Chinese Takeaway Cookbook : From Chop Suey to Sweet 'n' Sour, Over 70 Recipes to Re-create Your Favourites

Chinese is the UK's favourite takeout food, and it's beloved all over the world – as with much Indian food, it's the nostalgic, comforting creations for western palates that really get people salivating. Now you can make your favourite Chinese restaurant classics at home with Kwoklyn Wan's fabulous Chinese Takeaway Cookbook. Kwoklyn is a third-generation Chinese chef: BBC (British-Born Chinese). He's also the brother of TV celebrity Gok Wan and both boys grew up working in their family's Cantonese Restaurant in Leicester in the 1970s. He has spent years perfecting recipes for Chinese dishes that taste like the ones from your local takeaway kitchen or restaurant. The book features 70 classic dishes, everything from sweet and sour chicken to char siu, prawn toast to chop suey, egg-fried rice to crispy seaweed – and most of them can be on the table in 20 minutes or less. Cook up a storm at home with Kwoklyn's fabulous take on food from the takeaway. ebook,Cookery Intro Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Introduction Chinese food etiquette & customs Chinese cooking techniques Wok craft STARTERS & SOUPS Vegetarian Mini Spring Rolls Crispy Seaweed Sesame Seed Prawn Toast Satay Chicken Skewers Sweet Chinese BBQ Ribs Crispy Aromatic Duck with Hoisin Sauce and Pancakes Classic Pancake Rolls Five Spice Ribs Deep-Fried Crispy Wontons Sweet Chilli Crispy Wings Chicken Yuk Sung Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup Peking Hot and Sour Soup Chicken Noodle Soup Chicken and Mushroom Soup Wonton Soup CHICKEN & DUCK Honey and Lemon Chicken Chicken with Sweet Ginger and PineappleChicken and Mushrooms Chicken and Cashew Nuts Chicken and Straw Mushrooms Chicken and Pineapple Spicy Hoi Sin Chicken Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls Chinese Chicken Curry Shredded Crispy Chicken with Black Pepper and Salt Chinese Roast Duck or Goose Roast Duck with Beansprouts and Chinese BBQ Sauce Roast Duck with Chinese Mushrooms Roast Duck with Plum Sauce Wandering Dragon SEAFOOD Szechuan King Prawns Drunken King Prawns with Mixed Vegetables King Prawns and Tomatoes King Prawn Foo Yung King Prawns, Ginger and Spring Onion Kung Po King PrawnsSatay King Prawns Chilli and Salt Squid with Peppers and Onions BEEF & PORK Beef, Green Pepper and Black Bean Sauce Shredded Crispy Chilli Beef Beef with Oyster Sauce Fillet Steak Canton OK Beef Black Pepper Beef with Green Peppers and Onions Chinese Roast Pork Chop Suey Char Siu Pork, Beansprouts and BBQ Sauce Cantonese Style Sweet and Sour Pork Chinese Roast BBQ Pork Crispy Belly Pork Happy Family VEGETARIAN Lo Hon Mixed Vegetables Buddha's Delight Chinese Broccoli in Garlic Sauce Stir-Fried Bok Choy Chinese Mushrooms with Oyster Sauce Mixed Chinese MushroomsCrispy Fried Tofu in a Hot and Sour Sauce Szechuan Style Crispy Tofu with Chilli and Salt Tofu with Chinese Mushrooms RICE & NOODLES Perfect Steamed Rice Egg Fried Rice Yung Chow (Yangzhou) Special Fried Rice Plain Chow Mein Chicken Chow Mein Char Siu Pork Chow Mein Chinese Mixed Vegetable Chow Mein Singapore Chow Mein Singapore Rice Noodles BUNS & SWEET THINGS Steamed Bao Buns Chinese Egg Custard Tart Chiffon Pandan Cake Chinese Toffee Apples Banana Fritters Iced Coffee Tea Store cupboard essentials Index Acknowledgements