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Chinese cuisine is deeply intertwined with traditional Chinese medicine, such as in the practise of Chinese food therapy. Color, scent and taste are the three traditional aspects used to describe Chinese food, [8] as well as the meaning, appearance, and nutrition of the food. Cooking should be appraised with respect to the ingredients used ...
Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Double steaming / double boiling: 燉: 炖: dùn: a Chinese cooking technique to prepare delicate and often expensive ingredients. The food is covered with water and put in a covered ceramic jar, and is then steamed for several hours. Red cooking: 紅燒: 红烧: hóngshāo
The following is a list of traditional Chinese medicines. There are roughly 13,000 medicinals used in China and over 100,000 medicinal prescriptions recorded in the ancient literature. [ 1 ] Plant elements and extracts are the most common elements used in medicines. [ 2 ]
Five-spice powder (Chinese: 五香粉; pinyin: wǔxiāng fěn) is a spice mixture of five or more spices—commonly star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds—used predominantly in almost all branches of Chinese cuisine. The five flavors of the spices reflects the five traditional Chinese elements (wood, fire ...
Chinese noodles vary widely according to the region of production, ingredients, shape or width, and manner of preparation. Noodles were invented in China, and are an essential ingredient and staple in Chinese cuisine. They are an important part of most regional cuisines within China, and other countries with sizable overseas Chinese populations.
These sauces are commonly used as ingredients for dishes in many Chinese cuisines. There may also be regional variations on the sauces, such as seasoned soy sauce or fermented bean curd. Light soy sauce (生抽) – a lighter-colored salty-flavored sauce used for seasoning; Dark soy sauce (老抽) – a darker-colored sauce used for color
Based on the raw materials and ingredients used, the method of preparation and cultural differences, a variety of foods with different flavors and textures are prepared in different regions of the country. Many traditional regional cuisines rely on basic methods of preservation such as drying, salting, pickling, and fermentation. [4]
Chinese herbalists and doctors have used medicines from the human body for over two millennia. The earliest known example is the 168 BCE Wushier bingfang medical text that prescribes using ingredients such as hair, fingernail, and nüzǐbù (女子布, "women's [menstrual] cloth").