Cooking Videos — 2026-07-09#

Watch First#

If you only watch one video today, make it 夏天也能吃「冰的麻辣鍋 - 酸辣蝦🦐」 開胃無敵！ from 詹姆士官方專屬頻道 (James’ Official Channel). James shares an incredibly refreshing “Cold Mala” (cold spicy) hot pot concept that is absolutely perfect for beating the summer heat, featuring a versatile hot and sour sauce that pairs brilliantly with shrimp, chilled drinks, and long summer evenings.

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Recipes & Tutorials#

For an incredible textural experience, check out 番茄滑肉，一碗就開胃！ by 老东北美食, which breaks down the process for making ultra-tender, velvety pork slices in a rich, tangy tomato and mushroom soup. If you are looking to upgrade your cookout side dishes, MASAの料理ABC offers a brilliant and highly appetizing take on a classic in 馬鈴薯沙拉不一定要壓碎！. Instead of completely mashing the baby potatoes, he steams them, lightly smashes them, and sears them in butter for deliciously crispy edges before tossing them with zucchini and cold-started Taiwanese sausage.

Food Science & Tips#

The tomato pork slice tutorial from 老东北美食 offers a fantastic visual guide to meat tenderization, demonstrating how a brief 3-5 minute soak with a small amount of baking soda breaks down the meat fibers and pulls out impurities. The chef also shows how gently poaching the velveted meat—preventing the water from reaching a rolling boil—maintains a perfectly bouncy, slip-down-your-throat texture. Over in the cold hot pot video, a quick but essential tip is adding a splash of vinegar to your blanching water, which yields a much firmer, snappier bite for the shrimp.