Cooking tools make our cooking lives easier.
This is an introduction to some of the common chinese cooking tools and cooking utensils that can be found in the modern chinese kitchen.
Pots
You can cook many yummy chinese soups with a single large soup pot. But there are some cooking pots that can make chinese soup making easier. You may even have some of these soup cookers at home.
1. The slow Cooker
Also known as the crock pot, this is one of my favourite cooking pot for making chinese soups. It is especially good for long simmering soup.
Click slow cooker for more information and recipes.
2. The Thermal Cooker
The thermal cooker is also branded as the magic pot because it seems to cook on its own. It is the coolest energy saving soup pot.
Click thermal cooker for more information and recipes.
3. The Chinese Double Boiling Jar
This little neat ceramic soup pot is used to cook nourishing tonics by double boiling.
Click chinese double boiler for more information.
4. The Rice Cooker
A versatile kitchen appliance for cooking rice, congee and chinese soups.
Click rice cooker for more information.
Chinese Lunch boxes
Chinese lunch boxes consists of tingkats, vacuum lunch boxes and thermal flasks. I picked food containers that can be used to pack chinese soups for lunch and even for picnics.
Click chinese lunch boxes for more information on how these portable food containers can make an otherwise messy lunch item a breeze to cart around.
Small Accessories
1. Steaming wire plate
Fondly called the tripod, the steaming wire plate provides more stable support for steaming food in a wok.
Click wire support for more information.
2. Plate Grabber
This little device grabs and removes steaming plates or bowls from the steamer or wok without getting too close to the heat.
Cookbooks
Cookbooks are indispensable cooking tools (^_^). Check out some of my recommendations.
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