Why Chinese Cuisine Become so Popular?
Without a doubt, Chinese food is one of the most popular international cuisines in the world.
Thanks to many Chinese emigrants who have moved around the world and brought their food with them, most people on earth have experienced some form of Chinese food during their lives. Although most Chinese dishes that were exported to other countries have been changed through time to accommodate the tastes of locals, the food still reflects something wonderful and accessible about Chinese culture, and shows just how important food is to the Chinese people.
There are so many dishes within Chinese cooking that it is difficult to narrow them down, but there are a few styles of Chinese cuisine, such as Hunan, Sichuan and Cantonese, that have been most popularly exported, and these are the dishes one is most likely to find in Chinese restaurants around the world.
Top 10 Most Popular Chinese Foods :
1. Kung Pao Chicken
A spicy lover's dream, this stir-fried dish hails from Sichuan Province and incorporates diced chicken and vegetables with peanuts and hot chili peppers.
2. Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls
These traditional wraps come either deep fried or fresh wrapped in rice noodle and filled with vegetables and meat.
3. Szechuan Chicken
Another Sichuan Province favorite is the spicy beef dish stir fried with green onions and other vegetables.
4. Mushu Pork
This delicious dish consists of stir-fried pork wrapped in thin pancakes and garnished with sweet Hoisin sauce and scallions.
5. Fried Rice
Traditionally a dish that housewives made with leftovers from the night before, fried rice typical incorporates egg, meat and vegetables.
6. Beef with Broccoli
The name says it all for this simple dish of stir-fried steak slices combined together with broccoli in a thick, savory sauce.
Beef With Broccoli Stir Fry Recipe : The secret to this recipe is cooking the beef in 1 cup of oil to seal in the juices, and cooking the broccoli in water to make it crisp and tender. For a more authentic touch, try using Chinese broccoli, which has an appearance and taste similar to asparagus.
7. Fried Dumplings
Often called "pot stickers" for the way they stick to the pan while cooking, these fried versions of the classic dumpling are folded and stuffed with vegetables and meat.
Chinese Dumpling - Jiaozi
Dumplings Jiaozi are one of the major foods eaten during the Chinese New Year, and year round in the northern provinces.
They look like the golden ingots yuan bao used during the Ming Dynasty for money and the name sounds like the word for the earliest paper money, so serving them brings the promise of wealth, good luck and prosperity. Many families eat these at midnight on Chinese New Year's Eve so they have money at the changing of the years. Some cooks will even hide a clean coin in one for the most lucky to find.
8. Hot and Sour Soup
This thin, brothy soup has a spicy, savory flavor that lends its name to the dish.
9. Dim Sum
Hailing from Guangzhou and Hong Kong, dim sum is a Cantonese word for snacks, which typically come as dumplings, pancakes and other small dishes served individually.
10. Beef Fried Noodles
Fried noodles are one of the most common snacks in China, are sold as street food made quickly by roadside vendors. The traditional version comes with pork, but exported versions often have chicken or beef.
You are in China, everything is quiet. At every step you see censorship, people are looking their business and no one cares about you.
Suddenly, right after the corner you spot some crowd. What is that you may ask yourself? Well, it is a place of Chinese fast food restaurant.
Many delicious meals are preparing for the customers, you can also choose a fried bug if you like them. Mmmmm, so delicious, you will ask for more if those food specialities are not disgusting for you.
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