- Add a little bay leaf when stewing chicken.
- Use more Sichuan peppercorns when cooking meat.
- Add extra green onions when cooking shellfish.
- Use more ginger when stewing fish.
- Add a bit of baking soda to make beef tender.
- Put some dried orange peel in bone broth for enhanced flavor.
- Add vinegar when boiling seaweed to make it soften faster.
- Do not use boiling water to thaw meat.
- Do not cut vegetables before washing them.
- Do not wait until there is smoke in the pan to add ingredients.
- For soup meat, blanch it first.
- Fry peanuts with cold oil on low heat.
- Use hot water to cook rice porridge.
- Always store oyster sauce in the fridge.
- Broccoli should be washed by separating into florets.
- Oyster sauce should be added when the dish is nearly done.
- MSG should be added just before serving.
- Cooking wine should be added when the pan is hot.
- Salt should be added when the ingredients are just added.
- For soup, add salt at the end for the best taste.
- When boiling dumplings, add salt to the water.
- Soy sauce should be added together with salt.
- Aged vinegar should be added when the dish is done.
- For meat dishes, add salt when nearly cooked.
- When pan-frying fish, add salt when the oil is hot.
- Sugar should be added halfway through stir-frying.
