Cooking Videos — 2026-06-17#

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Master Chef State Banquet: Shrimp Soup Wrapped in Tofu Skin from Lao Fan Gu is an absolute must-watch today for its brilliant demonstration of elevating humble ingredients into a five-star Shanghai classic. The chefs walk you through an exquisite technique of using leftover shrimp heads to create a luscious, umami-packed broth that transforms simple pork-stuffed tofu skin rolls into an elegant, flavor-packed dish.

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Summer Appetizer: Mashed Eggplant with Peppers and Century Egg by 老东北美食 (Lao Dongbei Meishi) offers a fantastic, home-style cold dish that is absolutely perfect for hot days. The tutorial breaks down how to perfectly steam long eggplants and achieve a charred, smoky “tiger skin” on hot peppers using just a hot pan with minimal oil, cleverly mimicking traditional charcoal roasting. It’s a savory flavor bomb completed with a hot oil pour over chili flakes, soft century eggs, and pungent aromatics, making it an ultimate companion for a bowl of white rice.

2026-06-21

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Cooking Videos — 2026-06-21#

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If you only have time for one video today, make it Chef Chen Zongming’s absolute masterclass on traditional Shandong-style dry-braised pomfret. It is an incredible display of old-school culinary techniques and professional knife work that will fundamentally change how you approach cooking whole fish.

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The standout tutorial today comes from the channel 鲁菜老厨陈宗明 in 经典鲁菜，干香小辣，咸中带甜，【干烧鲳鱼】传统做法来啦 #民间手艺人 #鲁菜老厨陈宗明 #美食 #美食教程 #鲁菜 #cooking, where the chef demonstrates an authentic “dry-braise” (干烧) using a gorgeous caramelized sugar base (糖色) and Sichuan peppercorn water for a savory, subtly sweet, and wonderfully aromatic finish. For a more rustic and deeply comforting meal, the channel 老东北美食 shares a fantastic Northeastern one-pot rice dish in 懶人燜飯，米飯一鍋出！沒技巧沒配方！會煮飯就會做！一口香迷糊 #老东北美食 #food #家庭菜 #cooking #美食 #delicious, simmering pork belly, broken potatoes, torn eggplant, and green beans directly beneath a fragrant layer of steamed rice. If you need an absolute weeknight savior, 尚食厨房 ShangshiKitchen’s Costco牛肉片最简单好吃做法！搭配芝麻菜青苹果沙拉，两道菜轻松开饭｜Quick & Healthy: Costco Beef Slices with Arugula Apple Salad shows how to turn thinly sliced Costco beef into a rapid Korean BBQ-style dinner, paired brilliantly with a crisp green apple and arugula salad tossed in a homemade wasabi vinaigrette.