Niu Rou Xian Bing from Peaceful restaurant, Vancouver

Niu Rou Xian Bing from Peaceful restaurant, Vancouver, CA

Notes from watching an episode of Dianer, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Beef shanks in boling water with 

star anise

dried red chili peppers

real cinnamon

bay leaf 

clove

licorice root

fennel seed

black cardamon pods (looked big like nutmegs)

green onions

ginger

rock sugar

salt

light soy sauce

dark soy sauce

xiao shing

white pepper

Simmer covered for 4 hours

Dough 

(same as for the noodles apparently, which had 3 parts all-purpose flour and 1 part cake flour plus cold water and a little lye water).  

Roll out dough into a large rectangle, add shortening, salt, green onion slices across the surface, roll up dough in to a long sausage.  Divide into 3 oz pieces.  Roll each piece out into a plate size circle, Fry in oil til golden on each side.  

Spread the pancake with hoisin sauce (with rock sugar?), sweet bean sauce and scallion slivers.

Add thin slices of the beef, roll up and slice into 4 pieces on the diagonal.

Pan Fried Dumplings (Pot Stickers to me)

ground pork butt

granulated sugar 

light soy sauce

dark soy sauce

rice wine

white pepper

ginger

green onions

cold water

mix all together

add a large amount (1/4 the amount of pork?) minced pak choi

sesame oil

Dipping sauce, soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil and rice wine vinegar