Author name: Noel Galliani

Chicken and Duck In Chinese Cuisine

Chicken and duck are the primary poultry in the Chinese kitchen and there are numerous ways by which they can be prepared, many of them new to the Western world, for instance, ‘Paper Wrapped Chicken’. They vary from the uncomplicated to the unique. The more familiar ones to the West are the appetizing Sweet and Sour chicken and orange flavoured chicken; the flavorful Sesame Chicken and Garlic Chicken, and the spicy Kung Pao Chicken, just to name several. Some of these dishes would be ideal for appetizers and salad.

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Stir-Fried Masterpiece

Martin Yan puts in an appearance before the show starts. A diminutive, bouncy looking man casually dressed in a chef’s jacket and denims, he chats to members of the audience who wander up checking out the cookbooks and his well-known chef’s knife – a superbly crafted marvel made to chop, dice, slice and do everything except cut bones. Then the show begins. What sets “Yan Can Cook” apart from the rest of the Chinese cooking shows is Yan’s twin gifts for entertaining and cooking.

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Best Asian Cookbook In The Market

Leave it to a Westerner to put in writing the proper Chinese cookbook. Fuchsia Dunlop’s Land of Plenty is probably the most authentic volume on Sichuanese cooking in the English language. Asian cookbooks are inclined to fall into two categories — those stuffed with flowery prose about the mysticism of the cuisine, but don’t have genuine recipes to support it, and fundamental translations of Asian cookbooks with fleeting explanations and poor recipe testing (ie. “1 t of salt, or 1 T of salt? Whatever…it’s all good.”).

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Egg Foo Yung Recipe

Throughout China which is also widely referred to as the shining example of fine cuisine, there exist a saying that it is flavored by the Chinese emperor’s taste buds who had access to all the top chefs throughout China to prepare his food. Subsequently, over time, Beijing cooking is now well-liked because of its huge variety, abundant flavors and emphasis on excellent quality.

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The Incredible Reach of Chinese Culture And Its Cuisine

Chinese merchants and traders have long ago been allied to the Malayan Peninsula in the South China Sea. The natural port of Malacca was a key trading post and an important link to other merchants from far across the globe. In order to establish trade and diplomatic ties, the ruling Chinese Emperor ordered a well-structured team to guide Princess Hang Li Po to marry the Sultan of Malacca.

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The Secret To Chinese Cuisine

Do you know that more than a third of mother earth’s population eat Chinese meals daily? Even if it was eaten regularly by some only, Chinese cooking would nonetheless be acknowledged as one of the best and creative cuisines of the world. There is an ever growing interest in and appreciation of Chinese food within the West. The fact that Chinese eating places are escalating in the West is ample testimony to the variety and quality of Chinese food.

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The Ultimate Chicken Recipe

As famous traditional Chinese dishes, Kung Pao Chicken is a typical Szechuan dish made with peanuts, diced chicken and chili pepper. The dish is exceptionally well-liked in USA and many European countries and it’s usually used as the test item in the professional chef test to judge the talent degree of a chef. However why folks call it “Kung Pao Chicken”, on this piece, I wish to explain how this dish originated.

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