Chinese New Year Unit Study

Chinese New Year is February 7th. This is the year of the rat.



Enchanted Learning's Chinese New Year unit study is great. (This is available for a small membership fee.)

This website offers quite a bit of information of the celebration of the holiday.

Here's another website with a nice Chinese New Year collection. This site is free.

This website gives details of Chines New Year's history.

Are you intersted in cooking some traditional food for the occasion? Try these recipes, courtesy of this site.

Egg Drop Soup
You will Need:
2 cans chicken broth or the equivalent in vegetarian chicken flavored broth
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 well beaten egg
2 tablespoons sliced green onion

Step One - In a saucepan, stir chicken broth into cornstarch. Cook until slightly thickened.
Step Two - Pour in egg, stirring gently. Remove from heat.
Step Three - Garnish with green onion. Enjoy!



Chinese New Year Cakes
You will Need:
1 and 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/3 cup water or milk
1 tablespoon cooking oil
2/3 cup sesame seeds
Cooking oil for deep fat frying

Step One - Combine first four dry ingredients.
Step Two - Mix together the eggs, water or milk, and the cooking oil. Stir into flour mixture..
Step Three - Drop spoonfuls of batter into a bowl of sesame seeds. Coat on both sides. Let stand 15 minutes..
Step Four - Deep fry cakes until puffy and golden brown. Let drain on paper towel. Serve warm. Enjoy!

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