Chinese Food Made Easy电子书

Chinese Food Made Easy

Ching-He Huang

Table of Contents

Notes from a Chinese Kitchen

FACT: TRADITIONAL CHINESE COOKING IS HEALTHY

MY KIND OF FOOD

CHINA AND CHINESE CULTURE: MY ENDLESS SOURCES OF INSPIRATION

COOK FROM THE HEART

Takeaway favourites

Sweet and sour soy pork buns

Chicken and cashew nut stir-fry

Ching’s tip

Grandmother’s chicken fried rice

Ching’s tip

Egg and shiitake mushroom fried rice with tabasco

Chilli chicken with noodles

Ching’s tip

‘Egg flower’ drop soup

Sweet and sour pork

Ching’s tip

Chicken chow mein

Beef in oyster sauce

Sweet and tangy chilli beef

Singapore-style noodles

Spicy Sichuan dishes

Sichuan crispy chilli pork on lettuce

Fish fragrant aubergine pork

Dan Dan noodles

‘Ma-po’ dofu beef

Spicy hotpot

Ching’s tip

Sichuan orange beef

Bang-Bang chicken

‘Gong bao’ or ‘Kung po’ prawns

Zesty chilli and garlic tiger prawns

Spicy warm bacon or lardon and cucumber salad

Ching’s tip

Spicy dofu and edamame beans

Ching’s tip

Dumplings, dim sum and noodles

Fast hot and sour noodle pot

Sour ginger pork and celery rice noodle soup

Ching’s tip

Roast duck noodle soup

‘Wonton’ noodle soup

‘Dragon prawn’ noodles

Roast pork pastry puffs

Ching’s tip

Peanut chicken noodle salad

Pork and prawn dumplings

Ching’s tip

Porkand mushroom ‘water-dumplings’

Ching’s tip

Chicken and vegetable spring rolls

Ching’s tips

Radish and sesame soy noodle salad

Ching’s tip

Fish and seafood dishes

Cleansing clam and daikon soup

Tiger prawns and garlic chives stir-fry

Ching’s tip

Black bean steamed scallops

Wok-cooked cod with sesame soy sauce

Mussels in black bean sauce with mung bean noodles

Seafood congee

Ching’s tips

Mum’s lobster and mayo brioche

Fried chilli squid salad

Chinkiang vinegar scallops with ham

Coriander prawns and Longjing tea

Chilli crabs with ginger ‘juice’

Street food

Crispy fragrant duck

Fast dofu salad

Marbled tea eggs with oyster sauce

Stir-fried vegetable pancakes

Mango chicken

Five-spice roast chicken drumsticks

Spiced skewered lamb

Crispy chicken

Ching’s tip

Egg fu young

Five-spice beef and sesame dressing

Spiced beef stir-fry topped with spring onion and coriander

Ching’s tip

Celebration food for family and friends

Mu shu chicken

Chicken and bamboo shoot stir-fry

Ching’s tip

Drunken chicken

Ching’s tip

Crispy duck

Lamb chops in dofu ru with adzuki and butter bean mash

Lionhead meatballs

Steamed carp coated in spicy bean curd sauce

Ching’s tip

Steamed sea bass in hot beer and ginger lime sauce

Ching’s tips

Buddha’s stir-fried vegetables

Steamed egg, shiitake mushrooms and seaweed

Northern-style bean curd (dofu)

Desserts and drinks

Lychee, lime and mixed fruit jelly

Red bean paste and banana spring rolls

Ching’s tip

Durian honey puffs with vanilla ice cream and maple syrup

Great Wall of China green tea ice cream with candied walnuts

Empress Dowager Cixi’s longevity peach pudding

Almond cookies with ginger and vanilla ice cream

Mango madness

Ching’s tip

Fruity sticky rice with toffee sauce

Rambutan, raspberry and mandarin mojito

Cinnamon, rambutan, honey and rose bud tea

Goji berry, dried date and rose bud tea

Side Dishes

Rice

Steamed jasmine rice

Basic glutinous rice

Beijing rice

Stir-fried garlic pak choy

Soy and sesame French beans

Choi sum with dried shrimps

Choi sum and mixed vegetable salad with pineapple dresseing

Smacked soy and cucumber sesame salad

Steamed pak choy with oyster sauce and fried shallots

Ching’s tip

Deep-fried garlic and shallot seasoning

Black bean mushrooms

Black vinegar oyster mushrooms

Soy and pepper Chinese and chestnut mushrooms

Smoked paprika roast sweet potatoes

Red pepper and sweet chilli sauce

Wasabi mayo

Ching’s tip

Cooking techniques and storecupboard

Essential information you should know before cooking

THE TRUSTED RELIABLE WOK

ONE WOK – SEVERAL TECHNIQUES

STIR-FRYING

STEAMING

DEEP-FRYING

OTHER COOKING UTENSILS

Wok cover

Wok brush

Chinese spatula /wooden spoon

Ladle

Chinese cleaver/good knife

Cutting board

THE STORECUPBOARD

Ching’s menu planner

Chinese New Year Party:

Cocktail

Starter

Main

Dessert

For a quick main meal after work, choose one of the following:

Romantic dinner for two:

Starter

Main

Dessert

Friends:

Cocktail

Starter

Main

Dessert

Cocktail party:

Children:

Starter

Main

Dessert

Vegetarian dinner:

Starter

Main

Dessert

For something comforting, choose one of the following:

Dim sum party:

Sunday lunch:

Starter

Main

Dessert

Easy entertaining – meat

Starter

Main

Dessert

Easy entertaining seafood

Starter

Main

Dessert

For a healthy meal:

Starter

Main

Dessert

Glossary

Adzuki red bean/red bean paste (tinned)

Bamboo shoots (tinned)

Chilli bean sauce (sauce)

Chilli oil (oil)

Chilli sauce (ingredient/dipping sauce)

Chinese beer

Chinese cabbage (fresh)

Chinese five-spice powder (spice)

Chinese kale, fresh

Chinese wood ear mushrooms (dried)

Chinkiang black rice vinegar (condiment)

Cinnamon stick/bark (spice)

Cloves (spice)

Congee (dish)

Coriander (fresh)

Coriander seeds (spice)

Cumin (spice)

Curry powder (spice)

Daikon or white radish (fresh)

Dark soy sauce (condiment)

Deep-fried dofu (bean curd) (fresh)

Dried chilli flakes (spice)

Dried Chinese mushrooms (dried)

Dried seaweed/Nori (dried)

Dried shrimp (dried)

Dried tangerine peel (spice)

Durian (fruit)

Edamame beans (fresh/frozen)

Egg noodles (fresh/dried)

Enoki mushrooms (fresh)

Fennel seeds (spice)

Fermented bean curd (dofu ru) (preserved)

Fermented salted black beans (dried)

Fish ball/Fish cake (fresh)

Fresh bean curd (dofu/tofu) (fresh)

Garlic chives (jiucai) (fresh)

Glutinous rice

Groundnut oil (oil)

Hoisin sauce (sauce)

Jasmine rice (dried)

Light soy sauce (condiment)

Longjing tea (tea)

Lychee (fruit)

Mijiu rice wine (condiment)

Mung bean noodles (dried)

Oyster mushrooms (fresh)

Oyster sauce (sauce)

Pak choy (fresh)

Pickled chilli bamboo shoots (pickle)

Potato flour (ingredient)

Preserved mustard greens/ Pickled Chinese cabbage (pickle)

Rambutans (fruit)

Rice vinegar (condiment)

Roasted soya beans (dried)

Rock sugar (dried)

Satay sauce (sauce)

Sesame paste (paste)

Sesame seeds (ingredient)

Shaohsing rice wine (condiment)

Shi wheat flour noodles (dried)

Shiitake mushrooms (fresh)

Sichuan chillies/dried chilli flakes

Sichuan peppercorns (spice)

Smoked paprika (spice)

Snake beans (fresh)

Spring roll wrappers/pastry (fresh)

Star anise (spice)

Thousand-year-old eggs (preserved)

Toasted sesame oil (condiment)

Turmeric (spice)

Vermicelli rice noodle (dried)

Wasabi (fresh/powder)

Water chestnuts (tinned)

Wheat flour dumpling wrappers/ skins (fresh/frozen)

Wheat flour flat udon noodles (dried noodles)

Wheat flour pancakes (fresh)

Wheat starch (dried)

Wonton wrapper (fresh/frozen)

Yellow bean sauce (sauce)

Notes for cooks

INGREDIENTS

EGGS

CONVERSION CHARTS

MEASURING SPOONS

AMERICAN CUPS/CONVERSIONS

UK TERM

US TERM

UK TERM

US TERM

Index

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Copyright

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