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The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook: Fresh Recipes to Sizzle, Steam, and Stir-Fry Restaurant Favorites at Home
Want to make easy, healthy Chinese food? Go for a wok.
In the time it takes to call for takeout, you could make a delicious Chinese dinner at home! The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook shows you how to create nourishing, satisfying versions of Chinese restaurant favorites using just a wok. With this one versatile pan, you can stir-fry meats, steam veggies, simmer soup, and more.
This Chinese cookbook uses lower sodium and sugar, heart-healthy oils, lean cuts of meat, and fresh produce—no deep-fryer or MSG in sight. Many recipes include substitutions and variations, so you can experiment with ingredients and customize flavors just the way you like them.
In The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook , you'll
Skip the takeout and enjoy quick, healthy Chinese food with The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook .
In the time it takes to call for takeout, you could make a delicious Chinese dinner at home! The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook shows you how to create nourishing, satisfying versions of Chinese restaurant favorites using just a wok. With this one versatile pan, you can stir-fry meats, steam veggies, simmer soup, and more.
This Chinese cookbook uses lower sodium and sugar, heart-healthy oils, lean cuts of meat, and fresh produce—no deep-fryer or MSG in sight. Many recipes include substitutions and variations, so you can experiment with ingredients and customize flavors just the way you like them.
In The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook , you'll
Skip the takeout and enjoy quick, healthy Chinese food with The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook .
192 pages, Paperback
Published May 23, 2017
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August 29, 2017
Charmaine Ferrara brings cooking to a whole new level when it comes to recipes for the most common Chinese dishes.
The book contains "The Basics" which includes brown rice and congee. It also contains sections for "Appetizers and Dim Sum", "Soups", "Vegetables and Tofu", "Poultry", "Pork and Beef", "Seafood", and "Noodles and Rice".
What's special about the section labelled "The Basics" is that in addition to your rice and congee dish, it also includes recipes for sauces such as the "Sweet and Sour Sauce" and "Brown Sauce". Other recipes in this book refer back to such basics in their ingredients.
This book is great because the recipes are straight-to-the-point, and easy to replicate. Most dishes include the typical ginger and garlic in their ingredients. A rule of thumb is to always have your soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sauce, sweet and sour sauce, and sesame oil on hand.
Recipes are also easy to be modified. For example, the sweet and sour sauce chicken can be fried or stir-fried. Serving sizes can typically range from 4 to 6 people per recipe.
The book contains "The Basics" which includes brown rice and congee. It also contains sections for "Appetizers and Dim Sum", "Soups", "Vegetables and Tofu", "Poultry", "Pork and Beef", "Seafood", and "Noodles and Rice".
What's special about the section labelled "The Basics" is that in addition to your rice and congee dish, it also includes recipes for sauces such as the "Sweet and Sour Sauce" and "Brown Sauce". Other recipes in this book refer back to such basics in their ingredients.
This book is great because the recipes are straight-to-the-point, and easy to replicate. Most dishes include the typical ginger and garlic in their ingredients. A rule of thumb is to always have your soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sauce, sweet and sour sauce, and sesame oil on hand.
Recipes are also easy to be modified. For example, the sweet and sour sauce chicken can be fried or stir-fried. Serving sizes can typically range from 4 to 6 people per recipe.
June 1, 2017
Amazing recipes and lovely photos!
I loved the easy conversational tone of the book and the simplicity of the recipes. After reading this well organized and user friendly cookbook cover-to-cover, I found so many of my favorite recipes, that I couldn't resist firing up my wok to try the Beef and Broccoli for dinner. The recipe was easy to follow exactly. Ingredients were already in my pantry. Delicious! So much tastier and healthier than take-out. My family loved it and I did too. Looking forward to trying lots of these recipes!
Thank you, Charmaine, for sharing a bit of your family's culture and obvious love of healthy Chinese cooking through this lovely book.
I loved the easy conversational tone of the book and the simplicity of the recipes. After reading this well organized and user friendly cookbook cover-to-cover, I found so many of my favorite recipes, that I couldn't resist firing up my wok to try the Beef and Broccoli for dinner. The recipe was easy to follow exactly. Ingredients were already in my pantry. Delicious! So much tastier and healthier than take-out. My family loved it and I did too. Looking forward to trying lots of these recipes!
Thank you, Charmaine, for sharing a bit of your family's culture and obvious love of healthy Chinese cooking through this lovely book.
June 20, 2018
Healthy methods and ingredients
January 30, 2019
great recipes in a single medium - the wok.
February 23, 2022
Easy recipes - and easy prep, nice descriptions.
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