Customer Reviews

Creative Chinese Oven Cooking

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I¡¦ve tried several recipes now and am very pleased with the ease of cooking and the great flavors produced. In addition, I¡¦ve 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.

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.

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.