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Chinese Food Made Easy |
12 July 2008 |
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 Chef Ching-He Huang
Helping to spread the message that Chinese food can be healthy, quick and delicious, chef and TV presenter Ching-He Huang joins Jane is studio to talk about her BBC 2 series Chinese Food Made Easy. Huang brings in her wok and gives Jane a lesson in stress-free, and MSG-free, Chinese cookery.
Chinese Food Made Easy, the TV series: Mondays on BBC 2 at 8.30pm.
Chinese Food Made Easy the book: Harper Collins, £16.99, ISBN 978-0-00-726498-8
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Spicy warm bacon or lardon and cucumber salad
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Serves 2
100g/ 3½oz smoked lean bacon or lardons, or pancetta
1 tablespoon groundnut oil
6 long dried chillies
2 teaspoons Sichuan peppercorns
1 star anise
1 medium red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
1 tablespoon Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
2 tablespoons clear rice vinegar or cider vinegar
200g/7oz cucumber halved lengthways, deseeded and sliced into 1 cm/ ½ inch thick wedges
1 pinch sea salt
1-2 pinches of dried chilli flakes
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon chilli oil
1 very small handful of fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped
Dry-roasted peanuts (optional)
- Cut the bacon (or lardons) into 1 cm/ ½ inch thick pieces. Heat a wok or pan over a high heat and add the groundnut oil. Add the dried chillies and Sichuan peppercorns and stir-fry for a few seconds until fragrant.
- Add the star anise and bacon or lardons and stir-fry until they have turned golden brown at the edges. Add the chopped chilli and stir-fry for a few seconds.
- Add the rice wine or sherry, the sesame oil and vinegar and stir-fry for a few seconds, then add the cucumber and stir-fry for a few seconds.
- Season with the salt, dried chilli flakes and lime juice.
- Place on a serving plate, drizzle over the chilli oil, garnish with the chopped coriander, sprinkle over some peanuts, if you like them, and serve immediately.
Ching’s tip: If you are a vegetarian, substitute chestnut and shiitake mushrooms for the bacon or lardoons.
Recipe from Chinese Food Made Easy by Ching-He Huang
Harper Collins Publishers ISBN-13: 978 0007264988
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