Cooking tips for Chinese food

There are some useful tips that can help you to cook the delicious and healthy Chinese food.

1. Use enough oil when stir-frying. This gives best results. If worried about cholesterol and fats in oil, use canola oil - the best oil to use for stir-frying.

2. Cut ingredients into even sized pieces for best cooking results.

3.Cook the denser ingredients first. Since they take longer time to cook.

4. Use ginger, garlic, and cayenne pepper to spice up your Chinese cooking and also improve your health.

5. Blanche dense vegetables before cooking for best results. For example, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower.

6. Cornstarch is used often in Chinese cuisine. It is very useful. You can use starch water to thicken sauces. And you can use it to preserve the flavor of the meat and make the meat tender.

7. Prepare your cooking ingredients ahead of time, so you're never rushed.

8. Try using all types of Chinese cooking ingredients such as dried fungus, Chinese mushrooms, yu choy, Chinese broccoli etc...