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Ken Hom's Quick & Easy Chinese Cooking by Ken Hom

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  • Spicy fried cashew nuts

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stir-fries; Appetizers / starters; Snacks; Chinese; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: peanut oil; raw cashew nuts; ground cayenne pepper; five-spice powder

  • Cold cucumber salad

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Salads; Appetizers / starters; Summer; Picnics & outdoors; Chinese; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: cucumbers; shallots; light soy sauce; dark soy sauce; white rice vinegar; red chiles; toasted sesame oil

  • Chinese barbecued chicken wings

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Chinese
    • Ingredients: chicken wings; ginger; hoisin sauce; toasted sesame oil; chilli bean paste; dark soy sauce; rice wine

  • Minced prawns in lettuce cups

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stocks; Appetizers / starters; Lunch; Main course; Chinese
    • Ingredients: iceberg lettuce; prawns; red bell peppers; asparagus; ginger; scallions; toasted sesame oil; hoisin sauce; peanut oil; garlic; light soy sauce

  • Grilled prawns with cilantro and ginger sauce

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Sauces, general; Appetizers / starters; Side dish; Chinese
    • Ingredients: prawns; ginger; toasted sesame oil; hoisin sauce; cilantro; light soy sauce; rice wine; white rice vinegar

  • Crispy prawns

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stir-fries; Appetizers / starters; Main course; Chinese
    • Ingredients: prawns; ginger; five-spice powder; bread crumbs; peanut oil; eggs; light soy sauce; rice wine

  • Quick and easy chicken stock

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stocks; Cooking ahead; Chinese
    • Ingredients: chicken wings; onions; ginger

  • Chicken and watercress soup

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Chinese
    • Ingredients: chicken breasts; watercress; toasted sesame oil; rice wine; chicken stock; dried Chinese mushrooms

  • Chicken with rice noodles in soup

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Chinese
    • Ingredients: chicken breasts; toasted sesame oil; chicken stock; green onions; rice stick noodles

  • Tomato-ginger soup

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Chinese
    • Ingredients: chicken stock; ginger; chilli bean paste; light soy sauce; tomatoes

  • Tri-color soup

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Chinese
    • Ingredients: chicken stock; ginger; tomatoes; bean curd; light soy sauce; white pepper; white rice vinegar; spinach

  • Whole fish soup

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Chinese
    • Ingredients: ginger; celery; toasted sesame oil; light soy sauce; rice wine; green onions; sea bass

  • Fast seafood soup

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Chinese
    • Ingredients: ginger; toasted sesame oil; cod fillets; chilli bean paste; rice wine; white pepper; light soy sauce

  • Rich beef soup

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups; Cooking ahead; Chinese
    • Ingredients: ground beef; green onions; dark soy sauce; chicken stock; chile bean paste; white pepper

  • Stir-fried peppers with scallops

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stir-fries; Main course; Dinner parties/entertaining; Chinese
    • Ingredients: scallops; red bell peppers; green bell peppers; ginger; green onions; yellow bean sauce; toasted sesame oil; rice wine; light soy sauce; peanut oil

  • Stir-fried scallops with leeks

    • Categories: Stir-fries; Quick / easy; Main course; Chinese
    • Ingredients: scallops; ginger; green onions; toasted sesame oil; leeks; dark soy sauce; chilli bean paste; rice wine; peanut oil

  • Stir-fried prawns and peas

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stir-fries; Main course; Lunch; Dinner parties/entertaining; Chinese
    • Ingredients: ginger; green onions; toasted sesame oil; prawns; peas; peanut oil

  • Prawns in ginger sauce

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stir-fries; Sauces for fish; Main course; Appetizers / starters; Dinner parties/entertaining; Chinese
    • Ingredients: ginger; green onions; toasted sesame oil; prawns; cilantro; rice wine; light soy sauce; peanut oil

  • Whole prawns baked in salt

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Main course; Cooking for a crowd; Dinner parties/entertaining; Chinese
    • Ingredients: ginger; prawns; coarse sea salt; black rice vinegar

  • Hot pepper prawns

    • Categories: Stir-fries; Quick / easy; Main course; Appetizers / starters; Chinese
    • Ingredients: prawns; toasted sesame oil; chiles; green onions; dark soy sauce; peanut oil; white rice vinegar; Chinese salted black beans; garlic

  • Mussels in black bean sauce

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stir-fries; Sauces for fish; Main course; Chinese
    • Ingredients: garlic; green onions; ginger; light soy sauce; mussels; Chinese salted black beans

  • Fast curried fish stew

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Curry; Main course; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Dinner parties/entertaining; Chinese
    • Ingredients: toasted sesame oil; carrots; peas; coconut milk; cod fillets; white pepper; curry powder

  • Five minute fish cooked on a plate

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Main course; Dinner parties/entertaining; Chinese
    • Ingredients: dark soy sauce; light soy sauce; ginger; toasted sesame oil; green onions; rice wine; salmon fillets; peanut oil

  • Quick pan-fried spicy fish

    • Categories: Quick / easy; Main course; Chinese
    • Ingredients: light soy sauce; ginger; toasted sesame oil; five-spice powder; garlic; rice wine; cod fillets; peanut oil

  • Steamed salmon with black bean sauce

    • Categories: Sauces for fish; Quick / easy; Main course; Appetizers / starters; Dinner parties/entertaining; Chinese
    • Ingredients: toasted sesame oil; garlic; ginger; green onions; dark soy sauce; light soy sauce; Chinese salted black beans; peanut oil; salmon fillets

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  • ISBN 10 0877018367
  • ISBN 13 9780877018360
  • Published Dec 31 1990
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Chronicle Books
  • Imprint Chronicle Books

Publishers Text

Described by Craig Claiborne as "one of the world's leading authorities on Chinese cooking," Ken Hom is also a master of quick cuisine. Ken Hom's Quick and Easy Chinese Cooking dishes up delicious Chinese fare in mere minutes with mouth-watering recipes and quick tips for healthy, nourishing meals in no time. Shopping lists, itemized preparation and cooking times, menu suggestions, and strategies for shortcuts beat the clock with everything from appetizers and soups to main dishes and desserts. Designed for today's household running on a hectic schedule, as well as for the cook who wants a gratifying dinner without much fuss, this book satisfies with home-cooked meals organized ahead of time, or tasty treats whipped up in minutes. In an era when even discerning cooks are tempted to compromise to save time, Ken Hom comes to the rescue with Ten Minute Salmon with Green Onion Sauce, or Papaya and Grapefruit Salad. Readers can serve up Quick Orange-Lemon Chicken in twenty minutes, or Elizabeth Chong's Noodle Salad in just seventeen minutes. Using shelves stocked with items from the book's suggested Basic Chinese Pantry, even the most reluctant cook can conjure up a fabulous meal. Lavish full-color photographs round out this truly indispensable resource for cooks on the go.

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