Chinese Food Made Easy - Ching-He Huang

I only saw a couple of episodes of the 2008 BBC TV series "Chinese Food Made Easy" presented by the lovely Ching-He Huang but what I saw really impressed me as each week she would go out onto the streets with a portable gas stove and a wok and get a group of ordinary people to cook one of her dishes with her trademark phrase "Wok On" signalling time to start cooking. The food all looked delicious and healthy and easy to make and I knew I had to get the book when it came out. The book "Chinese Food Made Easy" is a spin off from the TV series but you need not have seen the TV programmes to appreciate how good the book is. The book ...  Read the complete review

I never watched the series of this but have been an ardent fan of Chinese food since I was a child so a modern book with simple to prepare dishes which are also quite healthy really appealed to me. On first read I was already salivating in anticipation at the numerous delicious sounding dishes. The first recipe I tried was Crispy Chicken. This dish was great but I found that adding salt as well as soy sauce was unneccesary. We all know too much salt is not good for you so I left it out the next time and found it tasted even better. Next I tried Spicy Dofu and Edamame beans. It was my first time cooking tofu and I was really pleased with the ...  Read the complete review

CHINESE FOOD In China, the food that is served is very symbolic. YIN AND YANG.. Hot and cold. Male and female. The philosophy of yin and yang lies at the heart of Chinese culture....The Chinese believe problems arise not when the two forces are battling, but when there is an imbalance between them in the environment How does the concept of yin and yang relate to food? A basic adherence to this philosophy can be found in any Chinese dish, from stir-fried beef with broccoli to sweet and sour pork. There is always a balance in color, flavors, and textures..... However, belief in the importance of following the principles of yin ...  Read the complete review

Chinese Food Made Easy by Ching-He Huang is full of easy to make Chinese recipes. The series of the same name appeared on the BBC and Ching took her wok everywhere and cooked food in the street, at the races and in peoples work places to show how simple it is to cook up a good meal in no time at all. Ching's storyGlamorous young food entrepreneur Ching-He Huang is the face of Chinese Food Made Easy. Born in Taiwan to Chinese parents, Ching was born in Taiwan to Chinese Parents and was raised on freshly cooked home meals for which Her major food influences come from the traditional cooking styles of her farming community grandparents, who lived ...  Read the complete review

I loved the series of this book and enjoyed watching it every week, so when the book came out, I bought it in hardback version when I was out shopping on the weekend. When I came home I sat down and started to read the book carefully and made a list of all the ingredients that I had and which that I had to buy. This book complements the television series very well and although does not have every recipe that she made on the show it does have a wide variety of recipes. Ching-He Huang offers the reader 100 healthy Chinese meals, and although I would not try them all myself I would try a few. The meals are all quite easy to follow and with exact direction and quantities ...  Read the complete review