Four classic sichuan chinese recipes fuchsia dunlop food the. Her first book, land of plenty published in the uk as sichuan cookery won the jeremy round award for. Leave it to fuchsia dunlop to reinvigorate chard by treating it like pork. Fuchsia dunlops steamed egg custard with minced pork topping. Recipes from the culinary heart of china fuchsia dunlop, our great writer and expert on chinese gastronomy, has fallen in love with this region and its cuisine and her book makes us fall in love too claudia roden fuchsia dunlop s erudite writing infuses each page and her delicious recipes will inspire any serious cook to take up their wok ken hom.
Twice cooked pork, or hui guo rou, is a sichuan dish of spicy seared pork belly thats way too famous to ignore and too delicious not to share. The food of sichuan is a new and updated edition of fuchsia dunlops first book, land of plenty 2001. Twicecooked pork and gong bao chicken, or try your hand at a traditional spread of cold dishes comprising. Award winning author of the new book the food of sichuan. Grace young, author of stirfrying to the skys edge and the breath of a wok. Chinas bestkept food secret, revealed by fuchsia dunlop food. Soup noodles with ground pork topping from the food of. Fuchsia dunlop is a cook and writer specialising in chinese food. Fuchsia dunlop, unquestionably the foremost authority on sichuan cookery, brings her unmatched knowledge of every aspect of the cuisine to this magnificent volume. Everyday chinese cooking is the art of turning the most humble ingredients into culinary gold, writes fuchsia dunlop in her new book every grain. Awardwinning author of the new book the food of sichuan.
No one explains the intricacies of sichuan food like fuchsia dunlop. Fuchsia dunlops twicecooked swiss chard hui gua niu pi. Twice cooked pork restaurant style the woks of life. The pork is only cooked for about an hour in total, so the meat and fat. Twicecooked pork hui guo rou from every grain of rice. Twicecooked pork and gong bao chicken, or a traditional spread of. If youve never tried it, you need to make this recipe. Cookbook of the year allan jenkins, ofm no one explains the intricacies of sichuan food like fuchsia dunlop. Though the chinese city of xian is best known for its terracotta soldiers, it also has some notable culinary specialities, including soaked flatbread with beef or fortnum and mason food and drink awards shortlist. Pork with eggs, one of the dozens of seductive dishes she lays out in her new. The chard is, indeed, cooked twice a quick blanch followed by a turn in simmering sauce. A culinary journey through the food of sichuan on point wbur. Add the pork and stirfry until pale, breaking the meat into tiny morsels as it cooks. Pockmarked old womans beancurd mapo doufu and twicecooked pork.
In every grain of rice, dunlop presents an array of recipes using chard and other leafy greens, but it was the twicecooked recipe that really caught my eye. An essential update of fuchsia dunlops landmark book on sichuan cuisine. How lovely to be shortlisted for food writer of the year by the fortnum and mason food and drink awards, along with the. New york times holiday books 2019cooking npr favorite books. Yes, shanghai braised pork belly is irresistible and yes, cantonese roast pork belly is delicious, but pork belly recipes in sichuan. She was the first westerner to train as a chef at the sichuan institute of higher cuisine, and has spent much of the last two decades exploring china and its food. Fuchsia dunlop is the author of the muchloved and critically acclaimed sichuanese cookbook land of plenty, which won the british guild of food writers jeremy round award for best first book and which critic john thorne called a seminal exploration of one of chinas great regional cuisines. For centuries, local cooks have been using the plentiful produce of its lakes, rivers. A treasury of authentic sichuan cooking land of plenty by fuchsia dunlop categories. Fuchsia dunlop is a cook and foodwriter specialising in chinese cuisine. Fuchsia dunlop on her passion for the jiangnan cuisine, plus recipes from her new book, including oilexploded prawns and clearsteamed sea bass. Twicecooked pork hui guo rou recipe eat your books. How to make fuchsia dunlops shanghai redbraised pork with eggs. This is real mamas cooking, declares fuchsia dunlop approvingly as she.