Takeaway Favourites

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Presenter

Ching-He Huang

Director

David Robertson

Unknown

Richard Shaw

Broadcasts

1. Mon 7 Jul 2008
   20:30
   BBC Two
2. Mon 7 Jul 2008
   20:30
   BBC HD
3. Wed 9 Jul 2008
   20:00
   BBC HD
4. Wed 3 Sep 2008
   02:35
   BBC One
5. Mon 10 Nov 2008
   20:00
   BBC HD
6. Mon 2 Feb 2009
   17:00
   BBC HD
7. Sat 18 Apr 2009
   16:00
   BBC HD
8. Tue 14 Jul 2009
   18:30
   BBC HD