| Traditional Chinese cooking is known to be healthy as | | | | dishes. These are best for stir-frying and are often |
| it focuses more on having more vegetables than | | | | used together with tofu, chicken, celery and onions. |
| meat and it promotes a variety of colorful and crisp | | | | You may find them too small when you get to |
| vegetables that is ideal for a healthy recipe. If you | | | | purchase them from the supermarket but they can |
| are interested in learning Chinese cooking at home, | | | | expand after soaking them in about 15 minutes in hot |
| here are some of the popular Chinese cooking | | | | water before cooking them with the rest of the |
| ingredients, spices and herbs that will help you add | | | | ingredients. |
| more flavor to your Chinese recipes. | | | | Bok choy - is also another popular vegetable that |
| Tofu - tofu or bean curd is a popular ingredient you | | | | you can find in Chinese cooking but they are popular |
| can find in many Chinese recipes especially those | | | | around the world. You can often find this vegetable |
| vegetarian recipes. This ingredient is of Chinese origin | | | | in stews, in soups as well as in stir-fried recipes. |
| but it has become a popular recipe ingredient in Asian | | | | The five-spice powder - this spice is a one of the |
| cooking. Tofu has little flavor or smell and you can | | | | popular Chinese cooking ingredients and often used |
| drain it before use to let it absorb the flavors of the | | | | as food seasoning that you can add to your dish like |
| other ingredients and spices in the recipe. For some | | | | pepper. As the name suggests, the five-spice |
| vegetarian diet, the tofu can also be a good | | | | powder consists of five spices that commonly include |
| substitute for meat as it can be a good source of | | | | the Szechuan peppercorn, start anise, fennel, |
| protein and iron but low in calories and fat. It can also | | | | cinnamon and cloves. Usually, this is used by in |
| be digested easily as it is tender and soft. | | | | seasoning fatty meats but it is also widely used in |
| Mushroom - mushroom is also one of the popular | | | | vegetarian dishes. |
| Chinese cooking ingredients that add taste to your | | | | Ginger is also another popular spice in Chinese |
| recipes. These are not rare ingredients and you can | | | | cooking. In fact, it is one primary flavorings in Chinese |
| readily find them in the supermarket but it can vary | | | | food because of its aromatic and its pungent and |
| in price as some of them are still harvested from | | | | biting taste. Sometimes it is also added in the |
| their natural environment. You can also get dried | | | | five-spice powder instead of fennel. Ginger not only |
| mushrooms as ingredients for your stew, soups as | | | | adds flavor to your dishes but also provides health |
| well as in your stir-fried recipes. | | | | benefits such as promoting good digestion as well as |
| Dried fungus - Dried fungus is one of the dried | | | | preventing motion sickness and nausea. |
| ingredients that you may commonly find in Chinese | | | | |