P.F. Chang's Copycat Recipes - Restaurant Secret Recipes

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P.F. Chang's is an American Restaurant based in Arizona. The founders are Paul Fleming

and Phillp Chang. Chinese restaurant Yin and Yang opposites are set in balance to create harmony in food and body.

P.F. Chang's Wonton Soup Copycat Recipes

P.F. Chang's China Bistro Wonton Soup
Copycat Recipes/ Restaurant Recipes

-2 chicken breast halves without skin, cubed
-1 lb medium shrimp, tail off, fresh or frozen
-1 cup fresh spinach, torn in small pieces
-1 cup sliced mushrooms
-1 x 8 oz can water chestnuts, drained
-1 tbsp Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- green part only 1 tspn finely chopped green onion
-4 cups chicken stock
-1 tspn finely chopped fresh ginger
-l tspn light brown sugar

Homemade Wontons:

- 24 wonton wrappers
- 6 oz pork, coarsely chopped
- 8 medium shrimp, coarsely chopped
- 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tspn finely chopped green onion, green part only
- 1 tspn finely chopped fresh ginger
- l tspn light brown sugar

Bring chicken stock to a rolling boil, then add all the ingredients. Cook until chicken and shrimp are cooked through, about 10 minutes.

For homemade wontons: In a bowl, mix the chopped pork and ground shrimp with brown sugar, rice wine or sherry, soy sauce, scallions and chopped ginger. Blend well and set aside for 25-30 minutes for the flavors to blend.

Place 1 tspn of the filling in the center of each wonton wrapper.

Wet the edges of each wonton with a little water and press them together with your fingers to seal, then fold each wonton over.

To cook, add wontons to boiling chicken stock and cook for 4-5 minutes.

Transfer to individual soup bowls and serve.

Garnish with thinly sliced green onions.
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P.F.Chang's Stir Fry Sauce

P.F. Chang's China Bistro Cantonese Stir Fry Sauce Recipe
Copycat Recipes/ Restaurant Recipes

-¾ cup water
-1 tspn chicken base powder (no MSG)
-1 tspn sugar
-2 tspn wine or sherry
-1 tspn oyster sauce
-½ tspn salt
-1 tspn cornstarch
Stir thoroughly before using.
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P. F. Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
P.F. Chang's Copycat Recipe

P.F. Chang's Copycat Recipe

Ingredients
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 skinless and boneless chicken breasts
1 cup chestnut water
2/3 cup dried Shitake mushrooms
3 tablespoons chopped green onions
1 teaspoon minced garlic
4-5 leaves iceberg lettuce
1 teaspoon fresh minced ginger
2 cloves minced garlic
Special Sauce

1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon hot mustard
2 teaspoons water
1-2 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste

Stir Fry Sauce

2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar

Directions

- Dissolve the sugar in warm water in a small bowl.
- Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil.
-Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you’re ready to serve.
- Set aside combined the hot water with the hot mustard
- Add measurement of mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to pour over the wraps.
- Bring oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan.
- Saute chicken breasts for 5 minutes per side or until done.
- Remove sauteed chicken from pan and cool.
- Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.
- Mince water chestnuts and mushrooms.
- Stir fry sauce mix the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.
- When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.
- With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of olive oil.
- Add chicken, garlic, onions, water chestnuts and mushrooms to the pan.
- Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a 2-3 minutes then serve it in the lettuce cups.
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PF Chang's Szechwan Chicken Chow- Copycat Recipe

PF Chang's Szechwan Chicken Chow - Copycat Recipe
Quick and easy recipe preparation time less than 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 ounces ground chicken (cooked)
- 14 ounces chow fun noodles (wide rice noodle)
- 2 teaspoons minced scallions
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon chili paste
- 1 teaspoon Szechwan preserved vegetables (can be found at Asian market)
- 2 teaspoons shredded black fungus mushrooms
- 1 teaspoon Sesame oil

Sauce
- 3 teaspoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon mushroom soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons water

Directions
-Separate the chow fun noodles and cover with plastic wrap until ready for use.
- Heat the wok and add 2 teaspoons vegetable oil.
- Stir fry garlic and chill paste for about 6 seconds.
- Add ground chicken and stir fry with garlic and chill paste.
- Add black fungus mushrooms and sauce stir-fry for about 10 seconds.
- Separate the noodles and mix into the wok a handful at a time.
- Continue cooking for 2 to 4 minutes or until the noodles are hot.
- Mix in sesame oil before serving.
- Serve on plates. Garnish with Szechwan preserved vegetables and minced scallions.
Serves 2
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PF Chang's Shrimp Dumpling Copycat Recipe

P.F. Chang's China Bistro Shrimp Dumplings
PF Chang's Copycat Recipe

Ingredients:
- 1 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp, washed and dried
- 2 tablespoons minced fine carrot
- 2 tablespoons minced fine green onion
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
-1 package wonton wrappers

Sauce
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1 ounce white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon chile paste
- 1 ounce granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- Sesame oil to taste
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon cilantro leaves

Preparation
- Take 1/2 pound of the shrimp and mince fine in a food processor. Take the other 1/2 pound and small dice.
- Combine remaining ingredients. With a small spoon, place approximately 1/2 ounce of the mixture into the skin. Moisten the outside edge. Fold corner to corner (opposite) and seal. The top should look like a cross. Place on a plate covered in refrigerator until ready to serve. Combine sauce ingredients and mix very well. Prepare garnishes.

Serving- Have a soup pot filled with water. Bring to a boil, then down to a slight boil. Line the bottom of a Chinese steamer with a light coat of vegetable oil or a nonstick spray. Place dumplings in steamer. Cover and steam for 7 to 10 minutes. Dumplings should be firm with an internal temperature of 160 degrees F.
- Either serve in steamer or remove to serving plate. Place 2 ounces of sauce in a small dish or bowl.
Serves 4
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Philosophy of Chinese Cooking

Yin and yang dates back to ancient China. The belief that everything in the universe is consigned into two forces that are opposing but harmonious and complementary.

The yin and yang philosophy is used in Chinese cooking. The traditional symbol for the forces of yin and yang, are two fish swimming head to tail. The left half is yin and the right half is yang. Taken literally, yin and yang mean the dark side and sunny side of a hill. Yin and yang are not opposing forces. They are complementary pairs. The Chinese believe problems arise when there is an imbalance between them. Earthquakes, floods and fires and etc. all can be attributed to disharmony in the forces of yin and yang.

This concept of yin and yang relates to food. Opposites are set in balance to create harmony in food and body. If harmony is not achieved the body can be vulnerable to disease. Chinese chefs belief in the importance of following the principles of yin and yang in the diet There is always a balance in color, flavors, and textures. In China live seafood, fresh meat, and seasonal vegetables and fruits are used when preparing meals. Chinese daily meals consist of four food groups: meat, vegetable, fruit and grains. Large amounts of dairy products are not consumed. Dairy produces are substituted with soy milk and tofu. Soy milk and tofu contain large amounts of protein and calcium.

Unlike some cultures the Chinese hardly waste any part of the animal. They have found ways to cook nearly every part of an animal. Chinese culture believes that the shape and part of the animal will replenish and strengthen the same part of the human body.

Certain foods have yin properties, while others have yang properties. We think in yin and yang terms everyday hot or cold, fat or fat-free, high-calorie or low- calorie, sugar or sugar free, gluten or gluten-free, yeast and yeast-free and etc. But do not apply these trains of thought to cooking. Chinese yin properties: steaming, poaching and boiling and yang properties: stir-frying, pan frying and roasting. Balance is achieved by using both yin and yang methods. The yin and yang ingredients can be cooked separately or together.

Each province in China has its’ own cuisine. There are the Beijing, Hunan, Shanghai, Szechwan and Cantonese cuisines. The most well known are the Szechwan and Cantonese.

Yin and yang cooking methods are used in all Chinese cuisines. Few foodstuff is purely yin or yang - it's more that one characteristic tends to dominate. Some yin will have a little yang and some yang will have a little yin. Chinese cooking reinforces that it is not so much the individual ingredients, as the balance and contrast between the recipe ingredients in each dish, that is important.

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