{"id":7765,"date":"2016-08-29T02:41:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T02:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=7765"},"modified":"2016-08-29T02:41:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T02:41:27","slug":"learning-practical-chinese-cooking-chinese-dishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/learning-practical-chinese-cooking-chinese-dishes.html","title":{"rendered":"Learning Practical Chinese While Cooking Chinese Dishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I. Introduction to Cooking<\/h2>\n

A. General Information on the benefits of cooking immersion<\/h3>\n

In most Chinese learning books and courses, there is usually a chapter about ordering food at a restaurant or grocery shopping, but do these ever actually stick? Looking at flash cards and practicing dialogues can only do so much for you. The best way to learn a new language is to get your hands dirty and do some immersion. Have you ever attempted to cook while following a recipe in your target language? Doing this provides a unique challenge that can help you to better learn new vocabulary while also doing something fun and hands on. Today we\u2019re going to go over some of the basics of how to get started in the kitchen with cooking immersion.<\/p>\n

II. How To<\/h2>\n

A. Getting familiar with the kitchen, ingredients, and verbs<\/h3>\n

The first step of cooking immersion is actually to take a step back from the stove and learn some of the basic vocabulary that you will need while in the kitchen. You can create vocab lists to study from, make flashcards, or even put sticky notes on different things around your kitchen to help you learn the words as you go throughout your day. Some of the best words to start with are the names of vegetables, cuts of meat, kitchen utensils, and appliances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u7092<\/td>\nTo cook\/fry<\/td>\nCh\u0103o<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u714e\u9505<\/td>\nFrying pan<\/td>\nji\u0101ngu\u014d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u9e21\u86cb<\/td>\nChicken egg<\/td>\nj\u012bd\u00e0n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u6d0b\u8471<\/td>\nonion<\/td>\ny\u00e1ngc\u014dng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u80e1\u841d\u535c<\/td>\ncarrot<\/td>\nh\u00falu\u00f3bo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u767d\u7c73\u996d<\/td>\nCooked white rice<\/td>\nB\u00e1i m\u012df\u00e0n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u76d0<\/td>\nsalt<\/td>\ny\u00e1n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u98df\u7528\u6cb9<\/td>\nCooking oil<\/td>\nsh\u00edy\u00f2ngy\u00f3u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

B. Finding a recipe<\/h3>\n

One of the most important things for cooking is having a good recipe to work with. The internet is full of different resources where you could find recipes, or if you live in a big city you could try looking for cookbooks at a Chinese book store. The most important thing to remember is simplicity when starting out. Even if you\u2019re a culinary master, when you\u2019re trying a new immersion technique it is important to start out simple. For example here today, I have picked out a very simple fried rice recipe to make.<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

250 grams cooked and chilled white rice, 2 egg yolks, \u00bd carrot, \u00bc onion, 3 grams of salt, 15 mL cooking oil<\/em><\/p>\n

Instructions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Dice the carrot and onion, separate the eggs<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Mix the egg yolks into your cooked and chilled rice<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Heat your pan, add the oil, add your rice, and cook until it loosens up<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Add the onions and carrots and stir a little bit, add the salt and stir<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Special tips<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Use cold rice, and make sure that your pan is hot before you begin to cook the rice<\/em><\/p>\n

    C. Looking over the recipe and understanding it before you begin<\/h3>\n

    Once you have a recipe chosen to try out, be sure to read it over a few times to make sure you have a good grasp of what you will need and what you will have to do. Don\u2019t translate it if you don\u2019t have to, but be sure that you know what ingredients and supplies you will need. Try your best to understand it; if you miss something or don\u2019t understand it will likely show in your cooking. Sometimes things don\u2019t always go as planned, so don\u2019t be discouraged if you have to try things more than once to get them right.<\/p>\n

    That being said, it is likely best to start with small batches, so you don\u2019t waste a lot of food if you mess up. As you get better and better at cooking, you can make bigger batches with more complicated recipes (maybe even host a dinner party where you can show off your new skills to your friends. Cooking with recipes in another language is one of the most impressive skills a language learner can have.)<\/p>\n

    For this recipe here, it is easy to guess some of the ingredients. It\u2019s obvious that fried rice is going to require you to have rice, and then we just have to piece together what other ingredients we will need.<\/p>\n

    III.\u00a0 Cooking<\/h2>\n

    It\u2019s time to get our hands dirty! After all the prep work it\u2019s time to get into the kitchen.\u00a0 So for the fried rice we\u2019re making today we\u2019re going to go through all of the steps. We have some pictures here of each step to help you follow along if you want (or for an added challenge, make it yourself without looking at the photos for each step, and then compare it at the end to see if you got it right)<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    First we need to gather our ingredients:<\/p>\n

    \u767d\u7c73\u996d250\u514b\uff0c\u86cb\u9ec42\u4e2a\uff0c\u80e1\u841d\u535c1\/2\u6839\uff0c\u6d0b\u84711\/4\u4e2a\uff0c\u76d03\u514b\uff0c\u98df\u7528\u6cb915\u6beb\u5347
    \n(250 grams cooked and chilled white rice, 2 egg yolks, \u00bd carrot, \u00bc onion, 3 grams of salt, 15 mL cooking oil)<\/p>\n

    \"cooking<\/p>\n

    And then we begin!<\/p>\n

    1.\u00a0 \u80e1\u841d\u535c\u3001\u6d0b\u8471\u3001\u5c0f\u4e01\uff0c\u5c06\u86cb\u9ec4\u4ece\u6574\u9e21\u86cb\u4e2d\u5206\u79bb\u5907\u7528\uff1b<\/h3>\n

    (Dice the carrot and onion, separate the eggs)<\/p>\n

    \"cooking<\/p>\n

    2.\u00a0 \u5c06\u86cb\u9ec4\u6db2\u5012\u5165\u7c73\u996d\u4e2d\u62cc\u5300\uff0c\u540c\u65f6\u5c06\u996d\u7c92\u62e8\u6563\u4f7f\u996d\u7c92\u6210\u91d1\u9ec4\u8272\uff1b<\/h3>\n

    (Mix the egg yolks into your cooked and chilled rice)<\/p>\n

    \"cooking<\/p>\n

    3.\u00a0 \u5927\u706b\u70e7\u70ed\u9505\u4e2d\u7684\u6cb9\uff0c\u5c06\u88f9\u597d\u86cb\u6db2\u7684\u7c73\u996d\u5012\u5165\uff0c\u7092\u81f3\u7c73\u7c92\u5448\u677e\u6563\u72b6\uff1b<\/h3>\n

    (Heat your pan, add the oil, add your rice, and cook until it loosens up)<\/p>\n

    \"cooking<\/p>\n

    4.\u00a0 \u52a0\u5165\u6d0b\u8471\u4e01\u3001\u80e1\u841d\u535c\u4e01\u7ffb\u70922\u5206\u949f\uff0c\u6700\u540e\u52a0\u5165\u76d0\u7a0d\u5fae\u62cc\u7092\u5373\u53ef<\/h3>\n

    \u00a0 (Add the onions and carrots and stir a little bit, add the salt and stir)<\/p>\n

    \"cooking<\/p>\n

    \"cooking<\/p>\n

    Hopefully at the end you will have a delicious dish. If it didn’t turn out perfect, don’t worry. Take another look at the recipe and think about what you might have missed. Is the rice undercooked? That may be because you didn’t cook it beforehand. Is there too much salt or oil? The important thing to remember is to keep trying.<\/p>\n

    Once you become successful at recipes like these you can move on to more complex ones. Cooking itself is a wonderful skill to have, and combining a passion for cuisine with a love of language can help you to improve both skills at the same time. Bon appetit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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