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THE CHINESE COOK BOOK
STUFFED TRIANGLE BEAN CAKE
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YUNG豆
DO付
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- 12 bean cakes
- 3 pounds pike
- ½ cup Chinese ham dice
- ½ cup Chinese onion dice
- ½ cup salted almonds
Bean cakes come in pieces about 2 inches by 2 inches. Cut each cake into two triangles, as shown in the figure. Now cut the triangles as in figure b. Remove the pieces as in c. Leave the hole as shown in figure d.
(a) Grind or pound the pike. Stir up in a small amount of salt water for ½ hour.
(b) Mix with the ham, onions, and almonds.
(c) Fill the hole in the bean cake with this mixture. Fry in boiling oil until yellow.
(d) Cook the fried bean cake triangles in primary soup for ½ hour.
(e) Add a gravy made of Chinese sauce, a few drops of sesamum-seed oil, sweet sauce, and cornstarch.
Garnish with parsley.