObZ

[Dog]

No, what I'm saying is that being racist based on what people eat is retarded.

*ObZ

This.

There's nothing "nasty" about eating...dog meat, animal cocks, etc. If it tasted nasty, then people wouldn't eat it. The only thing that Slave can say is that it's unusual for him. End of story.

[Slave of the Beast]

No, what I'm saying is that being racist based on what people eat is retarded.

I'd call them gooks if they ate English Sunday roast every day of the week.

Nice try though.

This.

There's nothing "nasty" about eating...dog meat, animal cocks, etc. If it tasted nasty, then people wouldn't eat it. The only thing that Slave can say is that it's unusual for him. End of story.

So I might find something revolting, but someone else doesn't, therefore what I'm feeling isn't revulsion. Hence proving that revulsion does not exist.

:facepalm:

You've been drinking Everclear again, haven't you?

[Dog]

I'd call them gooks if they ate English Sunday roast every day of the week.

Nice try though.



So I might find something revolting, but someone else doesn't, therefore what I'm feeling isn't revulsion. Hence proving that revulsion does not exist.

:facepalm:

You've been drinking Everclear again, haven't you?

"Gooks will eat some of the nastiest shit imaginable, just for the fun of it. "

That isn't the same as saying "I think eating dogs is revolting". But either way, it's still an ignorant stance to take. If you ever tried dog meat, I highly doubt you'd find the taste of it revolting. You just find the idea of eating a dog to be distasteful and that's 100% related to the fact that you weren't raised eating dog meat. End of story.

Hell, I wouldn't even call eating human meat nasty. I haven't eaten it before, obviously, but I've seen a dissected corpse. A lot of the the meat in there literally looks just like chicken. It's not like you're comparing beef to feces. You're comparing meat to meat, and trying to say that the meat you eat is somehow "better" than the meat that other people eat. It's retarded. Stop posting.

[Slave of the Beast]

"Gooks will eat some of the nastiest shit imaginable, just for the fun of it. "

That isn't the same as saying "I think eating dogs is revolting". But either way, it's still an ignorant stance to take. If you ever tried dog meat, I highly doubt you'd find the taste of it revolting. You just find the idea of eating a dog to be distasteful and that's 100% related to the fact that you weren't raised eating dog meat. End of story.

Hell, I wouldn't even call eating human meat nasty. I haven't eaten it before, obviously, but I've seen a dissected corpse. A lot of the the meat in there literally looks just like chicken. It's not like you're comparing beef to feces. You're comparing meat to meat, and trying to say that the meat you eat is somehow "better" than the meat that other people eat. It's retarded. Stop posting.

You really are one dumb sack of shit.

The perception of food is not based solely on the taste, as I inferred with my 'one dimensional' comment. Some people find meat replusive on the basis of the unethical conditions in which it was raised. It's not always some crude equation of "nice taste = yum yum", you simple minded clown. And yes, cultural influences blah blah... read my fucking posts properly you patronizing pissant...

The point is this: the Western revulsion to entomophagy would denote them as immature, and the same would probably go for the Eastern response to formaggio marcio.

... because you're not saying anything new or interesting. In fact you're starting to sound like you've got early onset Alzheimers, 'cause you seem to keep repeating yourself in every other fucking thread.

[ratfrink]

inferred

You mean implied.

[AE5150]

Anyone care to take this one back on topic?