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Chinese Recipes


Chinese meals are generally based around two main elements: firstly, a starchy "main food" (Mandarin Chinese: Zhushi) dish such as noodles, rice or steamed buns ("mantou"), and secondly, accompanying meat, seafood or vegetables (Mandarin Chinese: Cài).

Chinese meals

It would wrong however to think of China as simply being home to a single cuisine. Each region of the country has developed its uniquely culinary style, and additionally overseas Chinese communities around the world have both adapted traditional Chinese dishes, and developed entirely new dishes.

Some popular Chinese dishes include:
  • Baozi (xiaolongbao) - Steamed buns usually containing meat soup (sometimes seafood or vegetables may be used instead). The buns are initially prepared using a meat gelatin filling, but when the bun is steamed, this melts and becomes soup.

  • Congee - A porridge, usually made from rice, although sometimes barley, cornmeal, millet or sorghum may be used instead.

    Baozi

  • Guotie - Fried dumplings containing ground (minced) meat and/or vegetables.

  • Jiaozi - Steamed dumplings containing ground (minced) meat and/or vegetables.

  • Shuijiao - Boiled dumplings containing ground (minced) meat and/or vegetables.

  • General Tso's chicken - Deep-fried chicken in a sweet-spicy sauce. This dish is very popular in Canada and the US, but is virtually unknown in China.

  • Kung Po chicken - Chicken cooked with Sichuan peppercorns, Shaoxing wine, and nuts (peanuts or cashew nuts). In Western countries, the dish has been adapted to local tastes and ingredients (for example, by using bell peppers), and additionally other meats, or seafood, may be used instead of chicken.

    Kung Po chicken (Westernized version)

  • Mantou - A steamed bun. One of the staple dishes of North China.

  • Peking duck - Originally from Beijing (which used to be known as "Peking"), Peking duck is one of the most famous Chinese dishes. A duck is glazed with a syrup and roasted, it is then carved in front of diners, and eaten by wrapping the duck meat, with scallions or cucumber, and plum sauce, into small steamed pancakes (Mandarin Chinese: pinyin). In the UK, the duck is generally prepared using more spices, fried instead of roasted, and known as "cripsy aromatic duck".

  • Soy egg - A hard-boiled egg in soy sauce, sugar and water, flavored with herbs and spices.

  • Tea egg - A hard-boiled egg, soaked or stewed in tea.

  • Zhajiang mian - Thick wehat noodles with ground pork, stired-fried with fermented soybean paste.


  • Zongzi - Bamboo leaves filled with glutinous rice and other fillings. Zongzi are boiled or steam before eating.
Here are some recipe books and cookbooks for Chinese food:

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The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking: Techniques and Recipes

By Barbara Tropp

William Morrow Cookbooks
Released: 1996-04-15
Paperback (624 pages)

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This classic text on Chinese Cooking Technique, now available in paperback, combines an insider's knowledge of authentic Chinese cooking and culture with more than two hundred recipes.

Easy Family Recipes from a Chinese-American Childhood (Knopf Cooks American Series)

By Ken Hom

Knopf
Released: 1997-09-30
Hardcover (319 pages)

Easy Family Recipes from a Chinese-American Childhood (Knopf Cooks American Series)
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From Ken Hom, the internationally bestselling cookbook writer, comes this warm, personal evocation of the foods he savored as a child growing up in Chicago's Chinatown. His 150 simple, comforting, scrumptious recipes represent the kinds of dishes his mother prepared every day or served on family occasions. Throughout, Hom shares memories of his family. 23 photos and 45 drawings.

100 Succulent Chinese Recipes - Cooking Chinese Style

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100 Succulent Chinese Recipes - Cooking Chinese Style
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100 Succulent Chinese Recipes! You too can quickly and easily be Cooking Chinese Style with these excellent recipes! Do you ever get that craving for your favorite Chinese dish, but it's too late to go out and eat or just not convenient? Well now you can satisfy that craving and make it yourself in the comfort of your own kitchen! These simple recipes will put delicious Oriental recipes within your ability to prepare at home, thanks to these simple instructions!

Simple Chinese Recipes (Cooking for Today Step-By-Step)

Whitecap Books
Paperback (240 pages)

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The Cooking of China & Recipes: Chinese Cooking ~ Foods of the World 2 Book Box Set with Slipcase

By Emily Hahn and the Editors of Time-Life Books

Time-Life Books
Hardcover

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Recipes: Chinese Cooking (Foods of the World)

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Time-Life Books
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The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Chinese Recipe Cooking Sauces

ICON Group International, Inc.
Released: 2003-06-02
Digital (226 pages)
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This study covers the world outlook for chinese recipe cooking sauces across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-a-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.

Chinese Recipes and Cooking

By Li Yung

Wan Li Book Company
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The Cooking of China & Recipes: Chinese Cooking ~ Foods of the World 2 Book Box Set with Slipcase

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