CONTENTS List of Recipes Foreword Introduction Ingredients Equipment Techniques Menus and How to Eat Chinese Food Appetisers Soups Meat Poultry Fish & Shellfish Vegetables Rice, Noodles & Dough Desserts Conversion tables About the Book Set to become a kitchen classic, this all-encompassing work guides you through the essential techniques, equipment and ingredients, all with Ken’s trusted blend of experience and enthusiasm. Featuring 250 recipes covering all aspects of Chinese food, Ken offers tips and inspiration for a wealth of dishes that use simple, healthy ingredients to create quick and delicious meals. Over the past 25 years Ken has brought Chinese cookery into mainstream British homes, and in this beautifully photographed new package he brings together all of his expertise to offer the ultimate guide to the flavours of China. About the Author Ken Hom is widely regarded as the world’s leading authority on Oriental cuisine, and with the Complete Chinese Cookbook has created a seminal collection of his best-loved dishes. With Cantonese stir-fries and spicy Sichuan favourites alongside new discoveries from the lesser-known culinary styles of Yunnan and Hong Kong, this comprehensive collection is filled with accessible and easy-to-follow recipes, demonstrating the amazing depth of flavour that is only now being fully appreciated in modern Chinese cuisine. List of Recipes Almond Jelly with Fresh Oranges Asparagus and Minced Chicken Soup Aubergine with Sesame Sauce Ban Doufu Barbecued Quails Barbecued Roast Pork Bean Sauce Chicken Bean Sauce Noodles Beancurd Spinach Soup Beef in Oyster Sauce Beef Soup with Fresh Coriander Beggar’s Chicken Beijing (Peking) Braised Lamb Beijing (Peking) Duck Beijing (Peking) Dumplings – Guotie and Jiaozi Beijing (Peking) Onion Cakes Beijing (Peking) Pan-fried Beancurd Beijing (Peking) Prawns Braised Beancurd Casserole Family Style Braised Beancurd with Mushrooms Braised Beijing (Peking) Cabbage in Cream Sauce Braised Cauliflower with Oyster Sauce Braised Duck Braised Fish Braised Noodles with Crabmeat Braised Pork Belly Shanghai Style Braised Pork with Beancurd Braised Prawns Braised Spicy Aubergines Buddhist Casserole Cabbage and Pork Soup Cantonese Pressed Duck Cantonese Roast Duck Caramelised Walnuts Cashew Chicken Chicken and Mushroom Soup Chicken and Spinach Soup Chicken Fried Rice Chicken in Black Bean Sauce Chicken on Crispy Noodles Chicken Stock Chicken, Sausage and Rice Casserole Chilli Pork Spareribs Chinese Cabbage Soup Chinese Leaves in Soy Sauce Chinese Pancakes Chiu Chow Fried Rice Chiu Chow Noodles in Sesame Sauce Chiu Chow Style Sweet and Sour Pork Chow Mein Cold Almond Pudding with Fresh Fruit Cold Beijing (Peking) Pork Cold Cucumber Salad with Garlic Cold Honeydew Melon and Coconut Soup Cold Marinated Bean Sprouts Cold Marinated Peanuts Cold Peppers with Black Beans Cold Sesame Broccoli Cold Spicy Noodles Cold Sweet and Sour Chinese Leaves Country-style Aubergine Crab Casserole in a Clay Pot Crab in Egg Custard Crab with Black Bean Sauce Crispy ‘Seaweed’ Crispy Chicken Crispy Fish Roll Crispy Fried Pigeons Crispy Shrimp Paste Chicken Crispy Sichuan Duck Curried Chicken with Peppers Curried Sweetcorn Soup with Chicken Curried Vegetarian Spring Rolls Deep-fried Glutinous Rice Cakes Deep-fried Green Beans Deep-fried Milk Deep-Fried Oysters Double-steamed Bird’s Nest with Coconut Drunken Chicken Egg Custard Egg Fried Rice Eggs with Stir-fried Vegetables Eight Jewel Duck Firecracker Corn Fish Balls with Broccoli Fish in Hot and Sour Sauce Fish in Hot Sauce Fish in Wine Sauce Five-spice Red Braised Pigeons Five-spice Spareribs Four-colour Omelette Fragrant Crispy Chicken Fragrant Fried Ginger and Spring Onion Rice Fried Fish with Garlic and Spring Onions Fried Fish with Ginger Fried Rice - the basic recipe Fried Rice ‘Yang Chow’ Style Fried Rice with Beef Fried Rice with Pineapple Fried Sesame Seed Fish Fried Wontons Fruit Compote Garlic Chicken with Cucumber Ham and Bean Sprout Soup Ham and Marrow Soup Ham and Pigeon Steamed in Soup Home-style Omelette Honey Glazed Pork Honeydew Pudding Hot and Sour Cucumber Salad Hot and Sour Kidneys Hot and Sour Soup Hot Bean Thread Noodles Hot Spiced Chicken Kidney and Beancurd Soup Lemon Chicken Lettuce with Oyster Sauce Lionhead Pork Meatball Casserole Mango Chicken Mango Prawns Marbled Tea Eggs Meat-filled Omelette Minced Beef with Scrambled Eggs Mongolian Hot Pot Mu Shu Pork with Chinese Pancakes Pan-fried Fish with Lemon Sauce Pan-fried Stuffed Cucumbers Paper-wrapped Chicken Peaches in Honey Syrup Peanuts with Five-spice Perfect Steamed Rice Pickled Cucumber Salad Pickled Young Ginger Pork and Chicken Stock Pork with Black Bean Sauce Prawn Crackers Prawns with Honey-glazed Walnuts Preserved Vegetable Dumplings Rainbow Beef in Lettuce Cups Rainbow Rice Red-cooked Fish Red-cooked Oxtail Stew Refreshing Watercress Salad with Sesame Dressing Rice Cake Rice Congee Roast Crispy Pork Belly Salt and Pepper Beancurd Salt Roasted Chicken Savoury Glutinous Rice Stuffing Sesame Prawn Toast Shanghai Vegetable Rice Shanghai-style Wontons Shredded Chicken with Sesame Seeds Sichuan Dumplings in Spicy Sauce Sichuan Garden’s Dan-dan Noodles Sichuan Peppercorn Chicken Sichuan Prawns in Chilli Sauce Sichuan Style Congee