Cooking Videos — 2026-05-06#

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If you struggle with cooking soggy, oil-logged eggplant at home, you absolutely must watch 陈老师家里的珍藏家常菜【煎烧茄子】，不油不腻，又鲜又香，配米饭可以一大碗！#民间手艺人 #鲁菜老厨陈宗明 #美食 #美食教程 #家常菜 #老手艺 #鲁菜. Chef Chen shares a brilliant, practical home-style technique of scoring the vegetable and coating it in egg wash before pan-frying, perfectly sealing the flesh so it cooks up tender without becoming a greasy sponge.

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On the channel 鲁菜老厨陈宗明, Chef Chen demonstrates a home-style pan-fried and braised eggplant recipe that is an absolute game-changer for your rice bowls. By sealing the crosshatch-scored eggplant in an egg wash, it fries to a golden 70-80% doneness without soaking up excess fat, before being briefly braised with minced pork, scallions, ginger, and garlic. For a deeply refreshing summer dish, check out 再升級！這樣做讓沙拉醬汁更夠味｜魚凍五花肉沙拉 [詹姆士] on 詹姆士官方專屬頻道, where Chef James prepares a bouncy blanched pork belly salad topped with crushed nuts. The standout culinary technique here is creating a savory bonito “fish jelly” (魚凍) using gelatin, which slowly melts in your mouth as you eat to continuously release rich umami flavors into the crisp greens.

Cooking Videos — Week of 2026-05-06 to 2026-05-15#

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The absolute must-watch this week is Chef Chen Zongming’s masterclass on 特色【龙虾炒鸡】 from his traditional Shandong cuisine channel, 鲁菜老厨陈宗明. It is an incredible deep dive into traditional Lu cuisine principles that braises young rooster and live crayfish, packed with invaluable butchery techniques—like seamlessly deveining crayfish and chopping chicken bones flat—that will instantly make you a safer, better cook.

Week in Review#

This week’s content was heavily anchored in elevating everyday home cooking through foundational techniques, from mastering moisture control in vegetables to executing flawless meat butchery. Culinary science took center stage, with seasoned chefs demonstrating exactly how manipulating temperature, starches, and prep mechanics can yield restaurant-quality results in a humble home kitchen.