Includes index

Introduction -- Key ingredients, techniques, and equipment -- Dumplings -- Little eats -- Rice and noodles -- Stir-fries -- Soups and braises -- Celebration -- Guilty pleasures

Chinese food is more popular than any other cuisine and yet it often intimidates North American home cooks. Chinese Soul Food draws cooks into the kitchen with recipes that include sizzling potstickers, stir-fries that areunbelievably easy to make, saucy braises, and soups that bring comfort with a sip. These are dishes that feed the belly and speak the universal language of "mmm!" You'll find approachable recipes and plenty of tips for favorite homestyle Chinese dishes, such as red-braised pork belly, dry-fried green beans, braised-beef noodle soup, green onion pancakes, garlic eggplant, and the author's famous potstickers, which consistently sell out her cooking classes in Seattle. You will also find helpful tips and techniques, such as caring for and using a wok and how to cook rice properly, as well as a basic Chinese pantry list that also includes acceptable substitutions

Chinese food often intimidates North American home cooks. Chou draws cooks into the kitchen with recipes that feed the belly and speak the universal language of "mmm!" You'll find approachable recipes and plenty of tips for favorite homestyle Chinese dishes, as wells as helpful tips and techniques, such as caring for and using a wok and how to cook rice properly. She also includes a basic Chinese pantry list with acceptable substitutions