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![]() The Chinese Chicken Cookbook : 100 Easy-to-Prepare, Authentic Recipes for the American Table In China the chicken
represents the phoenix, the mythological bird that rose from its ashes
and that symbolizes rebirth and reaffirmation. Because of this deeply
held belief, chicken is served at every New Year celebration, every
wedding feast, and every birthday dinner. The chicken is honored for
its eggs, its meat, and the flavor it provides for stocks and broths.
Because of the reverence for this bird, the Chinese prepare chicken in
myriad ways. Chicken is steamed, baked, boiled, stir-fried, deep-fried,
pan-fried, and roasted. It is served hot, cold, or at room temperature.
No part of the chicken is wasted from its bones to its skin to its
feet, a Chinese delicacy. Now, renowned Chinese
cooking expert Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, who has been called "the Marcella
Hazan of Chinese cooking" by The New York Times, brings her
love of Chinese cooking and traditional Chinese chicken recipes to
American home cooks in The Chinese Chicken Cookbook. Although these recipes use ingredients that home chefs can
find in the
international section of a well-stocked supermarket or on the Internet,
Lo includes the Chinese names for ingredients and recipes, rendered in
beautiful Chinese calligraphic characters. Not only decorative, these
characters can help you locate unfamiliar ingredients in a Chinese
market. The Chinese Chicken Cookbook also has sections on how
to select and clean a chicken, a detailed explanation of Chinese
ingredients, suggested equipment (including how to properly season a
wok), and how to cook a perfect pot of rice. |