yummy crunchy beans

a bunch of bean sprouts or string beans

vinegar
soy sauce
sesame oil
minced garlic
green onion
(sugar optional)

Steam the veggies in boiling water; pull them out fast! (As soon as they're soft)
Mix in spices.

(Optional: cool the veggies in fridge for a cold blend).

Tea Eggs

Eggs!
Salt
Anise
Black Soy Sauce

Boil a pot of water with the eggs in it. (The water level should be double the height of the eggs.)
After about 10 minutes, put reduce fire to low.
Add the spices and continue on low for 5 more minutes.
Cool eggs and crack the shells with a metal spoon.
Leave them submerged overnight in the fridge.
The next day, heat them again till the water boils and turn the heat to low for 5 to 10 more minutes.

Ready to eat!

chicken broth

whole chicken
ginger strips
one big sweet date

just make sure to boil the chicken first, pour out the water and then add fresh water

you can pull off some meat (like breast) to eat later before reboiling, as the meat will devolve into the broth

reboil, add a lot of ginger and a date, and simmer for about 3 hours

mom's sour and hot soup

cut chicken or pork meat into small trips (shar)
add a bit of starch (2-3 tbsp)

starting with a chicken broth, add these to the boil:

cubed 1/3 pack of tofu
chopped wood ears
minced ginger and scallion
julienned carrot for color

then, add:

1 tbsp soy sauce
2.5 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp sugar

to taste

mushrooms (enoki)
bean sprouts

then, add:

meat
egg

stir

you're ready! add pepper and scallion to taste.

pork chop and lotus soup

pork chop or rib
3-4 pieces dried scallop
ham for flavor (optional)
ginger
daikon radish OR wintermelon
lotus root

leach meat
boil then simmer for 45 minutes or longer

refrigerate and reheat for 2-3 meals!

oxtail tomato stew

oxtail
cabbage
potato
tomato paste/fresh tomato
onion
ginger

leach meat (boil and discard water)
add all ingredients and new water
boil then simmer for one to two hours or longer

salt and pepper to taste

roast chicken marinade

sweet soy sauce
lemon juice
jerk sauce marinade
tiny dip of oyster sauce

korean chili spice powder
5-spice powder
brown sugar

fresh thyme stalks
fresh basil strips
fresh ginger strips
garlic minced