Chinese Cooking - Ingredients and Equipment

These lists are not exhaustive as the number of Chinese ingredients, in particular, are just too numerous to mention. However, I have listed the most common which are readily available in the Western world.

Ingredients

Bamboo Shoots, as the name suggests are the crisp shoots of tropical bamboo. They are usually sold canned and give a lovely crunch to sir-fried dishes. Once opened, any shoots that you don