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Ching-He Huang prepares chicken chow mein, sweet and sour pork, choi sum and mixed vegetable salad and a healthy beef in oyster sauce with spinach and mushrooms.

With 15,000 Chinese restaurants in Britain, Chinese food has recently been voted the nation's favourite takeaway. Ching-He Huang reveals how delicious Chinese food can be prepared at home with easy-to-prepare mouth-watering recipes using fresh, healthy and readily available ingredients.

In tonight's opener, she reveals the secrets of the perfect chicken chow mein, which she prepares for the nutrition-conscious British Women's Olympic Rowing squad, soon off to the Beijing Olympics. She teaches world champion and Olympic medal-winning rower Katherine Grainger how to cook her own healthy version of sweet and sour pork, served with a delicious choi sum and mixed vegetable salad, with pineapple dressing and a special egg-fried rice with a distinctive twist.

Ching-He also shows viewers how to cook her healthy version of takeaway favourite beef in oyster sauce with spinach and mushrooms, offers a host of tips for using and preparing a wok and reveals the essential store-cupboard ingredients needed to make the simplest, quickest Chinese meals at home.

29 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 May 2013 11:30

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Ching-He Huang
Series Producer Richard Shaw
Director David Robertson

Broadcasts

  • Mon 7 Jul 2008 20:30
  • Wed 9 Jul 2008 20:00
  • Wed 3 Sep 2008 02:35
  • Mon 10 Nov 2008 20:00
  • Mon 2 Feb 2009 17:00
  • Sat 18 Apr 2009 16:00
  • Tue 14 Jul 2009 18:30
  • Tue 16 Feb 2010 18:30
  • Mon 21 Mar 2011 17:15
  • Mon 22 Aug 2011 16:30
  • Thu 3 May 2012 17:30
  • Sun 5 May 2013 11:30