Red-cooked chicken wings | Yan Can Cook | KQED

Chef Martin Yan kicks off this episode full of his family's favorite recipes by making red-cooked chicken wings. After marinating, he browns the wings with a master sauce made with green onions, ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon, chicken broth, brown sugar, dry sherry, and both dark and regular soy sauce.

Then a very special guest drops by - Martin's mom! (19:15) She brings along a clay pot full of preserved vegetables to use in his stir fry pork dish. (14:36). Afterwards, she sticks around to help Martin create a healthy and flavorful dish, steamed tofu with shrimp mousse (21:10).

Martin also makes another very nourishing recipe, his uncle's favorite poached fish with sweet and sour sauce (9:37).

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Season 4, Episode 2: Yan Family Favorites
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About Yan Can Cook:
After receiving his formal restaurant training in Hong Kong, Chef Martin Yan immigrated to Calgary, Canada where he was asked to appear in a daytime news program to demonstrate Chinese cooking. The rest, as they say, is television history. In 1978, he launched the groundbreaking Chinese cooking series 'Yan Can Cook' on public television. Infused with Martin's signature humor and energy, Yan Can Cook has gone on to become a global phenomenon and has won multiple James Beard Awards.

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