The BEST ways to make Gai Lan👌 + 2 Quick & Easy Stir Fry Chinese Broccoli Recipes

so what's the secret to making fresh tasting green and crunchy galon [Music] i'm going to give you all the tips by showing you how to make stir-fry guideline with ginger and for those who don't like ginger i'll also do a version with oyster sauce first of all you need the guideline and not just any guideline when you buy this at the supermarket you first thing you look at is the bottom of the stems you check how green it is if it's turning white that means the moisture is escaping so it would be too old another telltale sign is that if it's an old skyline the leaves will start to wrinkle and close up this one was a little hard to look at the supermarket because they already packaged it in the bag another thing you want to look for is if it has blooming flowers or flowers that have already opened if that's the case then this means the skyline is too mature and it's too old gailan is known for its crunchiness so you want to pick something that has a nice thick stem first of all when you get it back you want to cut off this edge because it's starting to oxidize from the previous cutting and this thick skin out here is actually quite tough as well so i'll get a peeler you peel it just like an asparagus and that helps it not get all stringy when you eat it and then you want to rip off these outer leaves so in the fancy five-star restaurants people would discard this when not a fancy five-star restaurant so we'll keep it but these ones would not be as tender as the middle part you eat the guideline for the middle part all right for these big pieces i'm keeping this leaf and i'm gonna cut here around the diagonal to make the stem a little thinner so it can cook quicker now it's a little bit more even these two pieces would cook more evenly so after you pick the outer leaves off if you don't want to use in a stir-fry you can use this in the soup but i'm going to use the in the stir-fry as well you see all the vibrous ends on this so these will be all stringy and will become like floss in your teeth so i'm going to cut that right off okay and then check the leaves and see if there's any like gross pieces i'll probably remove that as well like some yellow broken i'm going to show you two different ways of making guy lime first we're going to stir fry it with ginger juice a lot of restaurants do this because ginger enhances the flavor of the guideline so for these hard to reach places you can use a spoon so i'm going to mince some now i'm gonna microplane this to squeeze the juice out oh tired if using the microplane is taking a little longer than expected you can use a small blender a little bit of liquid much better put it over a fine mesh strainer you should have just done that in the first place all right let's squeeze the rest of this out that was night and day let's taste it and see how how potent this stuff is it's pretty potent spicy it's very spicy so you don't need this much you only need a tablespoon so you can save this for later the ginger juice was the hardest part of this recipe so now that's over the rest is smooth sailing to have all your ingredients ready we're just going to make a thin corn slash slurry to help the flavor stick to the vegetables at the end a little bit of corn starch and a little bit of water [Music] give it a little mix now having all these ingredients ready is going to help you when you're at the stove because you wouldn't have time to go and look for your ingredients when you're actually cooking because this only takes a couple of minutes first heat your wok up to medium and add in your oil fry your minced ginger to its fragrance add in your guy line and turn up the heat gailan doesn't expel much water so add some water in there to soften it i'll be using chicken stock to give it more flavor add a little bit of salt to taste and add sugar the sugar keeps the guy line nice and green and helps reduce the bitterness of the vegetable cover with the lid and let it sit for one to two minutes to soften the guideline and for it to absorb the flavors when you see the vegetables are nice and green add in your rice wine at the edge of your wok and your ginger juice this increases the aroma and brings out the freshness as a final touch add a little bit of cornstarch slurry so the vegetables are nice and shiny for the gram it also helps stick the sauce onto the vegetable that's it you're basically done with your stir-fry guideline with ginger in less than five minutes now if you don't like ginger like kevin you can go with another classic guideline with oyster sauce but before we get into it help us out by hitting that like button and subscribe so for this we're going to go with baby guy line baby guy line is a little more expensive than the mature variety but you basically don't have to do much you don't have to shave you don't have to cut it you don't have to slice it it's pretty tender as is the trade-off is that it's less crunchy than the thicker variety so if you're lazy get baby guy line like before prepare your ingredients and we're ready to rumble warm up some oil on high heat at the beginning add in your guy line like before add a little bit of sugar to help it stay green then turn down the heat and cover for two minutes to soften up now turn up the heat add a little bit of oyster sauce stir stir stir stir turn on the heat and add in your slurry quickly toss it and you're done since you're still here till the end here's a bonus tip for you use lard or cook guideline with some meat it will help to remove the bitterness as well that's why guyline and beef stir-fry is such a popular dish alright i hope these tips were helpful thanks for watching and i'll see you later

Channel: Kind of Cooking - Recipes You Can Make At Home!

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Id: GQ7-tjp7wnA

Length: 6min 52sec (412 seconds)

Published: Thu May 27 2021