Cocina Del Mundo Herbs & Spices

Opening your eyes to the world's kitchen!

For people who love the Asian flavors but don’t like the heat, it includes plenty of ginger, sesame, and lemon grass.  Add to ramen, to rice, to stir fries, or rub on meat and vegetables.

Chinese Ginger Blend

Foods to eat with Chinese Ginger blend:

Green beans, beef, broccoli, cabbage of all sorts, carrots, celery, chicken, duck, eggs, fish, mushrooms, noodles, onions, peas, pork, rice, salads, salmon, seafood, soups, spinach, and vegetables of all sorts.

Dressing

Soak 1 T. spice with 1/2 cup water for 30 minutes.  Add 1 T. soy sauce, 1 T. plum vinegar, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, and 1 egg.

Puree until smooth.  Use within one day.

Fried Rice

3 cups cooked rice

1/4 cup sesame oil

Soak 1 T. Chinese Ginger Blend with 1/2 cup water for 30 minutes. 

2 T. soy sauce

1 egg whipped with 1 tsp. rice wine

1/4 cup of each: peas, minced carrot, minced celery, chopped green onion

-Warm oil in sauté pan on medium heat.  Add rice, vegetables, soy sauce, and spice.  Stir often while listening to the rice pop, cooking for 5 minutes.  Add egg and rice wine.  Stir until egg is cooked, about 5-10 minutes.  Make sure rice does not stick to pan.  Serve hot.

Cucumber and Pork Soup

6 oz. of pork tenderloin cut into thin strips

4 Chinese mushrooms, rehydrated, stems removed, tops cut into thin strips

4 cups vegetable stock

2 T. Chinese Ginger Blend

2 T. rice vinegar

2 T. soy sauce

2 T. cornstarch

2 cups Chinese cabbage cut into thin strips

1/2 cucumber shredded (on cheese grater)

-Roll strips of pork in cornstarch.  Bring vegetable stock to a boil then add pork, mushrooms, spices, rice vinegar, and soy sauce.  Let boil for 10 minutes and reduce to a simmer.  Add cabbage, cook for 10 minutes, and then add cucumbers. 

Price: $3.50/1.5oz. cellophane packet

Chinese Ginger Blend

Chinese cuisine is prepared and consumed to maximize the health benefits and uses the medicinal properties of wholesome foods.  Chinese cuisine builds from foods that are in season, a menu style that originated 3,000 years ago, during the Zhou dynasty.  Sauces enhance a dish, foods should be eaten slowly, and everything is eaten in moderation.  American/Chinese food contains many ingredients rarely used in China, oils are heavier, and msg is common place.  Many restaurants in America have reduced the amounts of msg used in Chinese cooking.

One of the healthiest foods in the world is ginger.   I started with ginger, garlic, and onion because these spices are revered in Chinese medicine.  Cholesterol levels are lower because of the balance of healthy foods, less dishes of just meat, and little to no diary.  My favorite way to eat this spice is taking cooked ramen and sautéing it with the spice and egg.  Simple and good for you.

Chinese Ginger Blend

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