Teacher Training / Soup
Today I trained the teachers at Cherry Chase Elementary School in Sunnyvale to use MathScore.com. I'm really excited about them because they already have a very high API score that exceeds 900 (out of 1000). The teachers themselves were noticeably more web-savvy than the teachers at most schools, and a very high percentage of their students have Internet access from home. The teachers got really excited when I got them to all sign in as students and play with the system. Just like a group of students, they were all kind of loud so I had to raise my voice to be heard a few times! I think many of the teachers really felt the game-like nature of the system, and I'm really excited about their future student usage. I'm expecting really high usage from home given their demographics, so it will be fun to monitor their school over the next few months. In addition, the principal was enthusiastic, which was just awesome.
Sesame Chicken Soup!
I also made sesame chicken soup yesterday! It's not the first time, but I had to call my mom to make sure I had the recipe right. Here it is:
1.5 - 3 pounds of chicken leg quarters, chopped up into reasonable chunks
2-3 tablespoons of sesame oil
5 slices of ginger (about half a centimeter thick)
Rice noodles (Japanese style)
Pour the oil in a pan on high heat, add the ginger and let it sizzle. Now add the chicken and brown all the sides of the chicken. This whole process should take only a few minutes. Now dump everything in a steamer, add water to cover the meet, and turn on the steamer. Cooking time varies with the steamer, but expect it to take somewhere between 1-2 hours. It is done when the chicken is obviously white. Due to chicken blood, sometimes the meat may look pink, so make sure you break open a piece of chicken to verify it is fully cooked. If you don't have a steamer, just use a large pot on high heat.
When the soup is done, boil some noodles, drain the water, and serve. Adding salt is optional - I'm fine with low sodium food, so I don't add any myself. Also, you don't have to peel the ginger. That way, it is easy to identify and you won't accidentally eat it.
The thing I love about this recipe is the few ingredients it takes and the paltry amount of preparation time. All you need is a little patience while the steamer cooks your food :-) By the way, Chinese households sometimes add really healthy herbs like ginseng to this type of chicken soup. I don't do that because I think it hurts the taste too much.
Sesame Chicken Soup!
I also made sesame chicken soup yesterday! It's not the first time, but I had to call my mom to make sure I had the recipe right. Here it is:
1.5 - 3 pounds of chicken leg quarters, chopped up into reasonable chunks
2-3 tablespoons of sesame oil
5 slices of ginger (about half a centimeter thick)
Rice noodles (Japanese style)
Pour the oil in a pan on high heat, add the ginger and let it sizzle. Now add the chicken and brown all the sides of the chicken. This whole process should take only a few minutes. Now dump everything in a steamer, add water to cover the meet, and turn on the steamer. Cooking time varies with the steamer, but expect it to take somewhere between 1-2 hours. It is done when the chicken is obviously white. Due to chicken blood, sometimes the meat may look pink, so make sure you break open a piece of chicken to verify it is fully cooked. If you don't have a steamer, just use a large pot on high heat.
When the soup is done, boil some noodles, drain the water, and serve. Adding salt is optional - I'm fine with low sodium food, so I don't add any myself. Also, you don't have to peel the ginger. That way, it is easy to identify and you won't accidentally eat it.
The thing I love about this recipe is the few ingredients it takes and the paltry amount of preparation time. All you need is a little patience while the steamer cooks your food :-) By the way, Chinese households sometimes add really healthy herbs like ginseng to this type of chicken soup. I don't do that because I think it hurts the taste too much.
posted by Steven | 5:41 PM
2 Comments:
wow, looks like you are hooked!
keep up the bloggin' and have a good weekend.
yes, my mother is the one who used to cook Chinese herbal chicken soups...constantly.
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