| Chinese food is a delicious way to expand your | | | | before eating. |
| personal recipe book, particularly if you love to use | | | | General Tso's Chicken - General Tso's chicken is a |
| simple, fresh ingredients with short cooking time. These | | | | Hunan cuisine that tastes spicy and sweet and very |
| top ten dishes are famous all over the world, and are | | | | popular in Chinese restaurants in Canada and America |
| must-haves in your collection of Chinese recipes. | | | | where it's often marked as a "chef's specialty". |
| Fried Rice - A popular item in Chinese restaurants, | | | | General Tso's Chicken recipe commonly calls for |
| fried rice is the ultimate Chinese food, and can be one | | | | battered chicken deep-fried and marinated with ginger, |
| of the most flexible in your cookbook because you | | | | garlic, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, Shaoxing |
| can use leftover rice and ingredients to make it. Of | | | | wine or sherry, sugar, scallions, and hot chili peppers. |
| course, you can use fresh ingredients but it's | | | | Spring Rolls - Spring rolls make fabulous snacks and |
| recommended to use rice that has been kept in the | | | | appetizers. They are similar to egg rolls, but are slightly |
| fridge overnight for best results. Ingredients usually | | | | different to its cousin. Springs rolls are have less filling |
| involved in making fried rice are eggs, spring onions, | | | | than egg rolls, is smaller in size and its skin is thinner. To |
| diced meat of either beef, chicken or pork, ham, | | | | make a spring roll, minced meat and thinly cut strips of |
| prawns and vegetables such as bean sprouts, peas, | | | | vegetables are rolled and sealed in a square or circular |
| celery, corn and carrots. There are many types of | | | | rice paper. It is then deep fried till crispy and golden |
| fried rice but the more famous ones are the Yong | | | | brown. Serve this crowd pleaser piping hot. |
| Chow and Fukien fried rice. | | | | Chinese Dumplings - Chinese dumplings are a fabulous |
| Kung Pao Chicken - Kung Pao chicken or Kung Po | | | | addition to your home cooked foods, and can be |
| chicken is a Chinese dish from Szechuan cuisine and is | | | | made simply and quickly using just a couple of |
| considered to be a delicacy. The recipe for this savory | | | | ingredients. The key to making an excellent dumpling is |
| dish commonly calls for diced chicken that is | | | | to ensure that all of your ingredients are finely minced, |
| pre-marinated and quickly stir-fried with unsalted | | | | so that each of the dumplings are steamed in the |
| roasted peanuts, red bell peppers, sherry or rice wine, | | | | same amount of time. |
| hoisin sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, and chili | | | | Beef and Broccoli - The key to cooking up a delicious |
| peppers. Alternatively, you can use shrimp, scallops, | | | | Beef and Broccoli dish at home is to make an |
| beef or pork in place of the chicken. | | | | excellent sauce made up of oyster sauce, light soy |
| Moo Shu Pork - This is a dish of northern Chinese | | | | sauce, thick soy sauce and cornstarch solution. |
| origin and a favorite of many. Ingredients in a Mushu | | | | Marinade the beef before stir frying with sugar, rice |
| pork recipe usually involve green cabbage, carrots, | | | | vinegar, cornstarch solution, soy sauce and sugar. |
| wood ear mushrooms, bean sprouts, scallions, | | | | Sweet and Sour Pork - This savory-sweet highly |
| scrambled eggs and day lily buds. Bell peppers, snow | | | | popular Chinese dish is of Cantonese origin. It is a good |
| pea pods, celery, onions, Shiitake mushrooms and bok | | | | dish to prepare when you are planning on having |
| choy are sometimes used. The vegetables are cut into | | | | guests, who will be wildly impressed with your cooking |
| long and thin strips before cooking, with the exception | | | | skill. As with other Chinese food recipes, the key to |
| for bean sprouts and day lily buds. Fried Mushu pork is | | | | making a great Sweet and Sour Pork dish is in the |
| then wrapped in moo shu pancakes that is brushed | | | | sauce made of sugar, ketchup, white vinegar, and soy |
| with hoisin sauce and eaten by hand. Moo shu | | | | sauce. Its ingredients include pork, pineapple, bell pepper |
| pancakes are thin wrappers made of flour that is | | | | and onion cut into bite size pieces. |
| easily available in supermarkets and steamed right | | | | |