Chinese Food Made Easy by Ching He Huang

Ching He Huang

Ching-He Huang is a Taiwanese-born British food writer, food entrepreneur and TV chef who has appeared in a variety of television cooking shows. Ching has starred in three popular TV series and is the author of five best-selling cookbooks...

 is a 6-part cooking television series commissioned and shown by BBC Two

BBC Two

BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...

 and BBC HD

BBC HD

BBC HD is a high-definition television network provided by the BBC. The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007...

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Overview

The series contains Ching's own versions of easy to make Chinese Food, spicy Szechuan food, Noodles, Dim sum

Dim sum

Dim sum refers to a style of Chinese food prepared as small bite-sized or individual portions of food traditionally served in small steamer baskets or on small plates...

, Sea Food, Fast Food, Desserts and Celebratory Food, where she presents a complete banquet.

Episodes

Olympic medal winning rower Katherine Grainger

Katherine Grainger

Katherine Grainger MBE is a Scottish rower.Her family moved to Netherley, Aberdeenshire and Katherine represents Edinburgh's St Andrew Boat Club in rowing events. She trained on the River Dee, which has the distinction of being the only river she has fallen into whilst rowing.She is a three time...

 appears in the first episode of the series. Ching teaches Katherine how to cook a healthy version of sweet and sour pork

Sweet and sour pork

Sweet and sour pork is a Chinese dish that is particularly popular in Cantonese cuisine and may be found all over the world. A traditional Jiangsu dish called Pork in a sugar and vinegar sauce is considered its ancestor....

. The show attracted 2.9 million viewers at a share of 13% that night.

In another episode she creates her unique Chinese style version of the popular British take away dish fish and chips

Fish and chips

Fish and chips is a popular take-away food in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada...

. She aims to create the ideal balance of east and west. Ching often reinvents favourite Chinese dishes, modernizing them with fresh, easy to buy ingredients and offers simple practical tips and techniques.

Much of the fresh produce she used in her authentic Chinese cookery are grown or made locally in the UK, for example chillies from Chorley

Chorley

Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry...

, Tofu from Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...

, soy sauce from Wales and pak choi from Preston. Ching has visited and credits them with producing high quality products and vegetables.

Broadcasts

Chinese Food Made Easy has been licensed into The Cooking Channel (USA), New Zealand, Germany, Iceland, Poland and Australia as well and has been picked up by BBC’s Lifestyle channel for all its Asian feeds, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea.

External links

• Official BBC Two website
• Chinese Food Made Easy IMDb
• Official Lifestylefood website
• BBC HD Teaser
• Chinese Food Made Easy Lion Television production information
• Chinese food fans tune in to Huang ITN
• Chinese Food Made Easy Yum Yum Asia
• Chinese Food Made Easy Our Chinese Food blog
• Ching He Huang - Chinese Food Made Easy The Wine Boutique