New Concept of Home Cooking Delicious Stir-fry (Color Printing)

Author: Huang Chunsheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Chinese cuisine has a long history. Through thousands of years of development and refinement, it has become an integral part of Chinese culture and a precious legacy left to us by our ancestors. Cooking is also one of the most frequent household chores, and making every meal satisfying for the whole family is not an easy task. There are, of course, many reasons for this, but under certain material conditions, how well cooking skills are mastered can be considered a key factor. Stir-frying is the most important of all cooking techniques and is widely used in households. Stir-frying is generally divided into four types:
The first is raw stir-frying, where the main ingredients are mostly raw, with little or no thickening, and are directly added to a hot wok and stir-fried over high heat until about five to six percent cooked, then other ingredients and seasonings are added and quickly stir-fried until done.
The second is cooked stir-frying, where large pieces of ingredients are first processed to be half or fully cooked, then cut into pieces, slices, or shreds, and briefly stir-fried in a hot wok. Ingredients, seasonings, or sauces are added in order, and everything is stir-fried evenly.
The third is dry stir-frying, where the main ingredients are added to the hot wok without any other ingredients or marination and are quickly stir-fried until golden brown on the surface, then ingredients and seasonings are added and stir-fried until the sauce is reduced.
The fourth is soft stir-frying, where raw ingredients are minced into a paste, mixed with seasonings and stock to form a smooth paste, poured into a hot wok, and continuously stirred with a spatula while adding a moderate amount of salad oil until the ingredients clump together and form a snow-like texture. This is a highly technical stir-frying technique.
This book will introduce cooking knowledge to a broad audience from the basic scope of cooking. It includes requirements and processing of ingredients, with the aim of guiding everyone to truly understand the key points of stir-frying. I sincerely hope that this book will help improve everyone's cooking skills, enabling them to create delicious stir-fried dishes.