By Raytif
Loh
Being raised in a Chinese family, Chinese food is very much a
part of me. Chinese cooking uses various methods, such as stir-fry,
deep-fry, simmer, boil, steam and so on, with no less than twenty
ways. The most commonly used method is still stir fry or 'chao' in
mandarin.
Stir fry is not limited by any quantity and types of
ingredients, anything can be mixed and stir fried in the same dish
which creates for a good basis of "color". Finely cut ingredients
are cooked under high heat for a short period of time. The taste
seeps into the food quite easily, emanating wonderful aroma. Since
stir fries are made usually very quickly, it prevents the loss of
nutritional content from food.
Tips on stir frying recipe:
(1) Ensure all ingredients are ready and close at hand. Cube,
slice, mince lean meat finely, cutting against the grain. Deep fry
marinated meat a few seconds before beginning the main stir fry.
Cut vegetable according to their shape. Blanch first the very hard
ones.
(2) My mother used to tell me that a Chinese wok is good for
stir frying as compared to a non-stick ones because it can produce
'wok hei' in Cantonese meaning 'wok's aroma' when being heated at a
high temperature. Good stir frying needs to have concentrated fire
and heat. Non-stick pan cannot be heated at high heat as it can
damage the coating easily.
(3) After pouring a little oil, swirl it around to coat most of
the surface and heat it over medium high heat about 1 minute.
(4) When it is almost smoking, add in ground garlic or scallion
sections and stir fry for few seconds. Then scatter vegetable or
meat in the wok. When ground garlic or scallion sections are cooked
as flavoring, the aroma is overwhelmingly strong but
satisfying.
(5) Turn and flip food in generous sweeping motions to prevent
burning and ensure even cooking.
(6) Add all seasoning and flavoring after few seconds.
(7) Bring back to the boil then turn the heat down and cover for
few seconds to reduce liquid in the wok.
(8) Decorate stir fried with chopped coriander leaves, sliced
cucumber or finely sliced spring onions and chopped chillies.
(9) Serve piping hot as soon as possible.
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