Chinese Cooking Techniques
From stir-frying to steaming, basic tips to help you master different Chinese cooking techniques.
Learn how to cook Chinese sausage (Lop Cheong) and try several recipes.
It’s important to partially coat the sides as well as the bottom of the wok with oil before stir-frying. Here are easy instructions on how to add oil to the wok.
A hot wok is one of the keys to successful stir-frying. Here are quick and easy ways to tell if your wok is hot enough.
Here are basic Chinese cooking tips for anyone who wants to learn more about cooking Chinese food in a wok.
From proper cooking temperatures to what type of oil to use, here you'll find answers to the ten most commonly asked questions about deep-frying.
From frying meat to how to add oil, here are basic instructions to help you master China's most popular cooking technique.
Recipes frequently call for vegetables to be cut on the diagonal before stir-frying. Besides making vegetables cook more quickly, diagonal cutting makes it easier for them to absorb other flavors in the dish. These easy step by step photo instructions show you how to cut vegetables on the diagonal.
Maintaining your cleaver with a good sharpening steel will make cutting easier and help prevent accidents. These easy photo instructions show you how to sharpen a cleaver with a sharpening steel.
This simple Chinese cooking technique helps keep chicken breasts from overcooking and gives them a smooth, velvety texture.
Sesame Paste Substitute - Don't leave near an Asian grocery? Here is a quick and easy substitute for authentic Chinese sesame paste.
