Creative Chinese Oven Cooking [Paperback]

Su-Huei Huang (Author), Hsueh-Hsia Chen (Author), Wei-Chuan Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999

Here is your opportunity to cook Chinese cuisine without the typical oil and smoke from frying and simmering foods. For both home cooking and banquets, these oven baking recipes will produce the same delicious flavours and aromas as the traditional Chinese cooking methods, but with less mess and cleanup. Fifty-six creative recipes, complemented by beautiful full colour pictures plus step-by-step instructions, provide everything an eager cook needs to produce exotic mouth-watering dishes that are sure to please all who partaken and make it possible for people world-wide to enjoy Chinese cooking.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Creative Chinese Oven Cooking - THE NEW TREND provides the reader with an exciting new method for cooking Chinese cuisine without the usual "clean-up" headaches. Here's the ONLY guide to cooking for the family, or for a banquet, that will produce the same delicious flavors and aromas associated with traditional Chinese cooking methods, without the oily messes. As always, Wei-Chuan's bilingual texts expand the market base, enhancing sales potential. This cookbook will be a "must have" for the kitchen gourmet and an exciting addition to the Wei-Chuan collection of authentic, exotic and popular cookbooks.

Wei-Chuan Cookbooks uniquely offer:

1. A beautiful, large, full color photo of each finished recipe. Readers always know what the dish should look like. Many additional small step-by-step instructional photos are included. 2. Simple, clear and precise step-by-step instructions that help readers create any dish in their own kitchen. 3. All ingredient measurements are kitchen tested and re-tested. 4. Where appropriate, alternative suggestions for substituting ingredients and cooking techniques are provided. Permits purchase of ingredients in almost any market!

About the Author

Hsueh-Hsia Chen

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Wei-Chuan Publishing; Bilingual edition (October 1999)
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN-10: 0941676781
• ISBN-13: 978-0941676786
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,703,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am a great cook now!, May 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Creative Chinese Oven Cooking (Paperback)

I¡Šve tried several recipes now and am very pleased with the ease of cooking and the great flavors produced. In addition, I¡Šve cooked two dishes (Royal Beef Short Ribs, Taiwanese Simmered Pork), for a group of friends on my birthday. Both dishes were easy to prepare and more importantly, my guests were unanimous in how great the dishes tasted and were amazed at my cooking skills!! This is a great book to keep.

4.0 out of 5 stars It's got some good recipes., November 14, 2005

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Phoenix "Love Books" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Chinese Oven Cooking (Paperback)

I love the Wei Chuan series and own many of their books, this book is a nice addition to my collection I would've given it more stars if there were more recipes. It's a small collection which includes a lot of chicken, beef and shell fish recipes. It only has one lamb recipe and some vegetable dishes. I was looking for a more comprehensive cookbook.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Everything is wrong, April 19, 2007

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J. Zhan (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Chinese Oven Cooking (Paperback)

I finally realized that what they mean by "oven" in this book is actually something like a desktop toaster oven used popularly in Japan and China where space is limited. So all the cooking time is way too long for real American ovens. Recipes are not good either, at least for those things I tried. I strictly followed the recipes, but the cooked dishes were not tasty. Some ingredients are hard to get in US too. This is one of the worst Wei Chuan cookbooks. Don't recommend it at all.