Jeffrey's Top 5 Tips For Cooking Chinese Food

Hunger Pangs is a series about cooking great Chinese food at home, starring ATK's Kevin Pang and his father Jeffrey. In this episode, they give you a rundown of their five essential tips for cooking Chinese food.

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[umamizaddy]

Good tips, here's a few more I'd like to add to the repertoire:
1. Never heat up sesame oil
2. Parboil your veggies before stir-frying. Also add a tiny splash of water during cooking to ensure perfect doneness.
3. Add sugar to enhance flavor and balance
4. Don't be afraid to use high heat
5. Don't stir, flip or toss food too soon. Allow proteins and veggies to sit still and develop a nice char before tossing.
6. Invest in a good carbon steel wok or skillet (at least 12") and educate yourself to properly maintain it
7. Use high smoke point oils for stir-frying. Avocado, peanut, sunflower, grapeseed and extra virgin coconut oil are all great
8. To achieve a natural non-stick surface on the wok/pan, heat up oil until it begins to smoke, dump it, then add cold oil and begin cooking. This technique is called Longyau
9. The secret to tender, silky, and smooth meat/fish is a common practice called velveting using egg white and cornstarch to marinade (skip the soapy tasting baking soda)

[theallseeingmaster]

The thing I like the best about ATC is that everything they publish about cooking food works. I subscribe and have subscribed for years.

[roderickcampbell]

Brilliant. Short and straight to the point. Even cooking challenged people like me can use this advice. Many thanks.

[nchiusanochiusano]

Please Keep This Series Running ATK!!! What A Wonderful Bunch Of Truly Essential Tips(5) For The Beginner To Advanced Household Cooks Who Are Trying To Give It A Go In Their Homes & Making Homemade Asian Dishes!!!

[stevelogan]

Gentleman, outstanding tips, need to be on multiple times a week, best food show on you tube, ATK found a gem in you fellows

[ronalddevine]

What excellent advice. Even if you don't cook Chinese at home, the advice to fry in batches and the baking soda is great.

[youeyeball]

Cool, thanks gentlemen, and thank you to all at ATK 🙏❕️ Love these segments and your handy tips/reminders will ALWAYS be appreciated 👏👏👏❕️

[stevearrico]

Yeah, As an Italian, I can get in touch with my Chinese side.
Thanks again and keep the videos coming!

[cindyburns]

Thank you good knowledge to have especially if you are new to Chinese cooking.

[shannoncourtney]

I love this series, you two make a great father-son team with some great tips!

[sunflowerbaby]

Hi. Could you guys make a video on the essential Chinese pantry items we need and name the brands? Thanks.

[david_reynolds]

Gosh I wish they could find more people like you to cook on ATK!!!!

[ggbice]

I have always loved to cook and bake, but pre pandemic, I went out often for Chinese food.
Since then, like so many of us, cooking went into high gear.
I now make great fried rice dishes that I probably would never have done.
I make a large amount of Jasmin rice, separate and freeze the portions. It's a time saver, as there is plenty of prep work to be done before stir frying.
I love these two! Happy cooking!

[FunAtDisney]

Wonderful tips! I use cornstarch in the marinade and sauce all the time, but the baking soda tip was great, as was the bottled pantry staples! Thanks Pangs!

[jessiebaillargeon]

Definitely more Chinese cooking on America's test kitchen I enjoy watching this Father and son Duo they're awesome and my best friend in the whole wide world is Chinese

[Stellaperez]

You two are the best! Love when you put up anew video.

[ricklarouche]

Great 5 suggestions.. l make my rice in slightly larger batches, and freeze it.. then thaw before using, works for me!

[flybyairplane]

ATK, THANKS FOR ‘HUNGER PANGS’ & thanks for these cooking tips, , , 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[TomSuntotheMax]

Such excellent useful tips!! Thank you very much! Now can we have more

[mermeridian]

Thank you! Common sense tips that will come in very handy in LOTS of applications. I am by NO means a beginning cook and to this day I find that I'm still learning, and that's the way it should be. Thanks!