Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1----Welcome to My Kitchen
Section 1----Mom, Kitchen and Me

Section 2----Tour Around My Kitchen

Chapter 2----Mother’s Secrets

Section 1----The Knife

(1) Usage

(2) Maintenance

Section 2----The Cutting Board

(1) Choosing

(2) Usage and Maintenance

Section 3----Szechuan Cutting

(1) Vertical

(2) Horizontal

(3) Slanting

Section 4----Raw Materials

(1) Slices

(2) Dices

(3) Shreds

(4) Pieces

(5) Cubes
 (6) Grains

(7) Powder

(8) Paste (Chicken Paste Example)

(9) Soup

1 Fresh Soup

2 Superior Fresh Soup

3 Superior Broth

Chapter 3----Funny Szechuan

Section 1----Before Cooking

1 Chats

2 Fermented Glutinous Rice

3 Fermented Glutinous Rice Wine

4 Chopped Red Peppers

5 Szechuan Chili Oil

6 Red Chili Paste

7 Szechuan Bean Sauce

8 Szechuan Pickle

9 Spicy Garlic Paste

10 Chinese Prickly Ash

Section 2----Undersea Stories

Fish

1 Szechuan Spicy Carp

 2 Home-style Crisp Carp

3 Multi-flavored Crucian Carp

4 Crisp Deep-fried Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce

5 Braised Fish with Garlic

6 Steamed Fish with Szechuan Pickle

7 Steamed Fish with Mandarin Peel

8 Fish Slices with Fried Rice Crust

Eels

9 Boiled Eels with Pickle

10 Braised Eel Chunks with Garlic

11 Fried Eel Slices with Green Onions

12 Fried Eels with Fermented Soya Beans

Shrimps

13 Liquor-preserved Shrimps

14 Deep-fried Fresh Shrimps

15 Sour and Spicy Shrimp Custard

Seafood

16 Toasted Shells with Chili Oil

17 Boiled Abalones with Tea

18 Poached Boiled Squids

19 Stewed Octopuses with Chicken

20 Spicy Sea Cucumbers with Wontons

Section 3----Pigs Squint

 1 Braise Pork Cubes with Leek Sprouts

2 Braised Pork with Water Chestnuts

3 Crisp Deep-fried Pork Ribs

4 Dongpo Pork

5 Gongbao Jiding

6 Marinated Pork Slices

7 Boiled Spicy Tenderloin Fillets

8 Steamed Pork Slices with Glutinous Rice Flour and Green

Beans

9 Stewed Pork with Figs

10 Twice-cooked Pork

11 Fish-scented Pork Threads

12 Stir-fried Pork Slices with Green Peppers

13 Stir-fried Bacon and Sausage with Mushrooms

Section 4----Duck Joys

1 Boiled Duck with Eight Delicacies

2 Braised Duck Cubes with Walnuts

3 Braised Duck with Herbs

4 Pot-stewed Duck in Soy Sauce

5 Quick-fried Duck Dices with Ginger

6 Stir-fried Duck Breast Pieces

7 Stuffed Duck with Bean Dregs

8 Toasted Duck
 9 Beer Duck

Section 5----Chicken, Run!

1 Bon Bon Chicken

2 Boiled Chicken in Salt Water

3 Boiled Chicken Slices with Chili Oil

4 Braised Chicken Breast with Vinegar

5 Braised Chicken with Chestnuts

6 Orange-flavored Chicken Fillets

7 Steamed Chicken

8 Steamed Chicken with Yolks and Tomatoes

9 Steamed Chicken with Ginseng

10 Toasted Chicken with Pineapple

11 Chicken Slices with Distilled Grains Sauce

12 Chicken with Chopped Red Peppers

13 Chicken Rolls with Celery

Section 6—Jingle Eggs

Eel and Egg Rolls

Fish-Scented Egg Dumplings

Fried Tomatoes and Eggs

Steamed Mixed Egg Cakes

Leek and Egg Rolls

Section 7----Beef& Lamb Fascination

1 Spicy Beef Pieces

 2 Steamed Beef Rolls in Cabbage

3 Quick-fried Beef with Ginger

4 Veal Sauté

5 Stir-fried Beef with Pickled Red Peppers and Celery

6 Turfan Lamb

Section 8----Vegetarian Battles

Bean Curd

1 Stir-fried Broccoli and Tofu

2 Ba Gua Bean Curd

3 Lotus Blossom Bean Curd

4 Spicy Bean Curd

5 Spiced Bean Curd

Vegetables

6 Lotus Rolls

7 Asparagus Sauté

8 Szechuan Stuffed Mushrooms

9 Marinated Mushrooms

10 Quick Potato Casserole

11 Twice-Baked Potatoes

12 Stir-fried Potato Slices

13 Baked Sweet Potatoes

14 Szechuan Eggplants

15 Fish-scented Eggplant Slices

 16 Braised Cabbages with Vinegar

17 Spicy Cabbages

18 Split Marinated Cucumbers

19 Three Kinds of Cold Mixed Vegetables

20 Marinated Celery

21 Marinated Cowpeas

22 Marinated Bean Jelly

Fruits

Deep-fried Banana Rolls

Stuffed Pears with Unibract Fritillary Bulb

Watermelon Jelly

Walnuts Cheese

Steamed Grapefruits with Honey

Steamed Peaches with Honey

Frozen Loquats

Section 9----Blah& Blah

Porridges

1 Black Glutinous Rice Porridge

2 Sweet Potato Porridge

3 Chinaroot Greenbrier Rhizome Porridge

4 Codonopsis and Jujube Porridge

5 Job’s Tears Porridge

6 Jujube Porridge
7 Lily Porridge

8 Pumpkin and Barley Congee

Noodles

9 Spicy Peanut Noodles

10 Szechuan Noodles with Beef

11 Szechuan Noodles with Chicken

12 Szechuan Noodles with Fried Tomatoes and Eggs

13 Cold Noodles

14 Chinese Yam Noodles

15 Noodles on a Pole

16 Sweet and spicy wontons

Cakes

17 Glutinous Rice Balls

18 Glutinous Rice Cakes

19 Deep-fried Glutinous Rice Balls with Sesame

20 Steamed Bacon Buns

21 Orange-flavored Buns

22 Cardamom Buns

23 Steamed Buns with Wolfiporia Cocos

1 Chinese Yam Balls

24 Glutinous Rice Dumplings

25 Parsnip Cakes

26 Rose and Jujube Paste

 27 Baked Egg Cakes

28 Taro Mooncakes

Rice

29 Fried Rice with Chicken

30 Phaseolus Radiatus and Corn Rice

31 Sweet Potato Rice

32 Eight Treasures Rice

Section 10----Soup

Barley Soup

Parsnip Soup

Cucumber and Tomato Soup

White Fungus Soup

Silky Bean Curd Soup

Cold Bean Curd Soup

Egg and Cucumber Soup

Ham and Corn Soup

Hot-and-Sour Beef Soup

Dried Cabbage Soup with Pork Cakes

Spinach and Meatballs Soup

Section 11----Weird Dreams

1 Boiled Chicken’s Livers with Salt Water

2 Duck’s Feet with Egg White Dumplings

3 Boiled Pig’s Intestines with Bean Sauce

 4 Salted Pig’s Livers

5 Braised Assorted Shreds

6 Braised Tripe with Scallions

7 Chopsuey with Egg White

8 Rice Noodles with Intestines

9 Husband and Wife’s Spicy Entrails Slices

Section 12----Ethnic Wonders

1 Ethnic Flavors Display

2 Roast Suckling Pig

3 Pork Chunks

Section 13----The Independence Week

1 Monday, January 1
2 Tuesday, January 2
3 Wednesday, January 3
4 Thursday, January 4
5 Friday, January 5
6 Saturday, January 6
7 Sunday, January 7

Chapter 4----Hotpot Mystique

Section 1----All You Need to Know Before Hotpots

Dos and Don’ts

Section 2----Varieties of Pots

Section 3----Varieties of Flavors

Section 4----Varieties of Dishes

Section 5----Varieties of Desserts

Section 6----Varieties of Spices

Section 7----Varieties of Recipes

①Traditional Szechuan Spicy Hotpot

Chicken Hotpot

Young Chicken Hotpot

Chinese Fox-Glove Roots and Chicken Hotpot

Assorted Chicken Hotpot

Instant-Boiled Mutton Hotpot

Ox Hotpot

New Hotpots

Assorted Hotpot

Chocolate Hotpot

Ice Cream Hotpot

Mixed Hotpot

Porridge Hotpot

Seafood Hotpot

Soymilk and Seafood Hotpot

Snapper Hotpot

② Stir-fried Hotpot
Varieties of Stir-fried Hotpots

Fragrant and Spicy Sauce for All Stir-fried Hotpots

Stir-fried Chicken Hotpot

Stir-fried Ribs Hotpot