Mastering Chinese Cuisine

We are all familiar with the taste of good stir-fried dishes from Chinese restaurants. However, as we try to reproduce them ourselves, more often than not, we fail to end up with the same taste. How come? Last week, Puri Pangan Utama learnt the secrets to Chinese Cuisine with Chef Stefu Santoso.

Keep reading to learn his tips to master Chinese cooking and find out his ultimate sauce recipe!

Cooking Demo with Puri Pangan Utama team

Tip #1 – The perfect wok
Prior to cooking,  make sure you have the equipment essentials – including wok that is the correct size! The enemy of chinese stir-frying is often the small wok — especially when it’s crowded with too many ingredients. Lots of vegetables, in a too-small wok, steam rather than fry when cooked. Flavors and textures of steaming and frying are completely different!

Tip #2 – High heat
Stir-fry over the biggest flame you can muster is another key technique! This way you would be able to achieve the iconic fragrance and taste of Chinese stir fry, which comes from high-heat contact between ingredients and metal. If the wok is not hot enough, the food will taste braised, or even steamed!

Tip #3 – Ingredients ready
Once you start stir-frying, things go quickly. It is best to have everything prepared before stir-frying begins, including your ingredients and sauces. Here is a recipe that you can use again and again for any of your Chinese stir fry. Make the sauce once, store it in a container inside the fridge, and you will have your sauce ready every time!

Chef Stefu Santoso pouring sauce to make Fried Rice

Sauce Recipe for Chinese Stir Fry

by Chef Stefu Santoso 

Kikkoman Oyster Sauce 60gr
Kikkoman Oriental 30gr
AKU Kecap Manis (Sweet Soy Sauce) 60gr
Kikkoman Dark Soy Sauce 6gr
Chicken Powder 14gr

Chef Stefu Santoso used this sauce to make the following fried rice and fried noodles, and they were a huge hit at the office!

Chef Stefu Santoso’s Fried Rice

Chef Stefu Santoso’s Fried Noodles

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