Go for it !!!

The only rule I have about cooking is "Keep it Simple".  So, I would say, I really don't follow any rules.  I've  never met a recipe that I didn't feel I could make "better".  I'll give you approximate measurements but you might find that you like a little more of something.  Go for it !!!  Don't be afraid to experiment. 

I know that everyone doesn't find cooking, "fun".  I do.  I believe that it can be an art form.  To me the pleasure I see on the faces of the people who eat what I cook is akin to painting a picture and having it placed on the walls of a museum for all to see and enjoy.  It gives me a sense of accomplishment.  That's what makes it fun. 

Ok, here's the first recipe that I would like to share with you all.  I fix this dish, at least, once every two weeks.  I call it, Bok Choy Delight.

Bok Choy De-light

Ingredients: 


Cooking Spray
1 - large head      -   Bok Choy (you can also use 6 to 8 small heads of "Baby Bok Choy"
2 to 3 Tablespoons    -   Light Soy Sauce
2 Tablespoons  -  Raspberry Jam
3 cloves  -  Fresh Garlic  (thinly sliced)
2 teaspoons  -  Chinese Five Spice 
1 cup -  Mushrooms (Portabello, Shitake, or Straw) If you use the dried Shitake, pour boiling water on them to re-hydrate them, let them soak for 5 or 10 minutes.  You can use the mushroom water in soups or stews.  Freeze it until you need it.


1) Cut the end off of the Bok Choy.  Put the stalks in cold water to wash it.
2) Slice Bok Choy across each stalk with a diagonal (oblique) slice.  Tear or cut the leaves to medium size pieces.
3) Slice the mushrooms.
4) Spray your large skillet or wok with cooking spray.  Heat the skillet to hot, but not too hot. 
5) Add the Bok Choy and Garlic to the skillet. Stir.
6) Add soy sauce, Jam and spices.
7) Add the mushrooms.
8) Cover the skillt and let everything cook for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. 
9) Cook to desired temperature.  Chinese food it usually cooked to "crisp tender". If you like it way, then cook a bit less time.


As this recipe stands it is a side dish.  To make it a full meal, just add chicken or pot stickers. Here's simple recipe for that purpose.


This recipe is for 2 people
Ingredients:
Cooking Spray 
Chinese Five Spice
6 - Chicken Tenders (cut into bite-size pieces)   or
10 to 14 - Pot-stickers (5 to 7 per person) (I perfer pork or chicken pot-stickers, they are firmer and easier to work with)  
or both.....


1) Cut chicken into bite-size pieces
2) Spray small skillet.
 3) Heat skillet.
4) Add Chicken / pot-stickers (or both) in skillet.
5) Sprinkle ingredients with five spice (add to taste) approximately 1/2 to 1 teaspoon.
6) Cook until browned or done.
7) Just before your Bok Choy is done, use a spoon to move bok choy to make room to add chicken and/or pot stickers.
8) Coat chicken and/or pot stickers with soy sauce mixture.
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You  can serve this with or without rice.  Use Basmati - Brown or White.

You can also use shrimp. Follow the same instructions with the chicken.


Enjoy !!!