Cantonese Pork Chops

The sauce from this is wonderful and can be doubled if desired, it can also be made ahead of time… this is a great recipe for pork chops. If you prefer a thicker sauce, mix 2 teaspoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water, then add to sauce.

Pickled Asian Pears (Wor Mei Lei)

This is from Eileen Yin-Fei Lo’s “The Chinese Kitchen”, one of the finest classic Chinese cookbooks in English. In this reciped, she uses “sah leh” (sand pears) and recommends substituting Bosc pears, but I have done this with Asian pears, specifically Hosui or Niitaka. The desirable characteristic is a hard, crisp fruit. This is a wonderful appetizer or amuse bouche … You can either pickle the pears whole, or for an appetizer, you can julienne them.

Cantonese Chicken

Posted for RecipeZaar World Tour 2006, this is a recipe adapted from the small community cookbook from Dixon House on the West Coast, South Island of New Zealand, now sadly out of print. Serving size and cooking temperature are unknown. My guess would be 375 F ( 190 C) or does that sound too high?

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