4 chinese way Recipes

chicken - cut up and wash, pepper (i like white ), fresh parsley or 1/2 tsp. dried, onion, cut up, carrot, peeled and quartered, salt, ribs celery with leaves, quartered

black beans (chinese salted ), dry sherry (substitute harveys bristol cream, sake), grated ginger, chopped garlic, ground pork (substitute ground beef, turkey or chicken meat), soy sauce, chicken stock (substitute other types of stock), bean sauce (amoy sichuan spicy noodle sauce), chili paste with garlic (chinese), tapioca starch (substitute cornstarch), tofu (firm japanese or chinese ), salt, chives (chinese garlic , substitute spring onions, scallions), shrimp (medium size, remove the shell , devein & split half way), vinegar, peanut oil, sesame oil

chicken roasters , about 3 lb each, salt and freshly ground pepper, chinese five-spice powder, garlic, peeled and smashed, navel orange, quartered, sage leaves, lemon, quartered