unit5 Chinese Cuisine.ppt

Unit 5 Chinese Cuisine Chinese Idioms vs Cuisine 民以食为天。 食色，性也 。 食不厌精 Chinese Idioms vs Cuisine Food is the first necessity of subsistence. The desire for food and sex is part of human nature. One does not object to the finest food. Chinese Idioms vs Cuisine 对酒当歌，人生几何？ 酒逢知己千杯少。 天下无不散的宴席。 Chinese Idioms vs Cuisine Enjoy wine and song while we can, for life is short. For a congenial friend a thousand toasts are not enough. All good things must come to an end. The Five Tastes Sour Sweet Bitter Hot Salty Common Staples 食用油 cooking oil 葱 scallion 酱油 soy sauce 姜 ginger 醋 vinegar 大蒜 garlic 麻油 sesame oil 花椒 cayenne pepper 辣椒粉 chili 胡椒 pepper Preparing the Materials 切块 cut into chunks 切丁 dice 切片 slice 切丝 shred 剁碎 mince Cooking Methods and Common Menu (interpret!) 煮 boil boiled shrimps with salt 蒸 steam steamed bass with scallion and black beans Cooking Methods and Common Menu 煲、焖 stew stewed chicken in casserole double-stewed soup 红烧 braise braised pork leg Cooking Methods and Common Menu 干烧 fry fried prawns 煎 pan-fry pan-fried shrimps with egg white 炸 deep-fry deep-fried spring chicken Cooking Methods and Common Menu 炒 stir-fry stir-fried rice 爆 quick-fry quick-fried pork and scallions Cooking Methods and Common Menu 烤 roast roasted suckling pig 烘 bake baked cookies 熏 smoke smoked pork Cantonese Cuisine The Cantonese style of cooking is probably the most familiar to the Western palate, for the greater number of Chinese restaurants established outside China are of this type. Features of this style are the great variety of dishes and the beauty of their presentation. 广东菜也许是西方人最熟悉的，因为中国境外的中餐馆大多是广东菜馆。广东菜的特色是种类多样，外观悦目。 Steam and water are used in preparation more than frying, and v