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How to peel and mince garlic quickly

How to Peel and Mince Garlic Quickly

Choose and Prepare Fresh Ingredients, How-to

Garlic is a common ingredient in Chinese recipes. You can get garlic in a jar, but fresh ingredients from the produce section or your garden will give the best flavor. Follow these steps to peel and mince garlic quickly.

Shredded Potatoes with Green Peppers by Chen Jing

Shredded Potatoes with Green Peppers

Chinese Modern Cuisine, Home Cooking, Mains & Sides, Vegetables

This Chinese shredded potatoes with green peppers recipe yields vegetables that are salty, fresh, crisp, mildly spicy, and elegant in color.

Home Style Twice Cooked Pork by Chen Jing

Home Style Twice Cooked Pork

Home Cooking, Mains & Sides, Pork, Sichuan Cuisine

This simple stir-fried, home style, twice cooked pork recipe combines some Sichuan ingredients with green garlic, ginger, fresh red pepper, and winter bamboo shoots for a delicious pork dish with bright red color.

Fresh, healthy live littleneck (hard) clam

How to Tell if a Littleneck Clam is Live or Dead

Choose and Prepare Fresh Ingredients, How-to

You want to use fresh, live littleneck clams in your recipes. Learn how you can tell if a littleneck clam is live or dead.

Jing's wok for chef school

My Learning Journey at New Oriental Cooking School

About My Chinese Home Kitchen, Jing's Learning Journey, News from My Chinese Home Kitchen

I’m Chen Jing. If you have read My Chinese Home Kitchen, you will know that I like Chinese food and I want to be a Chinese chef.

How to cut chicken wings

How to Cut Chicken Wings

Choose and Prepare Fresh Ingredients, How-to

Buying whole chicken wings is less expensive than buying pre-cut wings. In just a few minutes you can cut wings into sections for cooking.

Preserve Wood Cutting Boards with Food Grade Mineral Oil

Caring for Wood Cutting Boards

Cleanup and Maintenance, How-to, Utensils

Learn how to care for your wood cutting board so it will last a lifetime.

Comparing Er Jing Tao, Chao Tian Jiao, and Xiao Mi La peppers

Chinese Chili Peppers

Authentic Ingredients for Chinese Recipes, Chinese Chili Peppers

Southern cuisines in China tend to use chili peppers in their recipes. There are three Chinese chili peppers that are used in our recipes. Here is how you can obtain these essential ingredients.

Jing's wok for chef school

Important News from My Chinese Home Kitchen

News from My Chinese Home Kitchen

We are happy to announce that Jing has taken her first step toward pursuing that dream today. She has started cooking classes at New Oriental in Hefei, Anhui.

Recipes for Delicious Snacks for Game Day

Recipes for Football Game Day Snacks

Home Cooking, Recipes, Snacks, Special Occasions

We have a bunch of recipes that make great snacks for your next football game day party. Try something different with these game day snacks!

Fried pork ribs by Chen Jing

Chinese Deep-fried Garlic Pork Ribs

Appetizers, Home Cooking, Mains & Sides, Pork

Would you like to learn how to deep-fry pork ribs? Today in my Chinese home kitchen, I will cook Chinese deep-fried garlic pork ribs.

Jing's Homemade Potato Chips

Homemade Potato Chips

Home Cooking, Snacks, Vegetables

If you like potato chips with the original flavor of potatoes, free of food additives, join me in making homemade potato chips!