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Chinese Cooking Methods
Chinese Cooking Methods
Chinese Cooking Methods
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Title Chinese cooking methods
1. Stir-fry or chao: This particular cookery style requires a minimum amount of oil. It should
be put into a pre-heated wok or deep fry pan. Then, just before the oil smokes, measured in
seconds, fragrant ingredients such as garlic, ginger, and scallions are quickly heated until
their aroma is released. Next, main ingredients, usually meat, are added putting in those that
take the longest to cook first. Never ignore items put into a pan when using this technique.
Always stir and toss, the essence of stir-frying. A minute before meat loses its pink/red color,
sauces and spices are added, they are tossed and then the meat is removed or sauced. If
vegetables are to be added, remove the meat, cook them until correct doneness, then return
the meat, heat through, add a thickening ingredient to create a sauce, if desired, and stir half a
minute, then serve. Never cook the meat or vegetables until completely cooked through. This
is important because the foods are still cooking for a minute or more after they are removed
from the wok.
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2. Deep-fry or cha: This technique requires oil kept at a reasonably high and constant
temperature, close to the smoke point or lower, depending upon the desired outcome. Foods
must be dry and put into the oil when it reaches the appropriate temperature. They remain in
it until golden-brown and crisp. It is best to cook small amounts of food at a time, never
putting too much food in at once, and it is best to stir several times during the cooking
process.
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2 cloves garlic
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3. Shallow-frying: Shallow-frying is a cooking method using less oil than deep-frying and
lower heat than stir-frying. Shallow-fried dishes are usually rather tender inside, appearing
golden or slightly burnt outside. The ingredients for shallow-frying are usually cut into slices
or flat pieces and rubbed with seasonings. To make the outer skin crispy, the ingredients are
also slightly coated with cornstarch after being seasoned. When cooking, the ingredients
should be shallow fried on one side first and then turned to the other.
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For Coating:
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 teaspoon Whole Black
Peppercorns , coarsely
pounded
1 teaspoon Red Chilli
powder
1 Whole Eggs
1 tablespoon Rice flour
For Sauce:
3 tablespoons Soy sauce
2 tablespoons Red Chilli
sauce
2 teaspoons Tomato
Ketchup
1 teaspoon Whole Black
Peppercorns , coarsely
pounded
3 tablespoons Honey
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5. Boiling or tsuan: Boiling could be considered the simplest among all the Chinese cooking
methods. It simply involves placing food in boiling water. It is mainly used for cooking
small-sized and soft ingredients, especially for most of the vegetable soups. Prepared
ingredients are placed into a wok, along with water and appropriate seasonings when the
surface of the water is continually agitated by large bubbles. Dishes cooked by boiling
always taste fresh and clear, for it takes a shorter time than braising.
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dumplings
7. Roasting: Roasting is to cook the food over the open flame of charcoal or in an oven. The
moisture of the food is removed whilst seasonings rubbed in from the outside. The outside of
the roasted foods always gets drier and browned, but flavors are retained and enhanced.
Many ingredients can be roasted, including all kinds of meat along with most root and bulb
vegetables. To roast food, the ingredients must be cleaned, seasoned, and basted with oil in
order to reduce the loss of moisture in the ingredients during the roasting process.
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8. Salt baked: Ingredients are wrapped in gauze paper, embedded in the hot coarse salt, and
using the thermal conductivity of the salt, cook the ingredients. The salted chicken
is representative of this way.
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9. Pickle or pao: This is a procedure usually reserved for vegetables. They can be left whole,
but more often are cut into small pieces then put into a crock with a little wine and/or
vinegar, and with salt and spices. Boiled water that has been chilled is poured over them and
the foods are left in the liquid for a day or two; they can be left longer. It is best to refrigerate
these foods if not used in an hour or two.
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10. Red-cook or hong shao: When soy sauce and sugar are added at any time during the above
process, though usually just after adding the water or stock, this technique changes its name
because the liquid in the pot, the contents, too, become red. This technique is very popular in
Shanghainese cooking.
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