Chinese food recipes at home. Secrets of Chinese cuisine - Cooking recipe with photos

In Chinese culture, and in the life of each Chinese, food plays a very important role, it is almost the main theme of any conversation. The Chinese even at the meeting instead of "Hi, how are you?", Are you interested, whether a person hung around today, and I am absolutely not joking. Phrase "You attended today?" (你 吃 了 吗 - Ni Chi Le Ma?) It has long been an ordinary form of greeting.

Chinese national cuisine

Somehow unambiguously characterize traditional Chinese cuisine is difficult because China is a huge country in which 56 nationalities live, each of them has special culinary traditions and recipes. But that is why Chinese cuisine is so diverse and unique.

If we compose, then you can select two main geographic regions: north and south. The main difference is that noodle appears in the north as the main dish, or dumplings (fried, boiled, steam) and fresh bread (manto). In the north, food is more salted, fatty and nutritious.

In the south, preference gives dishes from rice (boiled rice, rice noodles, rice cake). At the same time, South traditional cuisine It is characterized by sweetest and acute food.

As in other hot countries, in ancient China, pepper was used for disinfection, because at high temperatures it is difficult to ensure freshness of products, and to avoid various intestinal infections, all food generously sprinkled with sharp seasonings. In addition to the north and south, the Sichuan cuisine is allocated, which is most famous for its sharpness, served there so much spicy dishesThat far from every Chinese will be able to digest her, but for local the rest of the food seems too fresh.

But it is not necessary to think that the abundance of peppers is found only in the south, for most foreigners, almost any Chinese food will seem sharp, simply because we are absolutely not accustomed to such an abundance of seasonings and spices.

In general, the Chinese are very loved by various kinds of spices, seasonings, additives and actively use them in cooking. They highlight five major flavors and five ingredients that answer them: sharp - pepper and ginger, sour - vinegar, salt - salt, bitter - wine, sweet - sophisticated. In the market, even eyes scatter, so much everything we do not even suspect. Garlic, sharp red pepper, ginger, quinet, carnation, anise and others use the greatest popularity. All this gives Chinese dishes a unique taste and aroma.

At the same time, unlike us, the Chinese practically do not eat salt and sugar. Salt replaces the soy sauce, which is part of almost any dish, they don't really complain sugar at all, even more so they do not add it to tea as we. But they love to add various flowers and dried fruits into tea.

The advantage of Chinese cuisine is the use of a large amount of vegetables and greenery, while the processing of most of them is minimal (screaming with boiling water, to break a bit, disappear), which allows you to preserve more beneficial substances and vitamins. In general in China round year Very wide range of vegetables and fruits not only in the south, but also in the north of the country. Here and in winter you can buy tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants, asparagus, all kinds of cabbage and more. About preservation Local even did not hear why, if everything is sold in the market in the latest form?

The Chinese major weight is one Jin ( 斤 jīn), which is 0.5 kg, therefore, the price of all weight products is indicated in Jinga, not kilograms. Prices for vegetables depend on the season: in winter and in the spring everything is worth a little more expensive than in summer or in the fall, it also depends on the province: in the south cheaper, in the north is more expensive. Here are approximate prices in the market:

• broccoli - 6-8 yuan,
• eggplant - 6,
• cucumbers - 3.5-4,
• cherry tomatoes - 5,
• cabbage - 2.5,
• black Eyed Peas – 6-7,
• potato - 2-2.5,
• zucchini - 4. (All prices are in the yuan, for 0.5 kg, approximate course 1 USD \u003d 6.4 yuan)

In addition to the usual vegetables, the Chinese eat roots, bulbs and lotus seeds, bamboo sprouts, wood mushrooms, etc. Surprisingly, much of this is very tasty!

The variety of fruits here also shakes, besides the already familiar to us bananas-oranges, you can buy papaya in China, dragon fruit, Jackfruit, Durian, Lychee, Mango, delicious pineapples. Many of these fruits in supermarkets are available all year round, but it is still better to buy. seasonal fruit, because they are cheaper, and there are more vitamins.

Early autumn the most common fruits are watermelons, melons, apples, grapes, papaya and dragon fruit. At this time, Papaya and dragon fruit will cost approximately 5 yuan per piece, sometimes in 10 yuan you can buy 3.

From November, they begin to sell persimmune, tangerines, oranges, the price will be about the same from 2.5 yuan for Jin.

In February, the pineapple season begins, the price is from 4 yuan for Jin, in March-April in China a lot of mango, which costs 7-10 yuan for Jin (the price depends on the size, small stand cheaper, large - more expensive).

In May-June, strawberries, coconuts, lychee, peaches will appear. As already written above, the price is usually indicated by Jin, but seasonal fruits are often sold on the so-called discount, for example, 3 Jing - 10 yuan, that is, the price is indicated for 1.5 kg. On large fruits, such as papaya, coconut or dragon fruit, the price is often indicated by the piece. Now (April) on the market. Taxes: Coconut 10 / Piece, Lemon 2.5 / Piece, Tangerines, Apples, Bananas 2.5-3 for Jin, Mango - 8 for Jin.

Is it true that the Chinese are omnivore

No matter how terribly sounded, but the Chinese really eat almost everything that runs, jumps, flies and crawls. In addition to birds, porks and beef, in some provinces of China, the meat of dogs and cats, pigeons, snakes, frogs, turtles, monkeys and even rare and protected animals are eaten. Rare animals are illegal, but the Chinese and this does not stop, believe me. Not so long ago, the Chinese were arrested, who sold Panda meat listed in the Red Book, what else to say here? All kinds of internships go through. In antiquity, this was due to the fact that food was not enough for everyone, and it was not necessary to sort out to survive people ate all that could catch. Nowadays, if we are talking about exotic dishes, then it is rather the opportunity to demonstrate its financial well-being. Another reason to appeal to the exotic is the desire to correct your health. The Chinese believe that soup with a turtle will give longevity, the dog meat will cure from diseases, the snake will make smarter and cunning. All plants that could be inventing use in cooking are also used. So, in my opinion, they are really omnivorous.

Features of meals

The Chinese have one very good habit: since childhood, they have been clearly developed for food intake mode. Indeed, most Chinese eat around the clock:

• breakfast from 7.00 to 9.00;
• lunch from 11.00 to 14.00;
• dinner 17.00 to 19.00.

Perhaps it is precisely thanks to this that they do not have overweight problems. In these intervals, all institutions are full. It is at this time that a large number of trays with different street food leaves on the street. During the rest of the place, the institutions also work, but there is no excitement, only single visitors who have been embarrassed from the schedule for one reason or another, come to reinforce.

Everyone knows that the Chinese eat chopsticks, but not everyone knows that it is necessary to observe a certain etiquette. But the Chinese have a magnificently owned by this skill in perfect, they even have a cartoon on this topic, which teaches children to handle chopsticks. From what I remember: You can not leave vertically stuck sticks in a plate (bad mark and symbol of death), you can not lick the sticks, as the food is taken from the common plate, you can not specify with chopsticks at the table sitting at the table, knocking them on the table or a plate, it is impossible Catching through food in search of the best piece, to what was touched, then take, and much more.

Another feature of the Chinese can be called the fact that a very small percentage of people is preparing to eat at home, most of the population prefers to eat in establishments or take a meal for removal. Sometimes it strides that many women absolutely do not know how to cook or, if they know how, they will not spend time at this time. The exceptions are holidays, and then not in all families. In fact, it is very convenient and cheap, sometimes it seems to me that it is even more expensive to cook at home. Especially since every corner has a mass of various establishments for every taste and wallet.

By the way, the Chinese meal is also different from our. If in our restaurant, everyone ordes a separate dish, then the Chinese have everything completely vice versa. If there is more than one person at the table, then several different dishes are always ordered at all. A large common dishes and a separate rice with rice or manto are served on the table. Everyone takes gradually from each dish. Many establishments made special round tables with a rotating stand so that it is more convenient to get all the dishes.

If we begin our meal with liquid (soup), then the Chinese finish them, considering that it is so good to health. At the same time, they absolutely do not look like our soup, there are no meat, no potatoes, nothing that we are so accustomed. It is rather some viscous turbid broth with an egg, herbs, possibly rice.

Another Chinese are very litto the table. All that cannot be eaten, for example, bones or skins, pieces of pepper spits not to a plate, but straight on the shared table or on the floor. In general, personally for me to eat with the Chinese at one table is not quite pleasant, because we have completely different ideas about the correct behavior at the table, the fact that they are natural for them, for us a bad tone.

Unusual products and dishes for us

As I said, the Chinese eat everything. I call it required productionOn the one hand, it is good that they find ways to get a maximum of everything, on the other hand, weirdly, when people in an expensive restaurant eat various demands or bones. One of these wonderful "Claws of Phoenix" (泡椒凤爪 - Pàojiāo Fèngzhǎo), does it sound like, is it? In fact, these are chicken paws, the most that with claws. Do not believe? See yourself. Chicken paws marinated in different sauces are sold with stores, these are so-called snacks or Chinese 小吃 xiǎochī, the Chinese are often gnawing them with beer. In addition to chicken legs, eat and duck necks, paws, heads, and lamb heads, cow stomachs, there is even a dish of duck blood, but I think we will do without a photo, because I personally unpleasantly watch it, so you have to believe in word .

Soy dairy products

I do not know, the truth is either myth, but the Chinese consider lactose intolerance as a national peculiarity. Most of them do not use dairy products familiar to us, instead they eat soy cheese and drink soy milk. For the most part, they do not suspect the existence of such products as kefir, ryazhenka and cottage cheese. Foreign cheeses, butter and yogurts are very expensive and not everyone for pocket. In the morning, the Chinese often drink soy milk, and various dishes are prepared from Tofu (soy cheese).

In most destination tofu. (豆腐 - DòUFU) harmless and sometimes tasty dishBut there is one of his varieties - chow Tofu (smelly tofu - 臭 豆腐 Chòudòufu), From the smell of which the nausea will really approach. It is not conveyed by words, it needs to be felt, but Sorrow is really terrible.

Canned Eggs Sunhuadadan (松花 蛋, sōnghuādàn)

This dish is also called "millennial" or "imperial" eggs. For its preparation use duck or chicken eggs. The shell is deceived by a special composition of ash, lime, salts, soda, leaves of plants and leave in a special place, where the air does not fall, to divest within 1-3 months. After the egg, it is thoroughly washed, cleaned from the shell and ventilate. It turns out that unusual dish. They say it does not smell very pleasant, but the taste is normal, but I did not risk try.

Strange taste addiction

The Chinese are large lovers of unusual taste combinations, for example, on the shelves of supermarkets can be found potato chips With cucumber, tomato, lime, honey and even chocolate.

Ice cream with peas, corn, beans, salt meat candy, sweet buns with beans or meat rope and much more will be familiar to them. Gourmet, in one word.

Exotic

Sea hedgehogs, swallows nests, shark, monkey brains, snakes, turtles and other exotic products for us are quite often found in Chinese cuisine, but it's not cheap pleasure. Such dishes can be tried in many Chinese restaurants.

But the most extreme in this regard is the southern Guandon Province, with the capital of Guangzhou. The local taste addiction shock not only foreigners, but also many Chinese from other provinces. Despite the protests of animal defenders around the world and the prohibitions of the Chinese government, smugglers are traded by rare species of animals, which then go into food, or are used in Chinese traditional medicine. Personally, I am against all this exotic, but if anyone is interested and want to try, then please. Here are the names of some exotic dishes:

• soup from shark fins 金 汤鱼翅 Jīntāng Yúchì
• frog paws under chili sauce 鲜椒 馋嘴蛙 Xiānjiāo chánzuǐwā,
• soup made of snake and chicken 凤凤 Lóngfèngtāng,
• meat snake with pepper and salt 椒盐蛇 肉 Jiāoyán Shé Ròu,
• snake roasted with bow 葱 爆蛙肉 CōNG Bào Shé Ròu,
• dish sea hero 海胆 蒸蛋 hǎidǎn zhēng dàn,
• soup of swallow nests 燕窝汤 Yànwōtāng,
• turtle Soup 甲 鱼 汤 jiǎyútāng,
• stew turtle in brown soybean sauce 红烧 甲 鱼 hóngshāo jiǎyú
• fried frog in soybean sauce 红 烧田 鸡 hóngshāo tiánjī,
• sea Cucumber (Trepang) Fried with bow 葱 烧素海参 Cōngshāo Sùhǎishēn.

There is one meal, it is called "Dragon fight with a tiger", its poetic name attracts many, but only until then, until they find out that the meat of the snake acts as a dragon, and in the role of a tiger - cats. In the Chinese menu do not write ingredients, and if you are absolutely not familiar with Chinese cuisine, then out of the name and it is not clear from which this or that dish is prepared. IN good restaurantsOf course, there must be a menu in English, but it happens not always and everywhere. In major tourist cities with this is really easier. In small, most likely, you will not find anything at all, except Chinese, well if there are pictures, and if there is no, then it's very bad. In this case, with it better to have a translator, it can be easily installed on the smartphone.

But, by the way, the Chinese are not eating different insects in everyday life. And all these spanks with scorpions, grasshoppers, cockroaches and caterpillars, which are offered on Vanfujin in Beijing, or other cities no more than a tourist attraction. Perhaps earlier and this went to the food, but not now. Although the Chinese can not be confident of all 100.

About Chinese taste addictions can be reasoned infinitely, but not needed, each after all. Our borsch, cold or herring under a fur coat for the rest of the world also seem absurd.

Popular food in China. What you should try

Peking Duck (北京 Běijīng Kǎoyā)

This is almost the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of China. Do not deny yourself the pleasure to try the dish, which actually became one of the main characters of Chinese cuisine. You can enjoy it in any city of China, and even a duck and called Peking, the original recipe for her cooking came from Shandong Province. Many cities have restaurants who specialize in the preparation of Peking ducks, and carry the corresponding name, but also in a conventional restaurant or cafe will be no less tasty. The peculiarity of this dish is that before cooking the duck marinate in special sauce From honey, jam and various spices. Sweet and crispy crust is the main highlight of this dish. Before serving, the duck is cut into small pieces, similar to the plates, but can be applied entirely and then partitioned. Peking duck can be tried not only in the restaurant, but also buy in special street shops. They do not need to order the whole duck, you can take half or even a quarter.

Pork in sweet-sweet sauce (糖醋 里 脊 Tángcù Lǐji)

Others from my favorite dishes that I would recommend order being in China is pork in sweet Sweet Sauce, or as it is also called Tansulji. Small pieces of meat roll in starch and roasted in the wok, then add a special sauce, ready dish Spring sesame. The dish is very pleasant: gentle, sour and sweet are very successfully combined in it, and, most importantly, it is absolutely not acute. By the way, in some places the pork is replaced by chicken, it turns out too well.

Carp in marinade, or fish in sweet and sweet sauce (糖醋 鲤鱼 Tángcù Lǐyú)

This dish is very similar to the pork in the sour-sweet sauce, but instead of meat it uses fish, as is clear from the name, mainly carp. The fish is preparing and served on the table entirely, and so that it is more convenient to eat with chopsticks, special cuts are made. For cooking used the same sweet and sour sauceBut the dish itself turns out more gentle. The only minus, in my opinion, this, that chopsticks are not very convenient to choose bones, but I didn't learn how to get into the fish as the Chinese. To fish, like practically all other dishes, rice must be ordered separately. For lovers of combination of sour and sweet, I recommend to try and fish, and pork.

Noodles in beef broth (牛肉面 Niúròu Miàn)

The crown dish of all Chinese Muslims is noodles in the beef broth (NiU ZHOU MIEN). You can try it in almost any city of China, but her homeland is the city of Lanzhou, in the north-west of China. Noodles is preparing manually, brewed and poured beef Broth. Then the greenery (kinza, onions), pieces of meat and spices are put in the plate. If you do not like sharp, then you can ask not to add pepper, and the broth itself is not sharp.

The cooking of noodles is mainly engaged in a man, since it is a very difficult thing and need strong hands, at least I did not have to see women behind this occupation. The dough is bypass, stretch, and then beat off the table, and so several times. The thinner in the end it turns out the noodle, the masterful reader is the master.

Fried noodles (炒面 Chǎomiàn)

By the way, in China noodles it is not just a dish, and also a good sign. Long strips symbolize a long life, so the Chinese believe that it is not only tasty, but also useful. In addition to the Muslim noodle, it is also worth trying and fried noodles(Chao Mien). In a special sauce, the Chinese roasted noodles together with eggs, various vegetables, meat or seafood. It turns out delicious, but, as for me, too fat.

Personally, I believe that Chinese cuisine is rather fatty and therefore heavy for the stomach, but how many people have so many opinions. I somehow asked why add so much oil into all the dishes, it's not a tasteless. Then the familiar Chinese woman explained that earlier, not only in antiquity, but after the arrival of Mao Zedong, the majority of the country's population lived very poorly, and they could not afford to use oil. It was considered a sign of prosperity and well-being, so now, richly watering oils, they want to show that they are all good and nothing is sorry for guests.

Baratzi (包子 Bāozi)

Chinese Baojez are large in size cooked for a couple of so-called dumplings, or fresh dough pies. The filling of them can be both meat and vegetarian (various greens, carrots, mushrooms).

These are usually served vinegar, which is also dark color, so do not confuse it with soy sauce, and different seasonings. Baocet can be bought on both the street and in the restaurant. In China, there is even a famous fast food network that occupy their preparations exclusively.

Jiaozi (饺子 jiǎozi)

Jiaoice - Chinese boiled or fried dumplings. The filling of them can also be absolutely any, they differ from Baratz the size and method of cooking.

Chicken, or Gongbao Chicken (宫保 Gōngbǎo Jīdīng)

Another famous chinese dish - Chicken Gunbao. Traditionally, it relates to Sichuan cuisine and is very sharp. I don't eat acute herself, but I really like the combination of ingredients in this dish (chicken, peanut or cashew, carrots, cucumber or zucchini). When I order a uncooked chicken Gunbao, the Chinese are laughing, they are angry, and they always say that without acute Sichuan pepper it becomes completely different. If you are hot, then you should try a dish cooked original recipeand if not, you can always be asked to do without pepper, it is worth only to say bujo Lázzi (不 要 辣子 Bùyàolàzi)

Ho-go (火锅 huǒguō)

There is another interesting dish in China, it is called the ho-th (or samovar). Interestingly because visitors are boiled by their own food. The table is brought or one large container with broth or several small (depends on the number of people) and raw prepared products. It can be different kinds Meat, seafood, tofu, mushrooms, vegetables, greens. The container is placed on the heating surface, and when the broth boils, it means that it is time to throw products there. When the products were welded, they need to get it and eat with special sauces. Broth and sauces are different, sharp and no, with various additives. In fact, this is a very pleasant way to spend time in the company, and the Chinese very often go to eat home, and at the same time sing karaoke immediately.

"Spicy Skin" (麻辣 香锅 Málàxiāng guō)

For this dish, you need to first choose products like a buffet. It can be vegetables, mushrooms, meat, seafood, tofu, and then prepared them in a special sauce and spices. The price depends on the number of selected products. Usually the price of vegetables is one, on the meat and seafood are different. When you chose the ingredients, they are weighed, and by weight determine the price.

Cinnine in fish sauce (鱼 香 肉丝 yúxiāng rÒusī)

For this meat, the meat is cut with straw and roasted on a large fire, adding sauce, garlic and hot peppers. According to the most Chinese, the sauce gives the dish fish smell, so in the literal translation, the name sounds like "Pork with the taste of fish". In fact, fish taste there is not felt, and the dish is tasty and interesting.

If you do not eat meat, then in China it will not be a big problem, because there are quite a lot of different vegetarian dishes here, for this case you need to know the word - Su 素 Sù, which denotes lean, or vegetarian. The meat will be Hong 荤 hūn. You can say for example in Bu Chi Hun de 我 不 吃荤 吃荤 的 (Wǒ Bù Chī Hūnde) I do not eat meat, or show them this phrase, you will be caught and offered food for vegetarians.

Chinese desserts

As such desserts in Chinese restaurants, and there is no traditional Chinese cuisine, there is no abundance of sweets even in stores. In fact, the Chinese are not very fond of all the sweet, somehow has not yet developed. Therefore, I would say that China is not for sweet tooths. Delicious sweets here are exported here. But they found a beautiful and more healthy replacement - fruit.

Fruits

As a dessert in restaurants, sliced \u200b\u200bpapaya is often served with some sweet syrup or sometimes it can be other fruits, such as mango or pineapple.

Most often, the Chinese festive meal ends with the fact that they carry a large dish beautifully laid out fruits, although fruits can be submitted at the very beginning, there are no strict rules on this score. Fruit plates are ordered even in bars to beer.

Street traders are universally selling another fruit treats Tankhulu - Fruits on a stick (糖葫 芦 Tánghúlu) filled or caramel, or whether sugar syrup. Fruits can be used any, but most often these are small Chinese apples. For a variety to try. By the way, Cherry Tomato, the Chinese also refer to fruit, so you can meet it fruit juices, and in sweet salads, and even on the decoration of the cake, and here in such Tanhulu too.

Even before arriving in China, when I went to our Chinese restaurants, I tried simply stunning dessert - fruits in Caramel (拔丝果 Básīshuǐguǒ, and was very surprised that I could not find them on the alleged homeland. If you are lucky to see in the menu Restaurant Something similar, be sure to try, it should be very tasty.

Bakery products

Cakes and cakes 蛋糕

Recently, in China, various confectionery and European cafes, which offer a variety of cakes, pastries and other desserts in China. But I can't call them tasty. Chinese cakes and pastries look insanely beautiful and appetizing, every cake is a work of art, but, unfortunately, they do not possess special taste qualities. Such different ones, the taste they are all the same: biscuit, a lot of cream and top fruit, on this fantasy of Chinese confectioners ends. Under the influence of the West, in recent years, the Chinese have become a birthday to buy cakes, although there were no such tradition before such a tradition.

Tartlets with egg cream (蛋挞 dàntà)

The Chinese have these tartlets are in great demand and are sold both on the streets, supermarkets, confectionery and in cafes and restaurants. The base from the puff pastry is filled with gentle egg cream and baked. It is worth such a delicacy is also cheap, from 3 yuan apiece.

Golden and Silver Moton (金银 馒头 Jīnyín Mántou)

In general, the mantow is a kind of Chinese fresh bread, but there is a kind of dessert. Buns cooked for a pair are served with condensed milk. One dish lay the buns of two colors, hence the name. Golden covered with syrup and baked in the oven, they are more delicious, white buns are fairly fairly.

Festive sweets

Security and cleanliness

Compared to our cafes and restaurants, many Chinese establishments look extremely unprepacently, they do not differ much clean, and a lot is preparing right on the street, right there the seller takes money, the meat separates the same hand. Plus, visitors themselves are very peasant, and it is not always clusted, the exception is only expensive restaurants. Many for the first time coming to the country are experiencing shock and horror, and I myself was like that. Always tried to imagine if it was in the hall such a mess, what is going on in the kitchen? But, to admit honestly, nor with me, nor my friends and friends, no food poisoning or other troubles related to food, for 4 years of life did not happen here, in what places we did not eat.

The most important thing is to try to choose crowd and relatively clean places. If the cafe is tasty, then every day there will be a lot of people, if the institution is empty, it is suspicious. However, the place attendance must be judged by time, because, as you remember, the Chinese keep regime. If the cafe is empty during dinner or lunch, it should alert, but if it is empty at other intervals, it is almost normal.

Personally, I personally have the quality of China's food causes doubt, in fact, everyone knows that this is a country of fakes, and products are no exception. Now and then I read in the news about the next scandal, then fake meat came on sale, then fake eggs, then prohibited substances are found in products. Sometimes in the news transmitted about the unscrupulous owners of establishments, which the drugs are being added to the food to ensure that they have a permanent influx of customers. So you should always be careful, because health depends on it.

When you live here constantly, it's all not at all funny. Many Chinese prefer to buy more expensive, but at the same time better-quality imported products. But still, I hope that not everything is so bad, as it seems, and at least there is still some useful substances in Chinese products. Of course, if you compare with your home, then we have the quality of products above, and somehow everything is more tastier.

Prices for food

Prices in China are absolutely different on food, it all depends on the status of establishment and the city. The cost begins from 1-2 USD for a portion of rice with vegetables or noodles and indefinitely. Naturally in major cities, such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, food prices are not only in establishments, but also in stores will be higher, in small cities below. The price depends on the quality of the ingredients.

The cheapest food in street trains. In addition to the fact that in every city there are whole streets and markets on which trays are located with food, every day by the hour, travelers go to universities, schools and other public places. For breakfast here for 1-2 USD you can buy a sandwich with egg, sausage or vegetables, soy milk, boiled egg, corn, fruit on a stick. At another time, kebabs, vegetables, sell cold noodles, various cakes and other snacks are fried here. I would advise you to try a local hamburger, it is called "Johyshabǐng" (夹 饼, ròujiābǐng) pellet, inside which embed roasted meat with spices, very tasty and satisfying.

In the seaside cities, the Luckers prepare seafood and fish, in Muslim sore kebabs. In general, of course, in each city on the streets you can find very tasty and interesting dishesand most often have street food China is quite safe. Do not be afraid to buy food on the streets, but, of course, the hygiene must be observed and carefully choose.

A little more expensive will be attempted in small cafes and eaters. But also within 2 USD, you can order a portion of Boace or Jiazozy. For the same money you can buy a portion of fried noodle or rice with egg and vegetables, or with meat, but meat there will be quite a bit. Usually meat dishes It is more expensive, vegetarian cheaper. In most establishments boiled rice It costs 2 yuan - 0.31 USD, you can take any other dish, for example, the average price for pork in the sour-sweet sauce in an inexpensive cafe will be 20-30 yuan (3-5 USD), if you take, for example, eggplants in fish sauce (鱼香 茄子 yú xiāng qiézi), then there will be less than 20 yuan.

But prices depend on the city and location of the institution. In tourist sites everything will be about 2 times more expensive. With the exception of rice, which is served individually, the portions in China are large enough, you can fully fit.

In the restaurant, the price for one dish on average will start from 50 yuan and more expensive, it all depends on the very restaurant and quality of service.

Recently, many restaurants with a buffet are also available in China. The Chinese call their establishments of European cuisine, although, in my opinion, European cuisine does not smell there, but also traditionally Chinese do not call these dishes. There are all served: from snacks to desserts, often there are different seafood. The price for the entrance varies from 50 to 200 yuan, but it happens more expensive.

Chinese cuisine is truly amazing, diverse and multifaceted. Thanks to this, Chinese national dishes Already long well known and loved outside their homeland. Come to China worth at least in order to taste it best dishesNo one will remain indifferent with such an abundance of choice. Here you can really find food for every taste and wallet. And even after many years, China will not cease to amaze, because it is simply impossible to try everything.

Chinese cuisine or China National Kitchen - This is one of the fundamental parts of the culture of this country. The use of food here is a real ritual, to which they relate to trepidation, respect and protect it. On the significance of cooking in China, it can be judged even by the statement of confusion, which argued that the proper management of the country like proper cooking Little fish.

The history of the existence of traditional Chinese cuisine has no millennium. It was formed by and large under the influence of the country's climatic conditions. For example, the main food product is rice, which in China is grown everywhere. By the way, 90% of the global collection volume of this cereals are found on Asian countries. In order to understand the peculiarities of the Chinese cookery, we turn to the question of the traditional products of the country.

In addition to rice, as the main product in the preparation of most dishes, it is quite widely used noodles, which most often happens beagle, wheat and rice. Not the last place is at the table of Chinese soy and all sorts of products from it: milk, oil, sauces, as well as tofu cheese. By the way, the popularity of this culture is also explained by the fact that it is everywhere grown in China.

It is used in the manufacture of real Chinese dishes and all sorts of vegetables: various types of cabbage and salad, as well as greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, dykon, butat, eggplant, zucchini and many-many others. They pick them up quite often from the point of view of aesthetics so that the dishes are not only useful and tasty, but also attractive. Quite often in the recipes of traditional Chinese cuisine as one of the main ingredients you can find mushrooms. The most common of them are EnoCi, Shiitaka and Muer. It is believed that they are not only tasty, but also capable of to have therapeutic effects on the body. You can find more details with this question in other articles of our site.

Also in Chinese cuisine a lot of various exotic products, such as bamboo sprouts, water walnut, Rencon or lotus root, lemon sorgone and many others. Although the exoticity of these products is quite conditional. For the Chinese, they are quite familiar and traditional.

Pretty common in national Kitchen China all kinds of fish and seafood (shrimp, squid, octopuses, etc.). However, meat is not less used: beef, pork, chicken and other bird. At the same time, the peculiarity of the use of these products in Chinese cuisine is to "disguise" the true taste of their taste. So do not be surprised if pork in your dish will taste like a meat of chicken.

As for the spices and seasonings, they are mainly used to prepare ginger dishes, turmeric (refers to the same family that ginger), leaves of the Kafrine Lyme (their Chinese apply approximately as we use a bay leaf), cassia (cinnamon type), Pepper Chile, Sichuan pepper, Galangal (in taste This spice resembles ginger). In addition, the Chinese and mixtures of spices are used. The two most famous are Uusyanzyan (these are dill, cinnamon, licorice root, carnation and badyan) and "5 spices" (consists of an equal number of crushed brown tree bark, Fennel Seeds, Badyan, Carnations, Chihuan Pepper).

As for the dishes that the Chinese are preparing for everyday use, they are in their views similar to our usual dishes from European cuisine, but, of course, are different in the composition of the ingredients and in the method of preparation. So, you will find both the first dishes in the form of soups, and the second main dishes (their diversity simply amazes!), And salads, and desserts, and all sorts of drinks! We give them more detailed feature!

Soups in Chinese cuisine are usually prepared on the basis of chicken or fish broth. They are pretty liquid. Consistency such that soup can just drink. The second or main dish is subordinate to a certain rule that is called "Fan Kai". Fan is a portion of rice or other, as a rule, a grain garnish, and kai is an addition to the side dish (fish, seafood, meat, vegetables in any form of culinary processing). The fan is the basis, and therefore it is superimposed on the plate first. Kai can be present on the table in various variations, mix that can not be mixed. Everything needs to be separate. In addition, each kai should go a separate portion of the fan. As for Salads, they can be the most diverse, although one common feature has one: they look very impressive, because there is an important value to appeal to appearance! For dessert, the traditional kitchen of China, as a rule, offers fresh seasonal fruits, as well as sweet soups. In addition, this category of dishes combines many more confectionery: Candy, cookies, Puddings from Starch Tapioki, Sweet rice cakes and much more. The drink is the most popular in China, which can be found in this country in all possible species and with all possible additives! In addition, the Chinese are not indifferent to Moloka.

The names of many Chinese dishes are probably familiar to you. The most popular can be called the duck in Beijing, Windon, fried noodles, pork in the sour-sweet sauce. Of course, this incomplete list and can continue it for a very long time!

In general, it is obvious that Chinese cuisine is quite diverse and can satisfy the tastes of almost any person! Therefore, jump and you are to her, especially since it is completely optionally to go to a restaurant or cafe. You can make any dish with ease at home! Everything is very simple, if you use the recipes with the photo, which are shown on our website. This is a full-fledged classes master, which in more detail describe the procedure for the preparation of a dish, and also reveal a lot of secrets, the existence of which you do not even suspect. In general, join us and delight your close to homemade dishes, which in their taste is no worse than restaurant!

China is extremely rich in attractions and annually attracts tens of millions of tourists from all over the world. Tasty food While traveling is an important element of a good tour. Chinese cuisine, with its rich history, uniqueness, variety of styles and traditions of cooking dishes, is undoubtedly an important component chinese culture. Chinese dishes are known for their color, aroma, taste and attractive view.

We will tell O. eight most popular Chinese dishes - Both Chinese and foreign tourists. These eight dishes are duck in Beijing, pork (or chicken) in the sour-sweet sauce, Chicken Gunbao, Tofu Ma by, Windon, dumplings, Chinese rolls and fried noodles. You can enjoy these dishes in most major Chinese restaurants. For your convenience, we point out the Chinese names of these dishes.

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Peking duck (北京 烤鸭)

Pork in sweet-sweet sauce (糖醋 里 脊)

Pork in the sour-sweet sauce has a bright orange-red and magnificent taste - sweet and sour at the same time. Initially, it was precisely pork in the sour-sweet sauce. But, over time, to satisfy customer requests, began to offer both a chicken and beef, and pork ribs In sweet and sweet sauce.

Chicken Gunbao (宫保 鸡丁)

This is one of the most famous Sichuan style dishes. Gunbao chicken is very popular with both the Chinese and foreigners. The main ingredients of this dish are chicken meat chopped by cubes, dried sharp red pepper and fried peanuts. Residents of Western countries have created their own version of Gunbao chicken: chicken meat chopped with cubes is covered corn Starch.Vegetables, sour-sweet sauce and fine chopped garlic are added to the dish.

Tofu Ma software (麻婆 豆腐)

Ma Tofu is one of the most famous Sichuan dishes. The history of this dish has more than 100 years.

The word Ma (麻) means the presence of a spicy and sharp taste in this dish, which appears through the use of pepper powder, one of the frequently used ingredients in Sichuan cuisine. The taste of tofu is being richer at the expense of adding beef minced meat And finely chopped green Luca. It is really very tasty.

Windonons (馄饨)

Starting from the time of the board of the dynasty of Tang (618 - 907) for the Chinese, there was a tradition to eat Windon on the day of the winter solstice (December 21).

One of the common forms of Wontone is a triangle. In this case, Windones are similar to Italian Tortelini. Typically, wintons are boiled in water and served with broth. Sometimes Windon fry. Stuffed to Wontons serves a chopped pork or shrimp stuffing.

Pelmeni (饺子)

Pelmeni (Jiaocezi) in China did another 1800 years ago. This is one of the most popular and common dishes in China. Jiaoice is popular in the area of \u200b\u200bNorth China, in cities such as Zhengzhou, Chende, Dalian, Harbin, and so on.

Chinese dumplings usually consist of chopped meat and finely chopped vegetables wrapped in a thin and elastic piece of dough. The most popular fillings are pork mince, finely chopped shrimp or fish, chicken minced, chopped beef and vegetables.

Pelmeni is prepared by cooking in water, steamed, fry or baked. Jiaocezi is one of the characters of Chinese cuisine. This dish is traditionally present on festive table Chinese on the eve of the new year on the lunar calendar.

Chinese rolls (春卷)

Chinese rolls are a cantonian cylindrical dish cooked in Dim-Sumy style. The filling of these small rolls can be meat or vegetables, they can be sweet or spicy.

After the rolls are starting, the next step is frying. Rolls are served hot with an appetizing crust of golden color. This dish is especially popular in Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Fujian, Guangzhou cities, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, etc.

Fried noodles (炒面)

Literally with Chinese this dish sounds: fried noodles. It usually consists of the following ingredients: Actually noodles, meat (usually chicken, beef, shrimp or pork), onions and celery. Before frying the noodles, it is a little boiled.

After that, noodle is allowed to cool, and then fried with other components on a strong fire, constantly stirring.

It is the Chinese who belongs to the theory that a truly delicious dish must contain five tastes - acute, sour, salty, gorky and sweet. Therefore, in almost all dishes, Chinese cooks add ginger , vinegar, soy sauce, wine and sugar.

First place among the chirle in occupies, of course , ginger, which every dish "paints" new shades of taste.

Chinese cuisine - ginger

Another important taste additive, without which it is difficult to imagine culinary process, is an soy sauce .

On the Chinese table you will never find Salon Salon, but always in a prominent place will stand a bubble with soy sauce.

The Chinese believe that the soy sauce has antitoxic properties, and add it during the preparation of a wide variety of dishes, including sweets.

Chinese cuisine - soy sauce

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What is for us - a rare delicacy, then for the Chinese - almost casual food: swallow sockets, sharks fried fried in soy sauce, stewed sea snake, dowry (in China they are called "Scarce Mouth » ), dried jellyfish, cuttlefish, pickled duck languages \u200b\u200band eggs, jams from oranges and dried leaves chrysanthemum ...

The only question that arises from the above-mentioned gastronomic abundance - how is it all correctly cooking?

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It should be noted that in Chinese cuisine there are more than 30 ways to cook food., including frying in deep oil layer, fast fry, frying shabby, person-riding, feeding, cook for a couple, fumigation, failure in soy sauce, vinegar or syrup. The most common method of thermal processing of products - frying in oils. Vegetable oil is heated and give it a little commemorated, after which it is lowered finely chopped products and quickly, for about two minutes, they are painted with constant stirring. So that the products are not burned, they are covered with a layer of flour, dry starch or egg protein.

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What's the secret?

Two main Chinese culinary secrets - correctly cut and fry. After all, the charm of Chinese cuisine is not so much in the products as in the methods of preparation. All dishes must consist of small pieces so that during the food did not have to spend time on the cutting of finished food. Food is prepared very quickly, in a matter of minutes. At the same time, products retain taste, shape, nutrients and vitamins. This method of cooking is useful for health. If the cooking process itself takes a few minutes, then a lot of time may leave for the preparation of the product.

For example, for the preparation of the famous peking Ducks (The most popular Chinese dish in the West) The Chinese cook will hang up a bird only manually without resorting to the operation.

Peking Duck

Vegetables are cut with jewelry subtlety so that each piece is flawless.For cutting of vegetables and meat, special knife-Tesz Rectangular shape, up to 8 millimeters thick. In general, Knife-Tesz - the favorite of Chinese cuisine. If need for dishes chopped meat, Chinese chefs successfully cost without meat grinder, peeled meat with such a knife. The meat prepared in this way is much tastier, since in each piece there is a juicion.

Dish of Chinese cuisine

Chinese-style meal

Chinese dinner begins with folding on the plates of pre-prepared snacks: sliced vegetables, boby soy, fig, a fish, meat, bird, liver, all sorts marine products, noodles, eggs, rostic bamboo, marinated vegetables and fruits occupy your place on the table. Separately put sauces. On a festive day, the number of snacks comes up to 50 items! When the plates are complete, the time comes to drink tea. By tradition, dinner should start with green tea with milk: tea helps digestion. Eating the Chinese is not in a hurry, little by enjoying the process.

The guest in a sign of special attention, the highest care and respect, it is customary to put a treat with his chopsticks in Pial.

In the conclusion of lunch, broth is fed on the basis of lean fish - and again green tea, only now instead of milk add a little vegetable oil - also to improve digestion.

Green tea

Recipe "Duck in Peking"

It is necessary:

Duck - 2 kg
0.5 glasses of vodka or gin
200 g Honey
1 tbsp. l. White wine
2 h. L. Salt and pepper
3 h. soy Sauce.
2 h. L. Ground ginger

HOW TO COOK:

1. The processed duck was rinsed well, dried with paper towels, trim the tips of the wings and remove excess fat.

2. Grate the salt from above and inside, pick up vodka or gin and put the bird in the refrigerator overnight.

3. To deceive the duck with a mixture of honey, soy sauce and ginger powder and again remove into a cool place for 3-4 hours. Medovo-ginger sauce must be left because it will be needed when cooking.

4. Put the duck on the foil sheet and wrap it. Transfer to the baking sheet.

5. Put in the oven preheated to 200 about 1.5 hours.

6. Remove the duck, remove the foil, pour it out to the remaining sauce and again send to the oven for 40 minutes at a temperature of 220-240 o C, until it is shoved.

7. Check availability: stick a sharp knife into meat if the juice is transparent, without blood - it means that the bird is ready.

8 . Cut the finished duck in Beijing slices and serve to the table on a dish with vegetable salad and bread pellets.