Chinese Soul Food: A Friendly Guide for Homemade Dumplings Stir-Fries Soups and More

About this book

Any kitchen can be a Chinese kitchen with these 80 easy homestyle recipesplus tips and techniques for cooking with a wok stocking your pantry making rice and more Chinese food is more popular than any other cuisine and yet it often intimidates North American home cooks. Chinese Soul Food draws cooks into the kitchen with recipes that include sizzling potstickers simply but delicious stir-fries saucy braises and soups that bring comfort with a sip. These are dishes that feed the belly and speak the universal language of "mmm!" In Chinese Soul Food youll find approachable recipes and plenty of tips for favorite homestyle Chinese dishes such as red-braised pork belly dry-fried green beans braised-beef noodle soup green onion pancakes garlic eggplant and the authors famous potstickers which consistently sell out her cooking classes in Seattle. You will also find helpful tips and techniques such as caring for and using a wok and how to cook rice properly as well as a basic Chinese pantry list that also includes acceptable substitutions making it even simpler for the busiest among us to cook their favorite Chinese dishes at home. Recipes are streamlined to minimize the fear factor of unfamiliar ingredients and techniques and home cooks are gently guided toward becoming comfortable cooking satisfying Chinese meals.