Suggest dishes for everyday meal

[u/paulsiu]

What do you suggest for everyday cooking? I am thinking of dish ideas for weekday cooking that can be done within an hour. I have mostly made Cantonese dishes but is open to other region. I am actually fond of Sichuan food but the family not so much.

[u/the_SqueamishOrganiz]

The Sichuan bit is a tragedy, but you could sneak some of that mala into a dry-fried green bean dish and just not tell them it counts.

[u/paulsiu → u/the_SqueamishOrganiz]

I have made the dry fried green beans minus the peppercorn and chili. They seem to like it but my green bean cooking technique could use some improvement. It’s hard to get the texture right

I might try the Dan Dan noodle now that I locate some sesame paste. In the past I substitute peanut butter but one of the kids have a peanut allergy.

Come to think of it, I also made a non-traditional version of congee with broken rice and broth from thanksgiving turkey carcass. Not a 1 hour thing though.

[u/purplepotatocookies]

Stir fried romaine lettuce with fermented black beans, a classic Cantonese dish. But if you replace the fermented black beans with black bean chili sauce...

You can also use the same method as kung pao chicken to make shrimp, and just tone down the spiciness.

Pan fried tofu seasoned with sweet rice wine, soy sauce, and fermented black beans. This is a tofu dish recreated from an ancient recipe.

[u/paulsiu → u/purplepotatocookies]

That’s a good idea. I used to eat the lettuce when I was a kid

Have to skip the Kung pao and shrimp due to allergies.

I actually made the pan fried tofu recently but may want to try different versions. Thanks

[u/Beneficial-Gur-5204]

Steam eggs with bonito flakes and green onion soy sauce and sesame oil on top. Next is steam pork patty with ginger and salt fish

[u/paulsiu → u/Beneficial-Gur-5204]

Is this the version where the egg is beaten and steamed? The version I had in the past used dry scallops.

The pork patty sound vaguely familiar. I have to look that up thanks.

[u/Beneficial-Gur-5204 → u/paulsiu]

Yes that's the one

[u/MathematicianFair274]

You can make the steamed pork patty, or pork hash as my family called it, without the salt fish which is a bit hard to source unless you have a really good Asian grocery.

[u/MathematicianFair274]

Depending on what proteins and vegetables you have, any kind of stir fry over noodles or rice. We do the typical Cantonese noodles dressed simply with oyster sauce and sesame oil and a bit of salt. Then add whatever you have. Don’t need to make a “sauce” with it if you don’t want and the dressed noodles are savory enough. Char siu, snow or sugar snap peas, onion, garlic, sprouts are a typical topping. Beef broccoli is easy and works as well. Substitute seasoned chicken, or roast pork for the char siu.