Weeknight Wonton Soup

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com
Ingredients:
5 cups chicken broth
1 4oz. can water chestnuts, diced and drained
3 green onions, sliced
1 pkg. Frozen
 wontons
1 5 oz. Bag baby spinach
1/2 tsp. Chinese 5 spice
Salt to taste
Pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
Directions:
1.  Pour the broth into a large saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat...add the water chestnuts, green onions and frozen wontons and cook until wontons are cooked through and floating...2-3 mins.
2.  Remove from heat and stir in the fresh spinach.  Cover the soup and let the spinach steam and soften in the hot soup for 2 mins.
3.  Season with Chinese 5 Spice, salt and cayenne pepper.

Korean Soybean Sprouts (Kongnamool)

I found this recipe on allrecipes

Ingredients

1 pound soybean sprouts

2 T. soysauce

1/4 cup sesame oil

2 T. chile powder

 1 1/2 tsp. garlic, minced

1/4 cup chopped green onions

2 tsp. rice vinegar, or to taste

Directions

1.  Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.  Add the bean sprouts, and cook uncovered until tender yet still crisp, about 15 seconds.  Drain in a colander, then immediately immerse in ice water for several minutes until cold to stop the cooking process.  Once the bean sprouts are cold, drain well, and set aside.

2.  Whisk soy sauce, sesame oil, chile powder, garlic and sesame seeds together in a large bowl.  Stir in bean sprouts and toss until well coated with the sauce.  Sprinkle with green onion and season with rice wine vinegar.  Refrigerate before serving.

Korean BBQ Chicken Marinade

This recipe was originally posted on allrecipes.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar or Splenda
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup water
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 T. lemon juice (optional)
1-4 tsp. hot chile paste (I used 1 tsp.)

Directions

1.  In a medium saucepan over high heat, whisk together the sugar, soy sauce, water, onion powder and ground ginger.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to low, and simmer 5 minutes.
2.  Remove the mixture from heat, cool, and whisk in lemon juice and hot chile paste.  Place chicken in mixture.  cover and marinate in the refrigerator at least 4 hours before preparing chicken as desired.

Pancit

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com  I had been craving pancit, a dish I fondly remember from my childhood.  This was delicious.

Ingredients

1 12 ounce pkg. flour pancit noodles
1 tsp. vegetable oil
1 onion, finely diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups diced cooked chicken breast meat
1 small head cabbage, thinly sliced
4 carrots thinly sliced
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 lemons, cut into wedges for garnish (I skipped this)

Directions

1.  Place the noodles in a large bowl, and cover wiht warm water.  When soft, drain and set aside.
2.  Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium heat.  Saute' onion and garlic until soft.  Stir in chicken, cabbage, carrots, and soy sauce.  Cook until cabbage begins to soften.  Toss in noodles, and cook until heated through, stirring constantly.