10 authentic recipes in Ken Hom's Complete Chinese Cookbook (2024)

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by Jessica Lockyer-Palmer

published on 16 June 2020

If you're missing your favourite Chinese takeaway or restaurant and are keen to master some of your favourite dishes at home, Ken Hom's Complete Chinese Cookbook is a brilliant resource to get you started. Widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on the diverse regional culinary styles that make up modern Chinese cookery, in this seminal cookbook,Kenshares a comprehensive and accessible collection of recipes to help home cooks master the many flavours of this revered cuisine. Featuring in-depth guides to essential ingredients, equipment and techniques, this collection of 250 recipes spans much-loved classics and lesser-known dishes to try, all with Ken's failsafe instructions, making this the ultimate guide to recreatingthe flavoursof China at home.

Keen to see what's in store? Here are ten recipes from the book to give you a taste of what to expect.

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Easy-to-follow recipes from basic dishes to elaborate feasts

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Chicken Fried Rice

This recipe is based on the best chicken fried rice Ken has ever tasted,from a street food stall in China. With an emphasison ensuring the chicken is as tender as possiblem the resulting dish boasts melt-in-the-mouth chicken and bagsof flavour thanks to a combination of ginger, shrimp paste and sesame, and is also the perfect way to use up leftover rice.

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Sichuan Dumplings in Spicy Sauce

If one of the elements of Chinese cookery you enjoy most is the dumplings, this recipe is one to try. Filled with minced pork and mushrooms and delicately spiced, they are a great opener to a Sichuan feast or can make for a lighter standalone meal in themselves.

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Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Beef Chilli Bean Sauce

A popular dish in Canton, this stir fry of wide rice noodles and tender beef fillet brings together layers of flavours and textures in one wok. A serious level up on your average stir fry!

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Curried Vegetarian Spring Rolls

Inspired by a version he discovered in Shanghai, in this twist on a much-loved classic starterKen adds curry powder to the vegetable filling, making for a spring roll with a difference.

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Barbecued Pork

In China, barbecued pork is typically sold in speciality shops, but with this recipe Ken teaches you how to unlock the secrets of this revered dish at home. With itstrademark sweet and aromatic sauce, it is deliciousserved on a simple bed of rice, but, as Ken points out, the leftovers are also wonderful in sandwiches, wonton soups or in fried rice and can also be frozen so you have a stash to call on whenever a craving strikes.

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Stir-fried Pepper Beef with Mangetout

If black pepper beef is your go-toChinese dish, this recipe will not disappoint and it also couldn't be simpler or quicker. After a quick marinade, strips of beef fillet are seared in the wok and then finished alongside green pepper and mangetout in an oyster sauce. Best of all, this flexible recipe allows you to switch up the mangetoutfor whatever you have access to.

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Bean Sauce Chicken

Listen up, lovers of chicken in yellow bean sauce, this is the recipe to help you master your dish of choice at home. Rich with the aroma ofyellow bean pasteand crunchy with peanuts, this tender chicken dish is another quick and simple wok-based dish that you could easily whip up on a weeknight.

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Crispy Sichuan Duck

Ken's authentic crispy duck recipe will help you master this all-timefavourite dish at home. A classic example of a recipethat requires a little bit of extra effort but is guaranteed to reward your hard work, many of the stages can be done in advance and the final outcome is a fitting centrepiece for even the most special of occasions.

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Sichuan Prawns in Chilli Sauce

Every weeknight repertoire needs a quick prawn stir fry, and this authentic Sichuan recipe has gone straight to the top of our list of favourites. Featuring just the right amount of punch and not too much sweetness, the chilli sauce is the perfect addition to plump prawns.

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Aubergine with Sesame Sauce

Inspired by the street markets in Beijing and Chengdu, thisaubergine dish is packed with flavours of sesame and chilli and is deceptively easy to make. Serve as an impressive starter or alongside rice as a main vegetarian-friendlymeal.

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