Chinese Food Made Easy

Ching-He provides us with an absolutely bewildering selection of Chinese treats in this beautifully produced cookbook. The recipes, listed below, are wide and varied, providing a basis for more food combinations. Ching-He Huang is a very talented cook and her new series on BBC2 is excellent. Why go to the local Chinese~ cook for yourself. It is so easy, healthy and fun, to cook for yourself. Do you want to be healthy? Then cook your own food, use the finest ingredients and cook the Chinese way. The book is available for £8.49 new from Amazon:

Contents

Takeaway Favourites

Sweet and sour soy porks buns

Chicken and cashew nut stir-fry

Grandmother’s chicken fried rice

Egg and shiitake mushroom fried rice with Tabasco

Chilli chicken with noodles

‘Egg flower’ drop soup

Sweet and sour pork

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-pa’ dofu beef

Spicy hotpot

Sichuan orange beef

Bang-Bang chicken

‘Gang bao’ or ‘Kung po’ prawns

Zesty chilli and garlic tiger prawns

Spicy warm bacon or lardon and cucumber salad

Spicy dofu and edamame beans

Dumplings, Dim Sum and Noodles

Fast hot and sour noodle pot

Sour ginger pork and celery rice noodle soup

Roast duck noodle soup

‘Wonton’ noodle soup

‘Dragon Prawn’ noodles

Roast pork pastry puffs

Peanut chicken noodle salad

Pork and prawn dumplings

Pork and mushroom ‘water-dumplings’

Chicken and vegetable spring rolls

Radish and sesame soy noodle salad

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Cleansing clam and daikon soup

Tiger prawns and garlic chives stir-fry

Black bean steamed scallops

Wok-cooked cod with sesame soy sauce

Mussels in black bean sauce with mung bean noodles

Seafood congee

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

Egg fu young

Five-spice beef and sesame dressing

Spiced beef stir-fry topped with spring onion and coriander

Celebration Food for Family and Friends

Mu shu chicken

Chicken and bamboo shoot stir-fry

Drunken chicken

Crispy duck

Lamb chops in dofu ru with adzuki and butter bean mash

Lionhead meatballs

Steamed carp coated in spicy bean curd sauce

Steamed sea bass in hot beer and ginger lime sauce

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

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

Fruity sticky rice with toffee sauce

Rambutan, raspberry and mandarin mojita

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 choi

Soy and sesame French beans

Choi sum with dried shrimps

Choi sum and mixed vegetable salad with pineapple dressing

Smacked soy and cucumber sesame salad

Steamed pak choi with oyster sauce and fried shallots

Deep-fried garlic and shallot seasoning

Black bean mushrooms

Black vinegar oyster mushrooms

Soy and pepper Chinese and chestnut mushrooms

Cooking techniques and storecupboard

Ching's Menu Planner

Glossary

Notes for Cooks

A great book, compact, clear and practical. Congratualtions Ching-He!

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