Cha Shu Baos

Learning Chinese cooking was fun and I had a friend who was part Chinese that gave me this recipe that had been passed to her by her grandmother. My children love it when I make this and have begged for the recipe. If you have leftovers put them in the refrigerator or the freezer and warm them up in the microwave. The ideal way to cook these is to use a steamer but an oven works fine also. You can glaze these with egg white and sprinkle with brown sugar or toasted sesame seeds. 

Ingredients:

1 pound of ground pork 

4 green onions, chopped 

1 can of water chestnuts, chopped fine 

3 Tbs. Hoisin Sauce 

3 Tbs. Soy Sauce 

1 recipe for Basic Bread 

Fry the pork with the green onions and water chestnuts until the onions are soft and the put 2 Tablespoons in the center of a flattened round piece of dough. Form the dough around the meat mixture and pinch closed. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until browned or steam in a steamer.. Serve hot and refrigerate any leftovers.

Vanilla Almond Granola

2 and 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
3/4 cup slivered almonds
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
pinch salt
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/4 cup melted coconut oil
1/4 tsp almond extract
1 Tbs vanilla extract

I preheated the oven to 300F and lined a baking sheet with my silicone baking mat.

Then in a bowl I put the oats, almonds, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well. Measure and mix the maple syrup, coconut oil, almond extract and vanilla in to a separate bowl and pour over the dry oat mixture. Make sure all the oats are coated well and moistened.

Using a spatula spread the mixture onto the prepared pan and put into the oven, stirring every 15 minutes for 45 minutes. The granola should cool completely before you put it into a container.

It will keep in the cupboard up to 3 weeks or the freezer up to 3 months. Enjoy.

This came from Sally's baking addiction.