Phoenix Appetizer Plate Recipe
Cold Dishes Recipes

Ingredients

1
1/4 lb
1/2
1/2
1
2
1/4 lb
1/4
1/4 lb
1/4 lb
1/4 lb
5

1/6
1
5
1

 

salted duck egg
stewed pig liver
carrot
ham
sausage
small cucumbers
broiled pork
stewed pig tripe
roast duck meat
oiled chicken meat
stewed pig tongue
leaves cabbage
a dash radish
pineapple
tomato
cherries
stewed chicken head
a dash parsley

Directions:

1. Remove the shell of the salted egg. Put the egg on a plate which is brushed smooth with oil; then steam.

2. Slice stewed pig liver, boiled carrots, and ham into shape of flowers (23/4 inches long & 1/4 inch thick)

3. Slice broiled pork, steamed sausage, small cucumber, stewed pig tripe, roast duck, oiled chicken, and stewed pig tongue into pieces 13/8 inches long.

4. Shred a small cucumber, cabbage, and radish. Mix well as three color shreds.

5. Slice radish, small cucumber, and carrot into shape of fan 2 inches long and 1/4 inch thick.

6. Slice pineapple. Carve tomato into shape of flower.

Setting and Garnish:

1. Arrange stew pig liver, carrot, sausage, small cucumber, broiled pork, and stewed pig tripe into shape of fan to represent the tail of phoenix. Garnish with cherries.

2. Put the three color shreds in a small mount. Cover with oiled chicken and roast duck as the body of phoenix.

3. Put the stewed pig tongue, broiled pork, and ham by the side of the body of phoenix to represent wings.

4. Put the stewed chicken head in the front of the body. Garnish with fan-shaped radish, cucumber and carrot.

5. Arrange pineapple into the form of five-pointed plum flower. Garnish with tomato, salted egg, and parsley around the body of the phoenix.

Notes:

1. The plate for steaming salted egg must be brushed with oil or has a piece of cellophane on it to take it out easily.

2. The yolk of salted egg is red better in order to keep it beautiful.

3. Press the steamed egg with the model with lace to keep it beautiful.