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Rice Cooker, Local Market, Magic!: Recipe for a Peking Duck L’Orange

May 19, 2010 in COOK by christine | 6 comments

This is a recipe for every person who has ever longed to make laowai food in their own kitchen without the aid of a proper oven.  I have an immense amount of affection for my roommate: her impeccable taste in home decoration, her love of science distilled for the common man, and most importantly, an admirable, indomitable, true DIY spirit.  This has manifested itself in many ways, not the least of which is her great willingness to try all kinds of electrical appliances native to the Chinese kitchen.   Struck with an insatiable desire to make dishes that would be most optimally finished in an oven, we have two approaches here: 1) throw money at the problem… READ MORE | 6 Comments

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New Things for the New Year: Dongjiao Market (东郊市场)

February 17, 2010 in PREP by christine | 1 comment

If you haven’t been to the Dongjiao Market, and you are a kitchenware junkie, then you must go now: for the sheer quantity and variety of items available, as well as the lower than low prices.  There’s a hotel/restaurant equipment supply shop with two floors of supplies, packed to the brim with ceramic, glass, tin, steel.  Lining the walls are uniforms, mostly related to the hospitality industry, which suggest endless Halloween outfit possibilities.  There is also a seemingly endless row of vendors devoted to things as useful as toilet paper, ceramic bowls, rope, meat grinders, and stools, should you want to open your own food cart and need to provide seating for your customers.

Many people have that longing for a piece of… READ MORE | 1 Comment

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Happy Chinese New Year, five dumplings to share (jiaozi 饺子)

February 15, 2010 in PREP by christine | 3 comments

It’s a northern custom to make and eat dumplings on the first day of the New Year (chuyi 初一), and we were determined to do it right, with several kinds of fillings.  We went out to Sanyuanli Market (三元里市场) to source goods for dumpling-making in celebration of Chinese New Year.  It was packed to the brim with fresh goods, and hopping with people picking up their hot pot meat and auspicious fishes, but all the vendors were calm and patient.… READ MORE | 3 Comments

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Chinese Shake’n'Bake: McCormick Chicken Wing Seasoning (xiangla jichi 香辣鸡翅)

January 26, 2010 in PREP by christine | 2 comments

Although I reluctantly admit to being a snob about convenience foods in the states, in Beijing I love to try random premixed items found at the grocery store, including this little packet of chicken wing seasoning. This fragrant-spicy spice mix, made by McCormick, is designed to be mixed with water, slathered over wings, marinated for a few minutes, and nuked in a microwave. It’s a combination of salt, chili, sugar, milk powder, desiccated garlic, onion, cumin seed, orange peel, tomato powder, sichuan pepper, pepper, and yeast extract.  No mess, no fuss!  How easy for the harried mother!  How perfectly delicious at 2 am when you’ve had a little two much erguotou 二锅头 (in Beijing… READ MORE | 2 Comments

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Sanyuanli Market (三元里市场)

December 14, 2009 in PREP by jen | No comments

San Yuan Li is a wet market in Beijing that caters to foreigners and foreign restaurants that buy in bulk. You can get ricotta cheese, avocados, turkeys, and nutella, as well as sage rosemary and thyme. It’s the best.

This haul of vegetables cost RMB 98. The dairy (cream, cheese, sour cream) totaled RMB 67. That is a total of about 25 US bucks.

It fed 13 people… READ MORE

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Hutong Market near Jiaodaokou (交道口)

December 3, 2009 in PREP by christine | No comments

I spy four kinds of beans, lotus root, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, corn…. in November… READ MORE

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