The Tea Detective
Uncovering and Exploring the Facts About Tea
Uncovering and Exploring the Facts About Tea
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| Cooking With Tea Recipe Shrimp Fried Rice with Green Tea |
| Fried rice is one of those dishes that's fast and easy and everyone likes. Feel free to swap out the shrimp with chicken if seafood is not your thing. Both are easy and delicious, and the addi- tion of a tablespoon of healthy and flavorful Longjing (Dragonwell) green tea gives it a nice little punch of flavor. |
You can use tea as you would any other seasoning to add subtle flavors to ramp up a dish and give it just that something extra that makes it special and uniquely yours. If you don't have Longjing green tea, you can use whichever China green tea you have on hand and normally use or prefer. There are two different ways to add the tea-one, to add with rice to the boiling water, which gives a light punch of flavor to the finished rice. Or you can add it with the onion and garlic and stir fry for a very subtle herb-like flavor. Either way is fine, it just depends on your taste preferences. |
| Shrimp Fried Rice (makes 4 to 6 servings) Ingredients 1 1/2 cups long grain white rice 2 eggs 2 green onions 2 cloves garlic-chopped 1 tablespoon Longjing (Dragonwell) green tea 1 cup cooked shrimp 3 tablespoons canola cooking oil 1 medium sized tomato-chopped/medium-small pieces Salt and pepper to taste Directions Cook 1 1/2 cups white rice as per package directions.* *Add 1 tablespoon Longjing green tea to boiling water with rice OR add later and stir fry with onion and garlic. Set rice aside when done cooking. Chop 1 green onion and add to eggs. Beat eggs and onion, add salt and pepper to taste Heat 2 tablespoons cooking oil in fry pan and add egg mixture. Cook eggs through until firm. Break eggs apart into small pieces and set aside. Heat 1 remaining tablespoon cooking oil in fry pan over medium heat. Add garlic and second chopped green onion and tea* and stir fry about 1 minute. *(OR add tea to boiling water w/rice). Add shrimp and chopped tomato and stir fry about 1 minute. Add in rice and eggs and heat through all. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Enjoy. Visit our Cooking With Tea page for more information on using tea in recipes when cooking. Also stop by our Tea on the Go and Storing Tea pages for lots of handy tips and ideas on taking your tea with you while on the go, and how to properly store and keep your loose leaf tea and tea bags, preserving freshness and quality for as long as possible. |
| For more information or to learn more about tea, visit our other pages. What gives China's Keemun teas their chocolate flavor? Explore China's family of Keemun black teas, how they're made, where they're grown, harvesting methods and the step in their processing that gives them a chocolate flavor. How does the processing method for China's black teas differ from that of other black teas? Get a step-by-step look at the methods used to make China's black teas, and how they differ from that of other countries, producing mild, sweet black teas with no astringency. (Try Golden Monkey Tea from Silver Leaf Tea Co., grown in China's Fujian Province, this tea is among the finest of black teas available. A flavorful full bodied tea w/rich and spicy exotic characters and sweet undertones w/a clean, refreshing aftertaste. Good any time. Why did Tanzania's tea industry nearly collapse, and how was it saved? Learn the history of Tanzania's tea industry and how it nearly collapsed, and its determined revival, fight- ing its way back to become Africa's fourth largest tea producer today. Do you love lemonade and iced tea? Then this recipe is for you! This fast, easy recipe has two versions-one using black strawberry tea, the other using green lemonade tea-both are healthy and delicious so just take your pick. What superstitious art form became popular during the Ming era due to the gaiwan? Learn about China's gaiwan or covered bowl created during the Ming dynasty, and spurring an unusual art form practiced in Chinese teahouses. What's the difference between China's pan fired green tea and basket fired green tea? Learn how the processing method for China's artisan style basket fired and pan fired green teas differ, and the secret to their unique qualities and flavor profiles. How is green tea made? Learn about the unique manufacturing process for green tea, keeping it in its near natural state, and pre- serving flavor, vitamins, minerals, and important antioxidants, making it one of the healthiest of teas. (Try Pinhead Gunpowder Green Tea from Silver Leaf Tea Co., a hearty, pungent, slightly sweet green tea rolled into small pellets. Made from choice young tips and buds. Also good as an iced tea when flavored w/lemon and sugar or mint and sugar. |
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