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Beef with Green Peppers

Beef Tenderloin with Green Peppers

Beef, Chinese Modern Cuisine, Home Cooking, Mains & Sides, Recipes

This mild beef tenderloin with green peppers uses a dry-blanching technique with low temp oil to tenderize the beef before stir-frying.

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Chinese cooking techniques: glazing with starch-water solution

Chinese Cooking Techniques: Glazing

Chinese Cooking Techniques, How-to, Jing's Learning Journey

I am now in my third month at New Oriental Cooking School, and we have moved to the kitchen to learn cooking techniques. One technique we have learned is sizing, or glazing, food with a starch and water solution. In Chinese, this is called DăQiàn (打芡).  

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Napa cabbage with garlic

My Learning Journey: Garlic Cabbage

About My Chinese Home Kitchen, Chinese Cooking Techniques, Home Cooking, How-to, Jing's Learning Journey, Mains & Sides, Vegetables

I have been studying at New Oriental for two months. During these two months, we practiced wok skills and knife skills. On the first day of the third month, November 1st, we started our formal cooking practice. This is a very important beginning. It is the first time I have used a professional kitchen on my way to becoming a chef. The teacher taught us a simple but difficult dish, garlic cabbage.

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Braised Pork Ribs

Braised Pork Ribs

Chinese Modern Cuisine, Mains & Sides, Pork

This Braised Pork Ribs recipe uses mild green and red peppers for color and texture, and introduces a traditional Chinese cooking method.

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Jing's Griddle Shrimp

Jing’s Dry Pot Braised Shrimp

Guangxi cuisine, Home Cooking, Mains & Sides, Recipes, Seafood, Sichuan Cuisine

I love shrimp! This easy to prepare Dry Pot Braised Shrimp recipe uses a dry-braising technique with hot pot soup base for delicious flavor.

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8 Major Cuisines of China

Characteristics of Chinese Cuisine

Authentic Ingredients for Chinese Recipes, China, Chinese Culture, Local specialties

Do you know why Chinese food is so delicious? Do you know the characteristics of Chinese cuisine? Let me tell you about Chinese cuisine. 

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Bite-sized chopped broccoli

General Tso’s Chicken with Broccoli

American-Chinese Takeout, Mains & Sides, Poultry

This is a variation of Jing’s General Tso’s Chicken recipe with fresh broccoli for color and texture, with a marinade for that takeout taste.

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8 Major Cuisines of China

China’s Eight Major Cuisines

Anhui cuisine, China, Chinese Culture, Fujian cuisine, Guangxi cuisine, Local specialties, Shandong (Lu) Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine

The different tastes of various ethnic groups and regions, the continuous development of economy, culture, and cooking technology all have influenced the development of the eight major cuisines in China: Lu (Shandong), Sichuan, Su, Cantonese, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, and Anhui.

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How to Dice carrots into cubes for fancy presentation

How to Dice Carrots Quickly

Choose and Prepare Fresh Ingredients, How-to

You can use this technique for other cylindrical vegetables like cucumber. With a little practice, you can learn how to dice carrots quickly when preparing ingredients for our recipes.

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How to Clean, Reuse, and Dispose of Cooking Oil

How to Clean, Reuse, and Dispose of Cooking Oil

Cleanup and Maintenance, How-to

You can reuse oil a few times, depending on what you cooked. Learn how to clean and reuse the oil, and how to dispose of used cooking oil.

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Use a sharp kitchen knife, a teaspoon, and a meat tenderizer to peel and mince fresh ginger root

How to Peel and Mince Ginger

Chinese Spices, Choose and Prepare Fresh Ingredients, How-to

Peeling and mincing ginger is easy if you know the trick. Forget about vegetable peelers or graters, just follow these simple steps.

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Melted pork fat, saved as lard for cooking: How to make lard from pork fat pan drippings

How to Save Bacon or Pork Fat for Cooking

Cleanup and Maintenance, How-to

Lard, which is made from rendered pork fat, is an essential ingredient in Chinese cooking. Lard is a good source for certain vitamins and nutrients, too. Read on to learn how to save the pork fat from cooking our recipes to use as homemade lard.

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