 Chinese takeout recipes?
Hey all, this is a question that plagues me and yet in a number of years I have never been able to get answered. Since most American Chinese takeout restaurants (basic neighborhood ones not fancy/real/specialty) use essentially the same pre-printed menu, and many taste very similar to each other regardless of what state you are in... where are these recipes? There has to be some sort of shared code out there or else hundreds of different places wouldn't have almost identical Hunan Beef, or General Tso's, or Pork Lo Mein. Where is this rosetta stone? Does anyone have any of these recipes? I would love to find the "true" Chinese takeout recipe for Hunan *insert protien here*. The ubiquitous fermented black beans/brown sauce components.
The funny thing is that while I can cook traditional Hunan cuisine just fine, and have a lot of Chinese friends, none of us can duplicate this simple dish exactly as it is done across America. |