5 steamed back Recipes

baby back ribs (cut in thirds lengthwise), soy sauce, dry sherry, minced scallions, minced ginger, fermented black beans, rinsed and mashed, vegetable oil, cornstarch, five-spice powder, salt

chicken necks and backs, rack of pork baby back ribs , cut into 4 sections, leek , halved lengthwise, fresh ginger, thinly sliced (1/2 cup), garlic, water, shoyu or other soy sauce, vegetable oil, boneless pork shoulder butt, trimmed and tied, salt, by-2-inch piece of kombu , seaweed, shoyu or other soy sauce, for seasoning and brushing, fresh or 16 oz dried chuka soba , curly noodles boiled until al dente, baby spinach, steamed, soft-boiled eggs, peeled and soaked for 1 hour in equal parts soy sauce and mirin sweet rice wine, sliced scallions , 2 sheets of quartered nori for garnishing and seasoning dried seaweed rice vinegar and togarashi japanese chile powder

sweet rice (soaked overnight), whole chestnuts, shelled, skinned, chopped shallots, fresh chopped ginger, diced chinese sausage, diced prosciutto ham, dragon eye fruit or langhan (1 package soaked overnight), chopped coriander, black tree ear mushroom (soak overnight in warm water), chopped green onion, white pepper , to taste, light soy sauce, far dill wine (or first press rice wine), sugar , to taste, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, five-spice powder, sugar, salt, duck , split down the back bone (leave drumstick bone in), wine and herb mixture, for steaming, see below, star anise, fresh garlic (skin off but broken , deep-fried until golden brown), rice wine, far dill wine (or first press rice wine), red wine, sugar, whole scallions, ginger

chicken breasts (bone in back attached), fresh shrimp (tails 51-60 count size) or 1 lb prawns (tails 51-60 count size), lemon (zest and juice), broccoli (steamed , cut into very small pieces 3/4-1 in. across. optional), fusilli (or use alternate pasta), green onions (chopped in 1/2 in pieces), basil, salt, lemon pepper, diced garlic cloves, cornstarch, cold water, black pepper, fresh grated parmesan cheese, oregano, basil