Cooking Videos — 2026-07-13#

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If you want to elevate your knife skills and summer side dishes, definitely watch Chef Chen Zongming’s masterclass on traditional Shandong-style pickles. His foolproof breakdown of the impressive “suoyi” (raincoat) cucumber cut, which uses chopsticks as a cutting guide, is a brilliant trick for any home cook looking to maximize crunch and flavor absorption without accidentally slicing all the way through the vegetable.

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For a rich, savory main course, the channel 老东北美食 delivers an incredibly appetizing Steamed Meatballs with Eggs that practically begs to be mixed into a hot bowl of rice with its savory juices. The creator shares a fantastic kitchen technique for making the meatballs unbelievably tender and fluffy by incorporating wet starch, diced green chilies, and scallions directly into the meat mixture so it doesn’t become dense. On the lighter side, Homemade Pickles by 鲁菜老厨陈宗明 teaches you how to transform crisp cucumbers, fried flat beans, and blistered peppers into a vibrant, crunchy summer relish. This tutorial stands out not just for the beautiful vegetable prep, but for the deeply savory pickling broth built from fried soybean paste, soy sauce, fresh shiitake mushrooms, and toasted aromatic spices.