Pickled garlic

(about 1 1/3 lbs or 600g) sour cabbage (Chinese-style pickled cabbage) • (about 1.2 kg) ground pork (40% fat, 60% lean) • green onions • About 5 slices fresh ginger • About 5 cloves garlic • dumpling wrappers • rice wine (30 ml) • About 5 tablespoons soy sauce (75 ml) • white pepper • sugar • About 5 drops sesame oil

pickled mustard greens (zha cai) • ground pork • minced garlic • chicken fat or oil • To taste ground black pepper • To taste XO sauce • To taste chopped green onions • cooked white rice (about 4 cups, cooled) • sugar

all-purpose flour (about 375 grams) • cold water (about 300 ml) • granulated sugar • instant yeast • baking powder • vegetable oil • dried pickled mustard greens (xue cai) (250 grams) • dried shiitake mushrooms • medium carrots • dried wood ear mushrooms • glass noodles (mung bean vermicelli) • soy sauce •

small bundle thin wheat noodles (such as somen or Taiwanese wheat noodles) • garlic, finely minced • green onion, finely chopped • sesame oil (15 ml) • soy sauce (5 ml) • salt • white pepper • Shredded pickled mustard greens, to taste (optional)

yellow croaker • ginger • onion • garlic • chili pepper • All-purpose flour, • For marinating the fish: salt, white pepper, and rice wine, • Salt, • White pepper, • Rice wine, • For the sweet and sour sauce: • pickled plum •

small saucers • dried shiitake mushrooms • little fried shallots (for stir-frying mushrooms) • Pork filling for dumplings • pork shoulder (about 500 g) • soy sauce • palm sugar or brown sugar • white pepper • five-spice powder • sesame oil • cornstarch or tapioca starch • Bamboo shoot filling for dumplings •

thin noodles • ground pork or beef (50g) • soy sauce (7.5 ml) • soy paste (7.5 ml) • rice wine (15 ml) • sugar (12.5 g) • green onion • Pickled mustard greens, to taste • unsweetened peanut powder (8 g) • sesame paste (15 g) • vegetable oil (15 ml) • garlic •

Chinese wheat noodles (about 250 grams) • ground pork (about 150 grams) • grated ginger • minced garlic • minced shallots • Chopped peanuts, to taste • chicken broth (about 500 ml) • Chopped green onions, to taste • Pickled mustard greens (optional), to taste • Seasonings • water • toasted sesame oil •

radish leaves (about 300 grams) • sea salt (about 30 grams) • garlic • granulated sugar (about 4 grams)