The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook by Gloria Bley Miller

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    • Ingredients: stewing chicken; vegetables of your choice; sherry
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  • pitterpat4 on July 09, 2015

    In the late 1970's I cooked from this book. My family had just been introduced to Chinese food and wanted to eat more of it at home. Even as a teenager, I found the recipes easy to follow.

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • Smashed cucumbers

    • lorloff on December 17, 2011

      Reduce the amount of vinegar.

  • Marinated mushrooms 1

    • nicolepellegrini on May 29, 2020

      This was a tasty side dish to serve with a stir-fry. Very simple to throw together.

  • Basic stir-fried pork 1

    • Ledlund on May 12, 2018

      I did this with onion, sugar snap peas, and shitake mushrooms. Flavor was too boring/bland for me.

  • Stir-fried chicken and peanuts 1

    • Ledlund on May 12, 2018

      The recipe instructions involving the egg whites were vague. Basically you want to velvet the chicken before stir frying. Once I figured out that was the intent, the recipe worked great and tasted fantastic.

  • Steamed marinated scallops and ham

    • rodillagra on March 15, 2015

      https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WAdwmxjTgUcC&pg=PA487&lpg=PA487&dq=Steamed+marinated+scallops+and+ham&source=bl&ots=hUEVgZtOiN&sig=cWnauGfb-vTXtfZpKHIC-hDsxXY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YZUFVd6zJu_Y7AbOpoHgDA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Steamed%20marinated%20scallops%20and%20ham&f=false

    • Lmastriaco on January 02, 2021

      Steamed in microwave

  • Stir-fried shrimp with peppers and tomatoes

    • debconnell on March 03, 2024

      One of my favorite recipes! It's extremely simple but I increased all the amounts to 2 lb shrimp, 2 green peppers, 3 tomatoes, 3 garlic, 3 scallions, 1 c stock

  • Sherry-honey marinade for barbecued pork

    • jenniwa on September 01, 2016

      Amazing! Used 1.5 lb pork shoulder, pricked to allow marinade to permeate. Great for fried rice.

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  • ISBN 10 0399128352
  • ISBN 13 9780399128356
  • Published Mar 01 1987
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Putnam Adult
  • Imprint Putnam Adult

Publishers Text

An essential resource in the American kitchen and a classic for nearly four decades, this is the definitive Chinese cookbook, perfect for cooks at every level

Here is the largest, most comprehensive Chinese cookbook ever published for the Western world. A Tastemaker Award winner, Gloria Bley Miller distills centuries of Chinese recipes and techniques into concise and easy-to-follow directions that will enable any cook to produce dishes that please the eye, delight the palate, and suit the budget.

With verve and wit, Miller tells you how to prepare everything from egg drop soup and drunken pork to sizzling rice and delicate wontons. There are 150 recipes for chicken alone, plus dozens of variations on pork dishes, vegetables, and noodles, as well as other Chinese favorites. Using Miller's recipes, ordinary meat and seafood become delicacies, while vegetables retain their color and texture. And Miller's delicious recipes are splendidly high in nutrients and low in calories.


The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook contains everything the cook needs to know about Chinese cooking, including how to:

  • Use special Chinese cooking techniques such as steaming and stir-frying

  • Create unique seasonings and sauces

  • Substitute hard-to-find ingredients with those available in any supermarket

  • Plan menus suited to every time constraint, budget, and occasion

The classic Chinese cookbook, this is the only book you'll ever need to master one of the world's greatest and most versatile cuisines.

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