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Ching-He Huang
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28 April 2011

With her trademark passion, TV star chef Ching-He Huang brings a new and exciting dimension to Chinese cooking. Confidently fusing Chinese and Western cultures in over 100 quick and easy dishes bursting with flavour, Ching's fresh and healthy take on the Chinese takeaway, without compromising on taste, has revolutionised Chinese cuisine.

Ching's love and appreciation of Chinese cooking has already seen her previous cookbooks, Chinese Food Made Easy and Ching's Chinese Food in Minutes, reach bestseller status and her BBC TV series receive rave reviews. Now paying homage to the authentic Chinese takeout with her third cookbook, Ching's Chinese Takeaway, Ching makes Chinese food refreshingly accessible and deftly removes the stigma attached to the humble takeaway.

From the traditional Chicken Chow Mein to adventurous Cantonese style steamed Lobster with Ginger Soy Sauce; and with lighter dishes such as Yellow Bean Sesame Spinach to Chilli Bean Braised Beef with Coriander and steamed Mantou Buns designed to fill empty stomachs, Ching offers a diverse selection of new and delicious recipes for every occasion and taste.

Interspersed with childhood anecdotes, Chinese superstition and etiquette and original suggestions for exciting variations on classic recipes, Ching takes us on a culinary journey that delightfully blends ancient and modern, yin and yang, experimentation and intuition, and ends with perfectly balanced and tantalizing dishes that will inspire even the most stalwart takeaway devotees to get cooking.



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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (28 April 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007426275
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007426270
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 25.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Packed with delicious, easy-to-make dishes … Ching-He Huang is the new face of Chinese cooking.'
Heat magazine [five star review on 19/7/08]

'Once you have the top 10 ingredients in your store cupboard that are essential to cooking Chinese food, and a few favourites such as oyster or yellow bean sauce – the rest is easy. All you need is Ching-He Huang's Chinese Food Made Easy … Ching not only tells you all you need to know about using a wok, she shares her passion for Chinese food and Chinese culture too.'
Oxford Times

About the Author

Ching-He Huang is the new face of Chinese cooking on British TV and the star of BBC2's popular series 'Chinese Food Made Easy'. Born in Taiwan and brought up in South Africa, she moved to Britain when she was 11. Ching has always been passionate about food, so after graduating with a first class degree in economics, she set up Fuge, a fresh salad company and her healthy drinks company, Tzu. Ching is the author of two cookbooks, Chinese Food Made Easy and China Modern. Chinese Food Made Easy was the fifth bestselling cookbook of 2008. Ching also appears regularly on Saturday Kitchen and Daily Cooks.


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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit disappointing 16 May 2011
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In the past, the arrival of a new book by Ching always led to an immediate frenzy of wokking, because the recipes were new and exciting. This time however, Ching's Fast Food is something of a disappointment. At least 11 of the main recipes have featured in her three previous books, sometimes under different names, and roughly half of the duplicated recipes are to be found in her last book, Chinese Food in Minutes. So far, I have only tried two of the new recipes in Ching's Fast Food, and both resulted in rather bland dishes, in contrast to those featured in her earlier books which, with very few exceptions, were full of flavour.

The layout of the book is attractive, and the colour photographs of the prepared dishes certainly make one's mouth water. Unlike photos in many cookery books, these show what a not-particularly-talented amateur cook can reasonably hope to achieve. However, I found that the use of coloured text on some pages does not make for easy reading, unless your kitchen has lighting worthy of a film set.

The chatty style which Ching uses to introduce each recipe and elsewhere in the text, is invariably informative, and encourages one to read her books from cover to cover, rather than just to dip in when looking for a particular recipe.

For someone new to Chinese cooking, this book represents a good but not outstanding starting point. However, for those who already have her previous books, you might, like me, find it a bit disappointing in terms of new and flavourful recipes.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Familiar 8 May 2011
Format:Hardcover
Very similar to her other books with a few duplicated recipes (under different names), but still, enough new recipes in here to make it worth getting even if you have the others.
Cheap, easy to cook and above all delicious Chinese food. Yum.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book with brilliant breakfast ideas! 17 Jun 2011
Format:Hardcover
I absolutely love this book! I've noticed a lot of people saying some of the recipes are repeated from her previous books. It's the first of hers I've bought and I can't help thinking she's allowed to repeat a couple of classic dishes she uses regularly in a book with 110 recipes in it? But that's just my opinion and I don't have the others to comment further. But I'll look to buy her others without hesitation.

What I found really refreshing as soon as I turned the first few pages was the brilliant breakfast section at the start! I am guilty of allowing breakfasts to become boring and repetitive but some of the recipes she includes are so quick and simple I feel a revolution in the start of my day coming on. There aren't a huge number of them but I found them inspirational. I loved the sound of the first one so much I had it for my lunch immediately!

I've tried a couple more since and found them fantastic. I can't wait to devote a night to cooking a feast from this book, complete with soup, appetisers, mains and sides!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Ching's fast foodn110. 3 July 2011
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This is a first class receipe book, very easy to follow and very intersting, the postage was first class also, only next day service. t[many thanks
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Wendy
Format:Hardcover
This an excellent book, however, there is a lot of overlap with her other books. If I was to choose one book out of her series, this would be it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for quick and tasty meals 8 Jan 2012
Format:Hardcover
This book's price has been slashed, and because of that it is the best value Chinese cookbook around. If you are looking for some recipes to make fantastic Chinese favourites quickly at home, this is for you. Many reviews are critical of this book, and I can see where they're coming from. If you have all of Ching's books, this compilation repeats a lot of recipes that were in previous books. The only other book by Ching that i have is Chinese Food in Minutes, and I prefer this book to that one hands down. I only have two criticisms of this book: 1. There are errors. For instance, chicken with black bean stir-fry, she talks about adding yellow bean paste in the intro, but yellow bean paste is not listed in the ingredients or mentioned in the instructions. Luckily I had this recipe from the BBC website so knew to add a tablespoon at the end. 2. The prep time is underestimated. This is probably true of all cookbooks (30 minute meals anyone?), but 5 minutes is the prep time for general tsao's chicken, which is how long it takes me to cut the chicken. All in all, this is a great book which has been helping us to cook nutritious and tasty meals on week nights.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Ching's Fast Food 28 Aug 2011
By AnnieB
Format:Hardcover
Excellent book - has been of great assistance to me in my quest to improve and vary my Chinese cooking. The menus are clear and any ingredients unknown to me are efficiently catalogued and explained. This is the second of Ching's books I have purchased - I look forward to the third.Ching's Fast Food: 110 Quick and Healthy Chinese Favourites
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ching's Fast Food 10 Jun 2011
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Excellent book. Easy to follow recipes and great tasting food at the end of it. Highly recommend this book.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
I bought this for my father when my mum passed and it is easy for him to follow. He loves the simple recipes that Ching-He does and is very happy with the present.
Published 1 month ago by Mrs S
5.0 out of 5 stars healthy cooking is a must
we all need tasty food ,so we will eat it ,but also to stay fit,so i no it may sound tuf ,but i think cook books are a must so we can get tastey food,it also makes our body... Read more
Published 2 months ago by kaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Chinese meals at home
I have cooked lots of these meals very easy to follow recipes good results. Prepare and measure everything in advance cooking only takes a few minutes.
Published 3 months ago by Poppy
5.0 out of 5 stars Ching's Quick and Healthy Chinese Favourites.
It is surprising how simple and easy the recipes are - and they capture the reality of Chinese food, with the added advantage of being healthier than many Chinese Meals.
Published 4 months ago by Martin Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars Ching's Fast Food Book
Brilliant book just as good as the first one that we bought. Love the way this woman makes everything so simple and yet so tasty.
Published 5 months ago by Adrian & Sheila Furnival
5.0 out of 5 stars Once you go chinese, you never go back.
Favorite cooking book. Made a lot, and i mean a lot these dishes already. I love it, friends love it, everyone does!
Published 7 months ago by JZ
4.0 out of 5 stars Foolproof recipes
The book is excellent and if followed the meals turn out well and have that authentic flavour and appearance. Read more
Published 7 months ago by George L. Dalley
5.0 out of 5 stars Ching's Fast Food: 110 Quick and Healthy Chinese Favourites
Love this book. Many of the recipes are so easy to follow and very tasty. I am pleased to see that the recipes only contain few ingredients and cooking methods are not complex at... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ms.Toby
5.0 out of 5 stars best ever easy chinese cooking
I now have all of Chings cookery books, and wow do i love her style of cooking she make it easy. (but have made a rod for my own back) my family wil not have take away any more. Read more
Published 11 months ago by susie q
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant easy recipes
This book is full of easy, healthy, quick recipes, I now have my own takeaway at home, even my husband cooks from this book.
Published 12 months ago by judiwalt
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