Yan-Kit's Classic Chinese Cook Book
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Recipes listed from this edition: 9
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Spiced-Salt Prawns (椒塩蝦, jiāoyánxiā) reviewed by friederike
Not impressed. It was quite salty (obviously), but didn't contain enough spices to make it interesting. Also, I would have expected it to be crunchy (probably because of the salt-and-spice association), but that wasn't the case.
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Fish in a Wine Sauce (酒溜魚片, jiǔ liū yúpiàn) reviewed by friederike
So-so. It tasted of salt and little else. And yet, I could see it working if you reduce the amount of salt and serve it as part of a larger buffet with several aromatic dishes to which this dish will serve as a contrast.
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Willow Chicken in Black Bean Sauce (豉椒雞柳, chǐ jiāo jī liǔ) reviewed by friederike
Very delicious, though on the salty side of things. I'm afraid there's little you can do as it's mainly the black beans that are so salty, but try to cut salt wherever you can, eg. omit the salt in the marinade, use water instead of stock in the sauce,...
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Hot Chili Oil (辣油, là yòu) reviewed by friederike
Very easy to make, and very hot. Very cool! We made this to make Braised Fish Hunan-Szechwan Style and it was great!
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