Gung Hey Fat Choi!

Happy Chinese New Year. :-)

Here's a really easy Chinese recipe from Foolproof Chinese Cooking, by Ken Hom.

Cantonese egg flour soup
serves: 4
prep. time: 5 minutes
cooking time: 5 minutes

1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tsp sesame oil
9 cups Classic Chinese chicken stock or good quality ready-made stock
1 tsp sugar
1tsp salt
1 Tbsp light soy sauce
3 Tbsp finely shredded scallions, white part only
3 Tbsp finely shredded green scallion tops, to garnish

Put the egg and sesame oil in a small jub or bowl, mix with a fork and set aside.
Put the stock into a pot and bring to a simmer. Add the sugar, salt, and soy sauce and stir to mix them in well. Stir in the white part of the scallions.
Next add the egg mixture in a very slow, thin stream.
Using chopsticks or a fork, pull the egg slowly into strands. I find that stirring the egg in a figure of eight works quite well. Garnish with the green scallion tops.

For more recipes, here's a few places to start.
All-recipes Chinese New Year (we make a version of the tea leaf eggs regularly for our Easter basket.)
About.com Chinese Food - top 10 recipes
About.com Chinese New Year recipes
The Holiday Spot Recipes for Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year recipes


For the crafty sort, here's a few links to visit for ideas.

Enchanted Learning Crafts and Activities for Chinese New Year.
Kaboose Chinese New Year crafts.
DLTK Chinese New Year and General Chinese Crafts
Activity Village Chinese New Year
Apple 4 the Teacher Chinese New Year crafts

Also:
Chinese New Year resources.
Kaboose Chinese New Year. (more general info)
Knowledge Hound Chinese New Year/Spring Festival





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