Simply Chinese: Recipes from a Chinese Home Kitchen

by Suzie Lee

Simply Chinese is a sumptuous collection of classic and modern Chinese home-style recipes that can be made, with ease, in your own home kitchens. For Suzie Lee, food and Chinese home cooking has always been personal – in Chinese culture, food and family are intertwined. Suzie strives to capture and recreate those cooking traditions she shared with her late mother, her inspiration.

From Lee family favorites, such as Hong Kong style chicken wings, to vegetable classics like Tofu puff stir fry, you'll also find more modern creations like her Blackbean stuffed aubergines and green peppers or Garlicky scallops on glass noodles.

With traditional dishes prepared in non-traditional ways, and with a classic Suzie twist, these recipes are creative and delicious, and celebrate real Chinese home cooking. Unrestrictive and easy to follow, Simply Chinese shows you how to create authentic-tasting pan-Asian dishes using supermarket ingredients, that are readily available.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

176 pages, Hardcover

Published September 13, 2022

Reviews

[Cheng]

A solid Chinese cookbook from a heartwarming and relatable perspective (i.e. mom's cooking), but these recipes are neither simple nor unique. A lot of the recipes are actually more mass restaurant fare than genuine Chinese home cooking. There are a couple of recipes that caught my eye (black bean steamed salmon and mango pudding), but mostly, these are not everyday home meals. Plus, the prep and cooking times listed for each recipe are totally unrealistic unless you have one or more sous chefs at home. Would not recommend other than flipping through for general inspo.

[Ian]

I’d give it a 3.5 stars but that’s unfortunately impossible. There’s some fun recipes in here and it’s definitely high quality in terms of production quality. My favourite was definitely the Hainanese Chicken and Rice. I’m personally no authority on Chinese food (not that kind of Asian) but everything I did make tasted good. I would’ve liked more sweets though! All in all it’s a good jumping off point to dip your toes into the kitchen and I love the passion behind it.

[Scott Andrews]

I love this book. Simple. Approachable. Usable. Enthusiastic. A keeper.

[Yvonne]

Good pictures but recipes seemed hard to follow. Didn’t flow and poor layout? Not numbered instructions and multiple steps within just one paragraph.