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Our full list of all foods found in China is not complete by any means, for we have concentrated on weird fruit and veg, telling you what it is and what to do with it. We have added some Mainland Cantonese recipes, and also look at how to cook some western dishes in China with missing ingredients or equipment - like having at best two gas rings only and no ovens, grills or hotplates.
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Image: Apples - mouseover for popup window Apples   Similar to UK and many varieties, but cooking apples rare. Wash well or peel before eating. N/A
         
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Image: Ba Choi - mouseover for popup window Ba Choi Bok Choi Chinese white stemmed mustard cabbage leaves also known as Bok Choi Yes
Image: Bananas - mouseover for popup window Bananas Heurng d'Zhu
Dai d'Zhu
Siu d'Zhu		 China has three different types of banana and each has a different name. 'Heurng d'Zhu' are the sweet curved ones westerner's know, the others being straight and clumpy See Batter
Image: Batter - mouseover for popup window Batter   How to make really good batter. We provide several recipes for different types of batter, including one for making perfect chip shop fish Yes
Image: Bechamel sauce - mouseover for popup window Béchamel Sauce   One of the most basic recipes every chef should know instinctively, and it is not difficult if you follow a few simple rules Yes
Image: Bechamel recipes - mouseover for popup window Béchamel Recipes   Companion page offering standard and unusual recipes such as: croque monsieur, croque madame, cauliflower cheese and macaroni - as well as British Parmo Yes
Image: Beef Burgers - mouseover for popup window Beef Burgers Ham Bo Bah How to make perfect beefburgers. As well as the standard recipe we add instructions for making these in China Yes
Image: Bread - mouseover for popup window Bread Ham Min Bao How to make a really great home made bread, including tips for making this in China Yes
Image: Pitta Bread - mouseover for popup window Bread - Pitta Bread   How to make a really proper pitta bread, including tips for making this in China Yes
Image: Sandwich Bread - mouseover for popup window Bread Sandwich Ham Min Bao Chinese bread is normally very sweet, even the sandwich bread rendering it useless for making savoury dishes. We tell you how to buy savoury sandwich bread No
Image: Broccoli - mouseover for popup window Broccoli Sai Lan Fa Broccoli is a common vegetable in China. Our page includes recipes such as delicious steamed garlic Broccoli Yes
Image: Butter- mouseover for popup window Butter Lai Yao Butter is simple to make, it just takes a long time and much effort Yes
         
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Image: Cabbage - mouseover for popup window Cabbage   Cabbage is plentiful in China, with standard white cabbage for sale everywhere. A tastier cabbage does exist and has a slightly more open nature, more like a Savoy Yes
Image: ha ma gwa or cantaloupe melon - mouseover for popup window Cantaloupe Melon Ha Ma Gwa Chinese Cantaloupe Melon as sold in China See Mango
Image: Cauliflower - mouseover for popup window Cauliflower   Cauliflower is a common vegetable in China. Our page includes several Chinese recipes you may not be familiar with Yes
Image: Basket Cheese - mouseover for popup window Cheese Basket   Basket Cheese is simple and quick to make, but does not keep like hard cheese Yes
Image: cheddar cheese - mouseover for popup window Cheese Cheddar   Our recipes include hard cheese and cheddar, which is named so because of the cheddaring process.Blue cheese is also included Yes
Image: chestnuts - mouseover for popup window Chestnuts   Chinese chestnuts are just the same and sold hot on the streets Yes
Image: cheung choi - mouseover for popup window Cheung Choi Common Chinese Leaves Chinese green stemmed mustard cabbage leaves Yes
Image: slow cooked chicken - mouseover for popup window Chicken - slow cooked Toisan Chicken
(Tai Shan Chicken)		 This is the most totally delicious chicken ever created!
Often called 'Steamed Chicken' because the double- lidded pot is steamed inside a jam kettle containing the water		 Yes
Image: chicken wings and drumsticks - mouseover for popup window Chicken Wings and Drumsticks Gai Yeur
Gai Bei		 Chicken wings and drumsticks (Gai Bai) are very common and popular. Here we show you how to make these as a tasty treat Yes
Image: Chilli and chilli sauces - mouseover for popup window Chilli Ho Lat In Chinese wet markets, the green chilli's are the hot ones, and the red ones are milder! This is because the hot red chilli's all go to make table sauces. We explain Chinese chilli peppers and sauces Linked
Image: Chinese curry sauce - mouseover for popup window Chinese Curry Sauce Chip shop curry sauce How to make your own chip shop curry sauce with a recipe from a highly rated source that tastes just like the real thing Yes
Image: choi goh - mouseover for popup window Choi Goh   A big green root thing that tastes like marrow and grows on top of the soil Yes
Image: chang or sour orange - mouseover for popup window Choi Sum Common Chinese Leaves Common Chinese cabbage leaved plant of the mustard family. These are specific leaves whereas 'Sum Choi' refers to all similarly leaved plants - like we would say 'Greens' Yes
Image: choi wat - mouseover for popup window Choi Wat   A compact and bulbous vegetable half way between a cabbage and a lettuce Yes
Image: dai gor or Citrus Grandis - mouseover for popup window Citrus Grandis Dai Gor Chinese Grapefruit - A most wonderful fruit that is not as sour as ordinary grapefruit As sour orange
Image: Chinese condiments for restaurant, kitchen and table - mouseover for popup window Condiments   Chinese condiments for restaurant, kitchen and table. Salt is not a Chinese condiment, although white pepper is served with a few specific dishes. Chef's in China never use monosodium glutamate. Learn more on this page N/A
Image: Chinese condiments for restaurant, kitchen and table - mouseover for popup window Corned Beef Salt Beef
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Bully Beef		 There are 2 types of corned beef: the American version is pickled beef or 'Salt Beef', the British one is Bully Beef. We give you recipes for both and explain the 'corning' process Yes
Image: Cornish Pasty - mouseover for popup window Cornish Pasty   The traditional recipe calls for cheap meat (Usually mutton or sometimes beef), chopped potatoes and onion, wrapped together in a short crust pastry and cooked Yes
Image: Courgettes or Zucchini - mouseover for popup window Courgettes Zucchini Courgettes are a versatile ingredient and are used in many dishes. We give you recipes you may not know of Yes
Image: crabmeat and sweetcorn soup - mouseover for popup window Crabmeat and Sweetcorn Soup   This Cantonese dish is one of the highlights of any Chinese meal. Mainland Cantonese cook it rarely although it is popular in Hong Kong. We give you the ultimate recipe and offer many variations including chicken and vegetarian versions Yes
Image: Seurng Mor, Crayfish or Crawfish - mouseover for popup window Crayfish or Crawfish Seurng Mor Chinese do not differentiate between Crayfish and Crawfish. Most are the size of prawns, but large ones are available Yes
Image: light and tasty potatoe and brocolli curry - mouseover for popup window Curry:
Potatoe and Broccoli		 Vegetarian Curry This curry is mild, light and full of flavour. It is also vegetarian, although we love it just the way it is. The one pictured has standard additions such as capsicums and spring onions Yes
Image: light and Latin, prawn and courgette curry - mouseover for popup window Curry:
Prawn and Courgette		 Light Curry This superb and light curry is adapted from Madher Jaffrey who originated the recipe. We respect her great culinary skills whilst putting or own interpretation on this fantastic dish Yes
         
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Image: hai choi or Dandelion leaves - mouseover for popup window Dandelion Leaves Hai Choi Various types of Dandelion leaves Yes
Image: Dim Sum - mouseover for popup window Dim Sum Yeurm Cha
Chinese Tea		 Chinese regularly go for Dim Sum dishes which are usually served at traditional Chinese tea houses. We offer some of our favourite recipes from the hundreds of dishes available Yes
         
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Image: eggs - mouseover for popup window Eggs Dan
Hen, duck, quail and 100 year old eggs		 Chinese use many types of eggs in cooking and here we introduce the most common. We also tell you which are the best ones for frying Yes
         
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Image: fa niem - mouseover for popup window Fa Niem Weird Chinese pear A sort of pear, or apple, or Peach? No
         
Image: How to buy and order fish without bones in China - mouseover for popup window Fish - General Chinese Fish without bones! Chinese fish are a bones-nightmare. Most are pond grown carp. Do Bo, Gui Fa Yue and Wong Fa Yue are sea-fish. Excellent! We simply tell you how to order edible fish - if it is available? Info Only
         
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Image: gai choi or chicken cabbage - mouseover for popup window Gai Choi Chicken Cabbage Chicken cabbage, a tall plant like leggy broccoli. Both the peeled stems and leaves are eaten Yes
Image: Chinese garlic - mouseover for popup window Garlic Chinese Garlic Chinese Garlic - This stuff is excellent for cooking with as each bulb contains one shallot sized clove = smash and use! N/A
Image: Chinese ginger - mouseover for popup window Ginger Geng Chinese Ginger is the same as the rest of the world. Chinese always use fresh ginger in cooking, and wet ginger is best N/A
Image: Chinese produce: Grapes or z'Zhee - mouseover for popup window Grapes z'Zhee China has a great variety of grapes with imported ones costing a lot more. The best are local red grapes that are very large No
Image: How to make Gravy - mouseover for popup window Gravy   Gravy is very rare in China so we tell you several ways of making it. Versions include: using the meat fat, cornflour, bouillon and vegetable stock Yes
         
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Image: hamburgers - mouseover for popup window Hamburgers Ham Bo Bah Hamburgers are quite similar to Beef Burgers, but far easier to make in China where ready minced beef is hard to find Yes
Image: Chinese hot pot - mouseover for popup window Hot Pot Mongolian and Cantonese hot pot Hot Pot is popular all over China and very different from western dishes. We offer various recipes including Mongolian hot pot Yes
         
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Image: small birds collectively known as J'ut Zhi - mouseover for popup window J'ut Zhi Small Birds Chinese people are often regarded as being able to cook anything! One delicacy of Cantonese cuisine is the cooking of small or unusual birds such as: doves, sparrows, and many others Yes
         
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Image: lao lin or smelly fruit - mouseover for popup window Lao Lin Smelly Fruit Large prickly fruit that smells awful and taste like bad soap! No
Image: long beans - mouseover for popup window Long Beans Dao Gok Long beans are like a runner beans or French beans, but longer Yes
Image: long gnun, tastes like lychee - mouseover for popup window Long G'nun Dragon Pearls Beautiful small fruit similar to Lychee - sweet, juicy, succulent. Often found in Chinese tonic or medicinal soups. Yes
         
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Image: mok gwa or common mango - mouseover for popup window Mango - Common Mok Gwa Common Mango is eaten fresh, or often used in Chinese soups. We offer several recipes, of which two are crackers! Yes
Image: mayonnaise - mouseover for popup window Mayonnaise Hellman's Mayonnaise is one of the easiest things to make and the ingredients are common in most kitchens - even Chinese ones! China only sells sickly sweet versions in all shops Yes
Image: medicinal ingredients - mouseover for popup window Medicinal Ingredients Various things This page offers advice on Chinese medicinal ingredients and how to use them in recipes to promote health, or as a tonic Yes, how to use
Image: mooncakes - mouseover for popup window Mooncakes   Mooncakes are eaten at chinese New Year to celebrate Chang-e or the Lady of the Moon. They can have many fillings including: fruit, meat, eggs. They are vaguely similar to Bakewell tart. No
Image: common Chinese mushrooms - mouseover for popup window Mushrooms Guo We list many types of usual and unusual mushrooms and tell you how to prepare and use them. Includes straw, shiitake, enoki and oyster mushrooms plus a fantastic and very different mushroom soup Linked
Image: Mushroom Soup - mouseover for popup window Mushroom Soup Guo Tongei One of the most amazing soups I have ever been fortunate enough to taste. It is a tangy soup similar to Borsch with 5 or more types of added mushrooms and wafers of sour orange or grapefruit. Shown are ingredients for a version with tomatoes as well Yes
         
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Image: Chinese noodles - mouseover for popup window Noodles Rice, wheat and hand-thrown This page introduces the many types of Chinese noodles, of which rice, wheat and hand-thrown are the most common Yes
         
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Image: chang or sour orange - mouseover for popup window Orange - Sour Chang or Orlimons Orange looking lemon/limes that taste like grapefruit Yes
         
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Image: Chicken liver pate - mouseover for popup window Pate Chicken Liver Pate Pate is very simple and easy to make, and you will find all the basic ingredients without trouble in China. Our featured recipe by Cheryl York is for home made chicken liver pate Yes
Image: Chinese pears - mouseover for popup window Pears Siuet Lai Chinese pears are usually as pictured and sold fairly firm and sweet. Other types of pears are available but are costly and either imported or available locally in season N/A
Image: pork pie - mouseover for popup window Pork Pie Melton Mowbray Pork Pies are fairly easy to make, although recipes can vary. Do not expect results to be a rosy pink, as with Butcher's own pork pies, these will probably turn out gray Yes
Image: Chinese potatoes - mouseover for popup window Potatoes Shiu Zhi China has several types of potatoes, but the best ones for frying as chips take some finding and these look round and squat Yes, Linked
         
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Image: 24 hour rice - mouseover for popup window Rice - 24 Hour Lang Fan Ever wondered how Chinese people cook left-over rice? We tell you with several recipes on this page Yes
Image: rice porridge, sik juk or congee - mouseover for popup window Rice Porridge Sik Juk or Congee This excellent dish is common in Canton. It is basically a thick rice that has ingredients such as: pork , fish, 100 year old egg and herbs. We give you the best recipe! Yes
         
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Image: Salad Cream - mouseover for popup window Salad Cream   Our recipe is for salad cream is a very old one and differs slightly in method from Mrs Beeton's. Please note the similar product 'mayonnaise' is a completely different recipe Yes
Image: Sausages - mouseover for popup window Sausages Various sausage recipes Hank Shaw, a remarkably adept Sausage Master from USA and we use his guidance for a really good method and tips. Later we add other ingredients and options Yes
Image: British Butchers Sausages - mouseover for popup window Sausages - Bangers British Butcher's Bangers This recipe is by David Whittall whose father's Butcher's business has won many awards for their own sausages Yes
Image: Scotch Eggs - mouseover for popup window Scotch Eggs   Scotch Eggs are simple to make: boiled eggs shelled and swathed in sausage meat, rolled in breadcrumbs, and deep fried until golden brown Yes
Image: Chinese produce: Sharon Fruit, Persimmons or Seei - mouseover for popup window Sharon Fruit Seei
Persimmons		 These fruits are very common in China and are sold everywhere. As in the west there are several types, so see which you like best No
Image: Shepherds Pie, Cottage Pie and related recipes - mouseover for popup window Shepherds Pie Cottage Pie
Ocean Pie		 Americans believe shepherd's look after cattle, so they use beef in the recipe. The rest of the world uses lamb, and cottage pie has beef. We explain it all for the uninitiated. Yes
Image: siu mei and char siu or fork-burn roast - mouseover for popup window Siu Mei Cantonese roast meat, Char Siu Siu Mei is a general term literally meaning 'Fork-Burn/Roast'. Perhaps a better Western analogy would be 'Barbequed. Siu Mei is hung to cook in a hot oven, Char Siu is a version Yes
Image: Siu Ying's barbequed spare ribs - mouseover for popup window Spare Ribs Cantonese roast meat, Char Siu Friends come from UK just to enjoy my wife (Siu Ying)'s spare ribs. They are so easy; just marinade in a lot of fresh ginger juice for 1 hour and cook. Job done! Yes
Image: Chinese style spare ribs or Pi Gwat - mouseover for popup window Spare Ribs - Chinese Style Pi Gwat Chinese spare ribs are 1-inch square and cooked with garlic and ginger. One of our favourites is with a black bean sauce Yes
Image: Splodge, Italian cooking on a budget - mouseover for popup window Splodge Italian style 'Whatever' 'Splodge' is a dish I developed over the years, being a very cheap, quick and filling meal. It is based vaguely upon an Italian theme. Jonno Morris invented this culinary bizarre Yes
Image: Squid, Calabrese or Yao Yue - mouseover for popup window Squid or calamari Yao Yue Buyer's Tip: Purchase squid from the local wetmarket early in the morning to ensure the best quality. Buy live or ice-packed if possible. Most Chinese squid is actually calamari. Yes 3
Image: Squid, Calabrese or Yao Yue with chilli peppers - mouseover for popup window Squid or calamari with chilli peppers Yao Yue Ho Lat Two similar recipes using squid that can be cooked in a couple of minutes. The first includes fresh chilli peppers, and the second blackbean sauce Yes 2
Image: Chinese produce: Sugar - mouseover for popup window Sugar Tong China sells a full range of sugar and sugar sticks for cooking, which are molasses. You will find several differing grades of granulated sugar of which the best have a golden tinge N/A
         
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Image: Chinese produce: Tomatoes or Fan Kai - mouseover for popup window Tomatoes Fan Kai Chinese tomatoes are available all year round as standard and cherry versions, plus 'Beefeater' types can be bought in late summer. Standard ones are often pithy and tasteless Comment
         
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Image: Wax Gourd - mouseover for popup window Wax Gourd Dong Gwa Very large gourd used mainly in Cantonese soups, where it adds the most delicate of flavours. It keeps for ages until cut, when it should be used within a few days Yes
Image: ham yue or small fish like whitebait - mouseover for popup window Whitebait Ham Yue
Small Fish		 Ham Yue is Cantonese for small fish or more properly 'salty fish', normally a type of Whitebait. Yes
Image: wong pei or scent of yellow - mouseover for popup window Wong Pei Scent of Yellow A fruit very similar to Long G'nun, but different in many ways except for taste and rarity. Do not confuse the two, for the skin of Wong Pei is smooth See Long gnun
Image: wong pei tao or scent of yellow head fish - mouseover for popup window Wong Pei Tao Scent of Yellow Head fish Wong Pei Tao is a small sea fish about 3 or 4 inches long. It is common in wet markets near the South China Sea, where it is often sold freshly caught and chilled Yes
Image: wu tao, good head or Chinese potatoe - mouseover for popup window Wu Tao Chinese Potatoe Great vegetable used like a potatoe. Peel using gloves as it releases an irritant if not well cooked. The recipe for Wu Tao and Siu Yuk (Sliced suckling pig) is one the best in the whole wide world! Yes
         
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Image: fan shei or sweet yam - mouseover for popup window Yam - Sweet Fan Shei or
Sweet Yam		 Chinese Sweet Yam - Typical Chinese sweet yam Yes
Image: Yorkshire Pudding - mouseover for popup window Yorkshire Pudding Yorkie, Toad in the Hole As well as telling you how to make fantastic Yorkshire puddings, both large and individual, we include many related recipes. Heat is the key - use gas mark 15! Yes
         
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Image: d'Zit Gwa or Chinese Marrow - mouseover for popup window d'Zhit Gwa Chinese Marrow Chinese Marrow - Small Marrow or large courgette (Zucchini) Yes
         
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