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Silver July 2026 Discount Code
This discount code entitles you to: 5% off www.ziangs.com webstore 5% off any cookery course we hold (excluding guest chef spots) This code can be used an unlimited amount of times while its valid, but below is not for sharing, sharing will results instant termination of recipe vault membership and perks! CODE: JUL1328 Thank you for your support! Chin and Choo Happy Cooking! Happy Eating!

Chin
Jul 11 min read


Old School Sweet & Sour Sauce Video & Written Recipe
We first made this sweet and sour sauce video in January 2017, nearly a decade ago! It's the old school version you don't see in many Chinese takeaways anymore, now there are literally 100s of variation to this recipe, but this is the one I grew up making in the takeaway I grew up, so naturally it holds a soft spot for us. This recipe makes 500-600ml, store in fridge unthicken, then thicken as and when you want to use it. Pre order our cook book by clicking here https://geni.

Chin
Jun 302 min read


The GOOD FOOD Show Singapore Chow Mein (Jimmy's Sate)
This Singapore Chow Mein was on that we were meant to demo at the Jimmy's Sate stall, but long story short, we didn't have any ingredients to cook, which was disappointing but meant we could be out the front far more often. Ingredients The Chicken 200g sliced chicken breast 1 tsp potato starch https://www.ziangs.com/product-page/potato-starch-500g 1/3 tsp garlic powder https://www.ziangs.com/product-page/garlic-powder-100g 1/6 tsp Bicarb https://www.ziangs.com/product-page/dr

Chin
Jun 232 min read


Sweet & Sour King Prawn Balls
We've done a version of this in the past, but this version is more of how Mum (aka bigh Choo) likes to make them in our takeaways we've owned or worked in. This recipe for sweet and sour king prawn balls is one of Mums all time favourite Chinese takeout recipes, we included a quick sweet and sour sauce in this video, but our favourite recipe is the old school version that can be found in ur new cookbook "The Ultimate Chinese Takeaway Bible" Pre order our New cookbook here...

Chin
Jun 152 min read


FPC - Beef and Mushrooms (First Person Cooking)
This was one of our earliest videos nearly a decade ago, beef with mushrooms was one of the most ordered dish then, now not so much as people have become a lot more adventurous with their food, having said that this is still one of the most asked for dishes on our social media accounts. Ingredients The beef 1 medallion steak (227g) 1 tsp potato starch 1/6 tsp bicarb Pinch salt Pinch MSG 1/3 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp dark soy The finishing 300g chopped mushrooms 1/2 diced onion

Chin
Jun 141 min read


Chin & Choo's China Star Chow Mein Special
Here is the exact recipe we used for our chow mein dish at the China Star in Edingbrugh when we took over the kitchen there. Really try this out as it's so much better than the standard recipes we've done in the past. Pre order our new cookbook here Ingredients The Chicken 150g sliced chicken breast 1 tsp potato starch Click here to buy Pinch of salt Pinch MSG Click here to buy 2 1/2 tsp seasoning sauce Click here to buy 1/2 tsp garlic powder Click here to buy Pinch bicarb Cl

Chin
Jun 82 min read


Chin and Choo At The VIRAL China Star Restaurant
Me and Mum spent Monday night cooking in the Viral China star in Edinburgh, one that’s on the verge of closing and why it went viral, we went to help promote the business on behalf of @luckyboatnoodles as brand ambassadors. Here is our little vlog of how the day went, the only dish that was actually our recipe was the Chin and Choo’s Chow mein as we wanted to show case there food, the way they do it, hope you give him a follow and like his video 🥢🦐🍳🍚🥡

Chin
Jun 31 min read


Silver June 2026 Discount Code
This discount code entitles you to: 5% off www.ziangs.com webstore 5% off any cookery course we hold (excluding guest chef spots) This code can be used an unlimited amount of times while its valid, but below is not for sharing, sharing will results instant termination of recipe vault membership and perks. CODE: SIL5588 Thank you for your support! Chin and Choo Happy Cooking! Happy Eating!

Chin
Jun 11 min read


Young Chow Fried Rice (special) Video & Written Recipe
Here is a recipe for Chinese takeaway special fried rice, also known as yung, young, yam and yum chow fried rice, how ever you say it, it’s all the same remember to support your local takeaway if you can, supporting a small Local business is important now more than ever! Pre order our cook book https://geni.us/ChineseTakeawayBible Equipment I use/have used: Wok Click here to buy Induction cooker single hob Click here to buy Oil decanter/sprayer Click here to buy Cooking Spoo

Chin
May 252 min read
![FPC Plain Chow Mein 🍜🥢 [First Person Cooking]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/03ceee_d39e2be219254c478b069df9b5299f46~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/03ceee_d39e2be219254c478b069df9b5299f46~mv2.webp)
![FPC Plain Chow Mein 🍜🥢 [First Person Cooking]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/03ceee_d39e2be219254c478b069df9b5299f46~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/03ceee_d39e2be219254c478b069df9b5299f46~mv2.webp)
FPC Plain Chow Mein 🍜🥢 [First Person Cooking]
Here is the seconds FPC (First Person Cooking) Video, and as we're starting again, I though, plain soft noodles is a good one to do, I can show you what I mean by, letting them sit and for how long. Really liking this new series and hope you are too! Don't forget to pre order our new cookbook PRE ORDER HERE The induction cooker I'm using Click Here To Buy The wok I'm using Click Here To Buy Ingredients 2 blocks lucky boat no1's Prepped CLICK to Watch Click Here To Buy 3

Chin
May 221 min read


Easy Kari (Curry) Laksa Video & Written Recipe
Easy Kari (Curry) Laksa This is a recipe I’ve been making since I was in my teens, especially at uni as it was cheap, so well over 2 decades ago now, but I’d also miss out the sea woodlice. Take no time at all, just a lot of small things. Pre order our new cookbook Click Here Induction cooker Click Here Wok I use Click Here Ingredients The base 1 nest lucky boat Ramen noodles Click Here 1 heaped tbs Jimmys sate sauce Click Here 1 heaped tsp easter star curry powder Click Here

Chin
May 202 min read


Sweet & Sour Chicken Hong Kong Style Video and Written Recipe
There are many varations of this, but most of the takeaways now make there sweet and sour sauce the easy way, this doesn't means its not good, its just different as does lack a punch of flavour that the orginal recipe we shared years ago does. But I'm using the old school style batter rather than the newer version which is ether just starch or a mix of starch and plain flour. Pre-order our new cookbook, has the old school recipe inside Click Here to Pre Order Equipment I use:

Chin
May 193 min read


Singapore Chow Mein Video & Written Recipe
If you like curry and noodles, then this recipe is one you need to try, although not actually invented in Singapore and in fact created in the UK, it's a highly ordered dish in Chinese takeaways, and has become well known as a Chinese staple, I mean I will often order this (no prawns obviously because the texture makes me sad) when I go for a Chinese takeaway, mixed with chips and sweet and sour sauce, you have the best hangover cure known to man, thats or egg fried rice, chi

Chin
May 182 min read


Crispy Shredded Smoked Chilli Chicken Video & Written Recipe
This is a dry dish, I often get people ask where is the sauce, that like asking where is the sauce on your crisps (chips for the people in the states), its not meant to have sauce, if it had sauce it would be a totally different dish. Also because of the amount of people that have asked, the publishers agreed to put it in my new book, you can pre order by CLICKING HERE Equipment I use: Wok Click here to buy Induction cooker single hob Click here to buy Spider sieve Click her

Chin
May 172 min read
![Egg Fried Rice 🍚 🍳 [First Person Cooking FPC]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/03ceee_bc92a89aefa742e986edc3116992ebb0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/03ceee_bc92a89aefa742e986edc3116992ebb0~mv2.webp)
![Egg Fried Rice 🍚 🍳 [First Person Cooking FPC]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/03ceee_bc92a89aefa742e986edc3116992ebb0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/03ceee_bc92a89aefa742e986edc3116992ebb0~mv2.webp)
Egg Fried Rice 🍚 🍳 [First Person Cooking FPC]
I'm starting off this new frist cooking person series with the most basic of all dishes, egg fried rice. I'd really like your feed back on this series too, it's important for me to make content that you're going to use and enjoy, so let me know you're thoughts on this series. This series has been designed to be like a cook along, so you can cook with me in real time at home. Don't forget to pre order our new cookbook PRE ORDER HERE The induction cooker I'm using Click Here T

Chin
May 161 min read


How To use AROY-D Thai Green Curry Paste (Chicken)
We sell the ingredients on our webstore FREE UK SHIPPING on ORDERS OVER £45 CLICK TO BUY HERE Pre-Order our new cookbook CLICK TO PRE ORDER Serves 1-2 Ingredients: 300g boned and skinned chicken thigh 1 tsp garlic powder CLICK TO BUY HERE 1/3 tsp white pepper Pinch salt Pinch MSG CLICK TO BUY HERE 1 tbsp seasoning sauce CLICK TO BUY HERE 2 tsp fish sauce CLICK TO BUY HERE 1 heap tsp potato starch CLICK TO BUY HERE Finishing 1 heap tsp green curry paste CLICK TO BUY HERE 50g c

Chin
May 142 min read


Easy Char Sui Pork Belly Video
This is a super easy way to back make char sui, you can use any cut you like, I had pork belly so I just use that, this is especially good for dished that char sui is just another ingredient, like special fried rice, Singpore chow mein, etc. Also in cookbooks, we don't count seasonings as ingredients, even though they're mentioned in ingredients, books that say 5 ingredient recipes don't count staples as ingredients, I don't make the rules. Makes 600-650g worth 700g pork bell

Chin
May 121 min read


FPC Bacon & Garlic Fried Rice Video
This is a test on me trying out a new format just for recipe vault members, which I'm calling FPC which stands for First Person Cooking, so you'll se my view and you'll see the whole cooking video (i might edit these in shorter format for public), but the idea is that you can actually cook along with me at home. and as long as you follow the video you should have the same results I do. I now have meta glasses for better view, but having some fliming issues on that, that I hop

Chin
May 122 min read


New Cookbook “The Ultimate Chinese Takeaway Bible” Photo Shoot
This was a totally new experience for us, as we were self published before, this was all just done to me (Chin) to do, having a team makes this job genuinely 10 times easier. Hope you like this little behind the scenes video. Pre ordering helps us so much, in terms of helping with TV appearances and newspaper articles, the nation needs to see Mum and this can help 😊, and as it’s mostly through Amazon you get the Amazon price guarantee, so if on the day of release it’s cheap

Chin
Apr 131 min read


Real Chinese Takeaway Chicken Fried Rice
It's been nearly 7 years since we made an actual Chinese takeaway chicken fried rice recipe, so thought it's about time we reviseded it, this is slightly different than last time, as we didn't just poach it, we velveted it too (works best if you can soak the chicken in the bicarb water first before poaching). One of the keys to great fried rice is simplicity, the reason most of the time when you've mad a fried rice and it's just not hit the mark, its because you've over compl

Chin
Mar 232 min read
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