Disclosure: I received a copy of this cookbook to review. All opinions are my own.
Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook
“Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook: 101 Delicious Recipes from My Mother’s Kitchen” has a delicious collection of recipes that you can prepare at home for the whole family. Many of the dishes can be made with the help of children. Before exploring all the recipes, you will learn about Chinese ingredients, basic cooking tips, essential tools and utensils then the must-know sauces used for Chinese cooking. You will be ready to make pot stickers, egg rolls, or shu mai and accompany it with Soy Ginger Edamame Salad or simple Egg Drop Soup in no time. Every recipe in this book comes with a picture and the visualization of each dish makes trying out the recipe fun.
This cookbook celebrates the value of family, a heritage culture passed from a mother to a daughter, a culinary tradition and innovation from one generation to the next, and treasured dishes from Katie’s family to ours. Chef Katie Chin delivers her passion and love for her heritage with this cookbook. There is a family story or a culture note from Katie at the beginning of each recipe. It makes every dish special with a personal touch. When you prepare a dish from the book for your family or guests you might have a story to tell. It could be about its hot chili peppers, its legend, or its nickname.
“Fast, fresh, fabulous Asian recipes every one can make at home…” said Chef Katie Chin in her cooking videos. Food brings people together. Food brings family together. In Chinese culture, having a family reunion dinner during Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn Moon Festival symbolizes togetherness and that is a celebration of family culture and heritage. Now, you can explore Chinese cuisine with 101 delicious recipes included in Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook and experience the Chinese culture with authentic dishes made in your own kitchen. What recipe are you going to try with your kid first?
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Try a homemade Chinese dish at home today! Here are Recipes that you and your family would enjoy.
Chef Katie Chin presents General Tso’s Chicken 左宗棠雞
(General Tso’s Chicken cooking and recipe video courtesy of Chef Katie Chin.)
Chef Katie Chin presents Oh My Shu Mei 燒賣
(Shu Mei cooking and recipe video courtesy of Chef Katie Chin.)
PBS Cooking Series (2003) Double Happiness: Katie Chin co-host with her mother, master chef, Leeann.
Braided Fish Steamed with Ginger and Green Onions dish is shown in the video below.
Double Happiness from matthew Jonas on Vimeo. (video courtesy of PBS|Matthew Jonas)
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Culture Note from Miss Panda about Chinese Regional Cuisines:
In general, Chinese regional cuisines vary by geography, climate, ethnic culture, religion and history. Northern cuisine includes Beijing, Sandong, Xian and inner Mongolia. With Beijing as the capital, the imperial cuisine like Roasted Peking Duck is well-known. Eastern cuisine includes Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui provinces. The most popular food from this region in the western world is Cantonese cuisine, such as Dim Sum. Chinese people will tell you that Eastern China Cuisine have five of the famous eight cuisines of China, taken from the Pearl River Delta to the Yangtze River Delta. Central China cuisine include Sichuan province and Hunan province and the dishes are hot and numbing spicy! Western China cuisine features Muslim food (hala food) and Tibetan dishes (a blend of Sichuan, Nepal, and India styles). Southern cuisine includes Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. This area features minority food, such as pickled vegetables and tofu.
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This sounds like a great cookbook. I’ve tried egg drop soup before and it didn’t turn out very well. However, ‘simple’ sounds good! Thank you for the helpful review.
Lisa, The little secret step for the Egg Drop Soup is that you add a little water to the egg before you add it to the soup. After you pour the egg into the soup make sure you don’t stir it for a few seconds. When the soup starts to bubble again you can stir it and you will see a nice soup and egg mix formation. Enjoy the book! Have a wonderful day!