collard greens, salty chicken, cabbage and chicken salad

collard greens

collard greens, torn up into manageable bite size pieces. 1/8 cube of chinese ham flavored powder stock, 2 tbls water, small amount of butter. dissolved the stock, dumped in the veggies at med high heat. done in about 3 mins, turning to keep from burning. i bet it tastes better with real ham. some brown sugar too.

yim shui gai (salty water chicken)

petty standard chinese chicken dish. enough chicken drumsticks to half fill a pot. but before putting them in, boil half a pot of water.. mines was... maybe .75 liters? whatever. 3 tablespoons of salt. optional half inch of fresh ginger, smushed to release flavor better. high heat. when the water boils, put in the chicken. big drumsticks took me about 15 mins of cooking. turn off heat, let sit.. don't drink the water. if hte meat doesn't have enough flavor, add more salt and let sit longer chilled, or stick the pot int he fridge overnight like i did... i made a dipping sauce for it with a stalk of green onion and tiny bit of ginger finely finely chopped sprinkled with some salt. put 3 tbls of vegetable oil and a few drops of sesame into a pan on high and quickly "cooked" it for about 15 seconds. done.

cabbage and chicken salad

1/3 of a small cabbage chopped or sliced into 1/2 inch by 2 inch ribbons. roughly. put into a pan on high wihout oil after it got hot. stiryfry it to keep it from burning. cook just barely, maybe a minute that way to get rid of the raw taste and bring out the sweetness without making it limp. took it off the heat and transferred to a bowl. made a dressing with 2 tsp ponzu sauce, a small sprinkle of sugar, a few drops of vinegar, a clove of garlic finely chopped, and maybe a tsp of water and boiled that in the pot that previously held cabbage to mainly cook some of the spicyness out of the garlic. about a minute. pour over cabbage and toss. took a drumstick from the previous dish the night before and shredded it over the cabbage. serve cold. very darn tasty. i'm sure it'd be even better if i had some sesame seeds to put in it.