Create nuanced, complex, authentic Chinese flavors at home by learning the cuisine's fundamental techniques. Winner of the 2016 IACP Julia Child First Book Award Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees offers a unique introduction to Chinese home cooking, demystifying it by focusing on its basic cooking methods. In outlining the differences among various techniques--such as pan-frying, oil steeping, and yin-yang frying--and instructing which one is best for particular ingredients and end results, culinary expert Kian Lam Kho provides a practical, intuitive window into this unique cuisine. Once one learns how to dry stir-fry chicken, one can then confidently apply the technique to tofu, shrimp, and any number of ingredients. Accompanied by more than 200 photographs, including helpful step-by-step images, the 158 recipes range from simple, such as Spicy Lotus Root Salad or Red Cooked Pork, to slightly more involved, including authentic General Tso's Chicken or Pork Shank Soup with Winter Bamboo. But the true brilliance behind this innovative book lies in the way it teaches the soul of Chinese cooking, enabling home cooks to master this diverse, alluring cuisine and then to re-create any tempting dish they encounter or can imagine.

Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees: Essential Techniques of Authentic Chinese Cooking: A Cookbook

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Kho, Kian Lam

Cooking Methods

Clarkson/Potter

For those who have always wanted to prepare Chinese food at home, here is the book they can actually learn Chinese cooking from―full-color, step-by-step photographs fully convey the process and presentation of Chinese cuisine. With 350 photos and 100 main recipes plus 250 variations suited for the contemporary kitchen, Knack Chinese Cooking offers a veritable banquet of authentic recipes from the Eight Great Cuisines of China, as well as dishes from China's emerging cosmopolitan capitals and from the best Chinatown kitchens. Readers gain a basic knowledge of the equipment, ingredients, and techniques needed to prepare an essential repertoire of Chinese dishes.

Knack Chinese Cooking: A Step-By-Step Guide To Authentic Dishes Made Easy (Knack: Make It Easy)

Hulin, Belinda

Cole, Liesa

Reference

Globe Pequot Press

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