Chinese Cooking Made Easy

by Michael Mu-Tsun Lee, Mu-Tsun Lee, Wei-Chuan Publishing

Chinese Cooking Made Easy with simple sauces and dressings. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941676269
• ISBN13: 9780941676267
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Wei-Chuan Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A good starting point

The key to this cookbook is correct expectations. As mentioned, you won't find a recipe in here for General Tso Chicken, etc. What you will get is a basic introduction to how to make authentic tasting dishes by seeing how various sauces are made, etc. This provided a great starting point for me to be able to improvise all kinds of dishes, soups, etc. If you are looking for a cookbook that will walk you step by step through Moo Goo Gai Pan and Moo Shu Pork, you probably want to look elsewhere.

Must have book for authentic Chinese food

This book is one of a series put out by Wei-Chuan Publishing from Taiwan. I bought this particular title while living in Taiwan in 1992 and have used it continuously since. Part of the draw for me is that this book (like most of the Wei-Chuan publications) is bilingual (as I was studying Chinese in Taiwan). More importantly, the recipes are easy to follow, have good pictures of what each finished dish should look like, and has a front section on mixing various sauces that can be used with whatever you want to stir-fry.

take it from an American born Chinese

This book is authentic. My mom never taught me to cook. Instead she made sure I hit the books and studied while she did all the cooking and cleaning. Now with my own family I'd like to reproduce the flavors I grew up with. Often resturant Chinese food is too greasy, over fried and has too much MSG and sugar. With this cook book I can create healthy Chinese dinners for my family, and I know exactly how much salt and sugar is in each dish.

Chinese Cooking Easy to Understand

Chinese Cooking is traditionally a little complicated, at least here in the states. It seems you need so many ingredients to do the simplest things. But this book really broke that barrier for me. Each dish is shown in splendid Restaurant Menu color. You are able to find that special dish that has a different name at each restaurant. The book is split into chinese and english sections top/bottom respectively. Very simple ingredient lists organized by order of addition to the pot. Most of the recipes only had 4-5 steps. And even my wife and I were able to come up with some incredible dinners together.

Excellent authentic Chinese food!

A mouth-watering color photo of every recipe. Easy to prepare dishes. Photo and description of simple easy to find ingredients available in the front of the book. Great and authentic tasting dishes. I collect cookbooks and this one is top notch. This book is in both Chinese and English and is a must for everyone who would like to cook Chinese food!