Chinese Food Made Easy - BBC2 8:30pm

Glaucus · 07-07-2008, 19:32

In case anyone is interested, there's a new series starting tonight. Chiese food, which in the last few years never seems to be on tv. Since ken hom in the 90's.
Hopefully it will be good..

COOKERY: Chinese Food Made Easy
On: BBC 2 South West (2)
Date: Monday 7th July 2008 (starting in 59 minutes)
Time: 20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long)

Takeaway Favourites. Episode 1.
With 15,000 Chinese restaurants in Britain, Chinese food has recently been voted the UK's favourite takeaway. Ching-He Huang shows how delicious Chinese food can be made at home with easy-to-prepare recipes using healthy and easily found ingredients. She reveals the secrets of the perfect chicken Chow Mein, how to prepare sweet and sour pork with a delicious choi sum and mixed vegetable salad, and how to make a healthy version of top takeaway beef in oyster sauce with spinach and mushrooms.
(Stereo, New Series, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described)
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Tak · 07-07-2008, 19:35

Might have to record this

Cheers

Burble · 07-07-2008, 19:37

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Originally Posted by AcidHell2

Ching-He Huang

Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.

I used to be pretty good at knocking up Chinese food but can't remember the last time I did. I shall have to sort that when this spate of travelling is done with,

Glaucus · 07-07-2008, 19:39

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Originally Posted by Burble

Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.

really?

I hope she does a hoisin sauce.
The takeaway ones are really thick and slightly sour. The bottle ones taste nothing like it..

Burble · 07-07-2008, 19:42

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Originally Posted by AcidHell2

really?

Oh hell yes. Even more so than from the last TV series she did.

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Originally Posted by AcidHell2

I hope she does a hoisin sauce.
The takeaway ones are really thick and slightly sour. The bottle ones taste nothing like it..

One of my exes makes a mean hoisin sauce, she picked up the recipe when living in Beijing. She's living in Tokyo now but we're still in touch so I'll ask her to send me her recipe over.

Glaucus · 07-07-2008, 19:44

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Originally Posted by Burble

She's living in Tokyo now but we're still in touch so I'll ask her to send me her recipe over.

That would be great

Burble · 07-07-2008, 20:00

Kate's timing is impeccable it seems.

Her receipe is as follows:

Ingredients:

2 garlic cloves
1 chilli (without seeds if you're a wuss)
100g akamiso (otherwise known as red miso)
4 teaspoons sesame seed oil
4 teaspoons white wine vinegar
100ml dark soy sauce
2 tablespoon molasses

Method:

Finely chop the chilli and crush the garlic. Mix the garlic and chilli with the akamiso. Whisk in the soy sauce then sesame seed oil then vinegar. Heat the molasses in the microwave for a few seconds to melt it. Mix the molasses with the other ingredients and mix well. It can be a real sod to mix together.

Add more vinegar to make a sharper sauce and thicken with cornflour if necessary.

Glaucus · 07-07-2008, 20:15

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Originally Posted by Burble

100g akamiso (otherwise known as red miso)
.

ANy idea where you can get this from, I've never heard of it..

Burble · 07-07-2008, 20:18

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Originally Posted by AcidHell2

ANy idea where you can get this from, I've never heard of it..

It's a Japanese ingredient so if you've got a Japanese or Oriental supermarket near they should sell it.

There are different types of miso, but I'm told that the red variety is the one to use. Apparently the next best one to use is shiromiso, or white miso.

lostkat · 07-07-2008, 20:03

Cool!! Will be watching this one I think. Off to China in a couple of weeks with work too, so I'm extra super interested at the moment

07-07-2008, 19:32	#1
Glaucus Absinthe Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,855	Chinese Food Made Easy - BBC2 8:30pm In case anyone is interested, there's a new series starting tonight. Chiese food, which in the last few years never seems to be on tv. Since ken hom in the 90's. Hopefully it will be good.. COOKERY: Chinese Food Made Easy On: BBC 2 South West (2) Date: Monday 7th July 2008 (starting in 59 minutes) Time: 20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long) Takeaway Favourites. Episode 1. With 15,000 Chinese restaurants in Britain, Chinese food has recently been voted the UK's favourite takeaway. Ching-He Huang shows how delicious Chinese food can be made at home with easy-to-prepare recipes using healthy and easily found ingredients. She reveals the secrets of the perfect chicken Chow Mein, how to prepare sweet and sour pork with a delicious choi sum and mixed vegetable salad, and how to make a healthy version of top takeaway beef in oyster sauce with spinach and mushrooms. (Stereo, New Series, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Marked By: 'Favourite: Chinese Food Made Easy' marker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=158980 Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited. __________________

07-07-2008, 19:35	#2
Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	Might have to record this Cheers __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH!

07-07-2008, 20:03	#10
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Cool!! Will be watching this one I think. Off to China in a couple of weeks with work too, so I'm extra super interested at the moment __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

07-07-2008, 20:00	#7
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Kate's timing is impeccable it seems. Her receipe is as follows: Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves 1 chilli (without seeds if you're a wuss) 100g akamiso (otherwise known as red miso) 4 teaspoons sesame seed oil 4 teaspoons white wine vinegar 100ml dark soy sauce 2 tablespoon molasses Method: Finely chop the chilli and crush the garlic. Mix the garlic and chilli with the akamiso. Whisk in the soy sauce then sesame seed oil then vinegar. Heat the molasses in the microwave for a few seconds to melt it. Mix the molasses with the other ingredients and mix well. It can be a real sod to mix together. Add more vinegar to make a sharper sauce and thicken with cornflour if necessary.