For anyone starting out in Chinese cookery, there are only a handful of ingredients you need, Wan says: a good light soy ...

Food from your favourite local Chinese takeaway might be comforting and familiar, but due to the speed it’s cooked – with a lot of deep frying – and cost-saving ingredients, it’s not the ...

Of course, it depends on the type of Chinese cooking you do. If you make a lot of Sichuan food, you’ll need a few more ingredients in addition to the Sichuan peppercorns listed here.

Given that traditional Chinese medicinal ingredients are so intertwined with Chinese culinary culture, most people of Chinese descent firmly believe in the healing and health properties of Chinese ...

As for special Chinese ingredients (listed below) one hardly ever needs more than 10 or 12 of them. They are all easily obtained in the Chinese stores and supermarkets that can now be found in many ...

Even though I don’t cook Chinese food all the time, I can hardly step into my kitchen without encountering ingredients, equipment and cooking methods that can be traced back to China. Adding a ...