Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Haixian sauce (海鲜酱, Cantonese: Hoisin); XO sauce – a spicy seafood sauce that originated from Hong Kong. [1] It is commonly used in Cantonese cuisine; Shao Kao sauce (烧烤酱, Cantonese: Siu Haau) – a thick, savory, slightly spicy BBQ sauce generally known as the primary barbecue sauce used within Chinese and Cantonese cuisine.
A culinary book with recipes for dishes, pastries, snacks, brewing methods as well as food preservation methods. [114] Yangsheng suibi: 养生随笔: 1773 Cao Tingdong Health care knowledges for the elderly, the 5th volume is dedicated to congees listing 100 recipes [115] Suiyuan shidan (Recipes from the Garden of Contentment) 随园食单 1792 ...
Hoisin sauce is used in Cantonese cuisine as a marinade sauce for meat such as char siu, or as a dipping sauce for steamed or panfried rice noodle roll (cheung fun 肠粉). [4] Hoisin sauce on a Peking duck wrap. Hoisin sauce is used as a dipping sauce for Peking duck and lettuce wraps. Hoisin sauce is used as a dipping sauce for moo shu pork ...
The history of Chinese cuisine is marked by both variety and change. The archaeologist and scholar Kwang-chih Chang says "Chinese people are especially preoccupied with food" and "food is at the center of, or at least it accompanies or symbolizes, many social interactions". Over the course of history, he says, "continuity vastly outweighs change."
The Chinese phrase "seven necessities" literally means "開 open 門 door 七 seven 件事 items" when translated, which is an old Chinese saying. They include firewood (柴 chái), rice (米 mĭ), oil (油 yóu), salt (鹽 yán), sauce (醬 jiàng), vinegar (醋 cù), tea (茶 chá).
The name XO sauce comes from fine XO (extra-old) cognac, which is a popular Western liquor in Hong Kong, and considered by many at the time to be a chic product.The name is a misnomer since the condiment contains no cognac, and it is not really a sauce in the traditional, smooth sense, but more chunky, like a relish. [4]
Garlic chive flower sauce (Chinese: 韭花酱; pinyin: jiǔhuā jiàng) is a condiment made by fermenting flowers of Allium tuberosum. It is used in Chinese cuisine (especially in Northwest China) as a dip for its fragrant, savory and salty attributes. The flower has a mild garlic flavor and aroma.
This is a list of ancient dishes, prepared foods and beverages that have been recorded as originating in ancient history. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with Sumerian cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing from the protoliterate period around 3,000 to 2,900 years BCE.