Chinese food cooking

Introduction

The first time I ate Chinese food in Germany in 1970, it was really unattractive. Everything was served with a gloppy sauce and seemed to taste the same, because the excessive use of mono-sodium glutamate, which should taste good, but it's really terrible. In 1980 a new type of China-Restaurant is then arrived, the tasting recipes Simple Chinese available. There was a disadvantage, but this new type ofRestaurants were more expensive than the cheap original tasting bland. So I thought how it would be nice to be home to cook Chinese food, the comfort of my own but I had no idea where to begin Should I started watching until the food network.

The food web presented Chinese cuisine in a way that is easy to demonstrate techniques and proposed a number of ingredients than you would at your local grocery store. I am grateful for this great showand what he brought to the table with regard to Chinese cuisine.

So on your way to cook Chinese food in the comfort of your own home, I briefly describe the basic tools, ingredients and methods, you need to know the production of simple and tasty dishes. We hope this article inspires you to go into the kitchen and cook for themselves.

Equipment

While there are many tools and equipment you can buy to cook how to startChinese food for yourself, I need knives and a good wok. Wok in all shapes and sizes, can anti-adhesive, floor plan, and some can even be electric these days, but I prefer my old carbon steel wok, with its large circular base and a wooden handle. This is called a Pau wok. These are available in Chinese supermarkets across the country and are much cheaper than most other brands. This is an important task, but before you are ready to cookthe wok, you need to make properly. You have to scrub with soap to remove all traces of machine oil and dry thoroughly. Place wok on the stove over low heat. Wipe the inside of the wok with three tablespoons of cooking oil with a paper towel. Let the wok heat slowly for ten to fifteen minutes, then wipe the inside with a cloth. The paper dissolves black. Next off coating, heating and cleaning, until the cloth is clean. Your wok is now ready for use.After use, wash in water and without detergent and dry thoroughly on low heat. You can also use a little oil if desired. This should help the wok off the grill. If you develop Rust, simply rinse and repeat the process.

Everybody needs a wok wok support, especially if you have an electric stove. This keeps the wok stable if you use it for braised or roasted.

You also need something to do with the feeling - a spatula, slice or a skimmer - a wok metal-metal and plastic or woodStick Stick is a wok. Hopefully some of these tools will help you in your journey easy cook better Chinese food.

Freezing and cooked

Most people associate a freezing meat, fish, vegetables and fruit. However, keep cooked foods well below freezing. full use of your freezer this year to prepare cakes, cookies, cakes, breads and even snacks, ready for the busy Christmas period or parties. If you are expecting guests, think of the convenience of having the morning and afternoon tea prepared in advance. No fuss or bother to take, just the elements for defrosting the freezer, it whist sitting relaxedEnjoy your guests' company.

Cakes
Package not met, a freezing-cold cake in plastic bags and seal and label. It 'should protect it with a double layer of plastic. cake batter into greased cake pans can be frozen. Wrap and seal tightly and freeze. To cook, remove the packaging and place frozen pie baked in the oven until.

Cream filled cake
Both cream and cream can be frozen successfully synthetic. If cream is used, the advice is to leave a standRefrigerator, after beating, use for at least 2-3 hours to resolve the water at the bottom of the pot, then fill cakes and sponges. This method prevents a moist soil during thawing.

Ice cake
Cake of ice must be frozen first, then packed and sealed for storage in the freezer. Water icing art tends to be very fragile after freezing. synthetic ice is very sticky. I propose a simple butter icing using any type of fruit juice (lemon, to keep OrangeGrapefruit, passion fruit, etc.).

Easy butter icing
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon soft butter
1 tablespoon juice
Sift icing sugar into a bowl. Add the butter and juice and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth and light in texture.

Cookies
If the foundation recipes are used, cookies can be frozen successfully, whether cooked or raw as a paste. When cooked, frozen with the Free-flow method, package carefully and well kept, label andStore in freezer. uncooked dough can roll round or cylindrical in shape, are then packaged in the shape of ice cream. To cook, cut, frozen dough as thin as necessary, on a baking sheet and bake the second recipe.

Pretzels
All kinds of delicious snacks can be frozen cooked or raw. Let the type of coverage is your guide, as long overdue. to avoid freezing the trays for about two hours before packing, fragmentation, if kept in the freezer. Frozen snacks canglass with a little beaten egg then in a hot oven (400 ° F, Gas No. 6), straight from the freezer for about 20 minutes.

Bread
All types of frozen bread and rolls well, there are a number of my friends bread improves with freezing. However, good packaging materials are always used. Poor packaging is drying, and the change of taste. slices of frozen bread can be separated easily, while still frozen, the great advantage is that if smallThe quantities are needed. If a piece of bread is required in a hurry, just preheat the oven and bake for about 20 minutes. If left in a hurry to wrap the bread thaw at room temperature.

uncooked dough can be frozen. Wrap and seal, and are used before freezing tin for baking. Thaw before cooking.