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AI GeneratedA father demonstrates how to prepare four healthy dishes in under 50 minutes, integrating medical advice from Dr. Susan Lo of Asian Health Services. The video blends practical culinary skills with nutritional science, focusing on chronic disease prevention through mindful ingredient choices, balanced plate ratios, and efficient cooking techniques to modernize traditional Chinese cuisine.
During the New Year, we're taking on a challenge.
Can my dad make 4 healthy dishes from start to finish
In under 50 minutes?
Everyone, what do we have for lunch?
We'll be making rice with white rice and glutinous rice
This is Yiu Guo Ji
This is Tofu Egg Flower Soup
This is Garlic Flower Soup
1 rice, 3 dishes
1 soup, 2 dishes
Wait, 3, 2, 1, go!
Okay, now we'll start washing the rice
This is 1 cup of white rice
In most of our cooking videos, we trim a lot of footage
But to make this challenge more realistic
And also approachable for you to recreate for yourself
We're not going to edit out any of the footage
Or pause the timer on our cute kid's iPad
Even if our portable stove runs out of gas
Or even if I have to adjust cameras
We started this challenge in large part
Thanks to our collaboration with Asian Health Services
A community health center based in Oakland, California
Which currently serves over 50,000 patients
Across 14 different languages
If you're like me and how to translate
Complex medical conversations for your parents
As a young kid
You'll know why Asian Health Services
Is so vital to the immigrant community
1 cup, 2 cups, 6 oz of white rice
1 cup, 1 cup, 1 cup of white rice, 1 cup of glutinous rice
Yeah, 2 cups of white rice
If you're wondering why we're mixing white rice and brown rice
It's actually the first of 7 simple but impactful tweaks
That we'll be uncovering in this video
I got to sit down with Asian Health Services' Susan Lo
A family medicine doctor of over 27 years
To explain why this simple change is so consequential
You know, white rice is really
It's actually a refined grain
Because it's been pearled or peeled off itself
It has very little nutritional value
We're also wanting people to try things like
So all those different types of grains
Are actually much, much healthier
For you nutrition-wise than white rice
To even step up even more
You could even add a little lentils
A little extra fiber, a little extra protein
You're stunting your rise in blood sugar
You'll feel fuller because of the protein
And the fiber that you're getting from the rice
And you don't have to eat as much
To highlight this subtle pro-tip
My dad is cooking the brown rice for 15 minutes first
Before adding the white rice
So that the two different types of grains
Finish cooking with the same ideal texture
We'll rinse 1 pound of soft tofu with cold water
And cut it into large cubes
This is egg flower soup
It's tofu egg flower soup
This is a piece of tofu
It seems like you have a lot of expertise
With like food and nutrition
So how did you get into that?
And why is it so important to you?
I've always loved food
My undergraduate major at Cal
Was actually in nutrition and food science
For my short time working with Susan
It's pretty obvious that healthy nutrition
Is something she really lives, breathes, and preaches
What wasn't as obvious, since Susan is so humble
Is how much of a passion she's devoted to
Asian health services and leadership
Within our community
After some digging on the AHS YouTube channel
I found that Susan spent at least a decade
Volunteering her time to organize initiatives
Like run clubs and prenatal classes
For immigrant moms to help them
Navigate pregnancy in a new country
As a family medicine doctor
I see patients from when they're pregnant
To when they give birth
To when someone's 100 years old
And the nutrition basically is required
For their entire lifespan
Even before they're actually born
Because what mom eats before she gives birth
Is really important to the health of the baby
As she's developing the fetus
Being a doctor, I realize
The choices people make
With the food they choose to eat
Really affects their life
The amount of people who are dying
From chronic diseases
It's usually due to poor diet choices
Susan's point ties into the
Trojan horse of this video
Maybe you clicked on this challenge video
To see if my dad could bang out
Four dishes in under 50 minutes
But our bigger hope is that you finish this video
Feeling inspired to make simple tweaks to your diet
To live a longer, healthier life
Here we're slicing two ounces of carrots into strips
Then into small cubes
I think one overarching theme when we met in person
Was treating diseases before they occur
Can you talk about that?
So as a doctor, we often see patients
After they already have a diagnosis
Like diabetes or heart disease
But in fact, most of those diseases
Started a long time ago
And some relate to really poor nutrition
Or improper nutrition, I guess
And I would say after being a doctor
For a number of years, I realized
Well, we have an opportunity to try to catch these people
As early as possible, right?
First-line treatment for all those things
It's always diet, lifestyle modification, and exercise
It's very hard to make a big change
But it's not hard to make incremental change, right?
So getting back to basics of getting in your kitchen
And cooking instead of eating fast food
Or if you're already cooking, how do you cook a little healthier?
So just small little steps
Can actually move the dial a little bit closer to health
To summarize, for the cashew chicken
We're using about 12 ounces of chicken breast
We'll cut the thickest part of the chicken breast in half horizontally
Then we'll cut bite-sized pieces diagonally across the grain
Here's a clip from one of our courses on working with meat grain
How do you find out which part of the meat is lean?
They do not cross directions
And the trick is to look for the thin white lines of fat
In between the muscle fibers
If you want more clips like this on cooking techniques
Click the link in our description
You can cut it like this
Slice it like this
Then you need a little bit of cornstarch
About 1 teaspoon
1 tablespoon of cornstarch
If you want to follow along with a fully written recipe
Check out our blog at mealwithlau.com
A little bit of sugar
About half a teaspoon
Half a teaspoon of salt
A little bit of pepper
A teaspoon of water
Mix well
While we mix the slurry into the chicken
Cantonese dishes rely heavily on starches
To control texture and moisture
And trap flavors when marinating meat
However, the body treats starch a lot like pure sugar
Which can potentially lead to blood sugar spikes
That said, we are adding a relatively small amount of cornstarch here
Around 1 tablespoon or 8 grams
Which is the typical amount of most of my dad's stir-fries
It's just important to be mindful of how much cornstarch you're using
And how much food you're consuming in general
Notice how my dad is gently massaging the meat
This is another subtle thing my dad does
To help the meat absorb flavor
Another subtle pro tip you might miss
And are about to see
Is to keep a bowl of water around
And a towel or rag on hand
Next up, we'll cut the vegetables
For the katsu chicken dish
Cut 2 ounces of carrot on a diagonal
Into segments
Now, we'll lay the segments down on the flat side
And cut them into quarter inch thick slices
This is a stylistic choice
But my dad tends to match the shape of the vegetables
To the shape of the primary ingredient
For katsu chicken, he's doing thin vegetable slices
To pair with thin chicken slices
For a dish like chow mein, he tends to cut veggies
Into long strips to pair with long noodles
And for a dish like fried rice, he tends to mince ingredients
To pair with the bits of rice
Next, we'll cut the celery into half inch thick slices
On a diagonal
For faster, safer cutting, you need to understand the claw grip
Basically, think of holding your ingredient
With your hands shaped like a claw
So that your fingertips are protected from the sharp edge of the knife
By your knuckles
Your fingertips kind of crawl like a caterpillar
Across the ingredient as you cut it
And your knuckles serve as a guide for the flat side of the knife
If you want to develop your knife skills further
We also have an entire course on this linked in our description
We'll cut all the mushrooms in half
Can you talk about the ideal ratio of like
Plant, protein, grain?
The ideal plate
And there's actually two examples of it
If you look under the usda.gov site
You have half of that plate being
Vegetables and fruits
One half of that plate being vegetables
One quarter of that plate being protein source
And then the other quarter being grain
And it's not very specific unless you read the fine print
My actually favorite plate is the Canadian plate
Because it's beautiful
Half of it is beautiful, colorful
Vegetables and fruits
One quarter of it is your lean protein
So in the picture
There's actually not just meat
Like fish and chicken
There's also beans
And bean products like tofu
And soy milk
And nuts and seeds
So those would be your one quarter of an ideal plate
And the other quarter are your grains
So what are your grains for?
Your grains are really for energy
Because the grains are mostly carbohydrate
But the grains there are not white rice
It's not white bread
It's actually colored grains
So you have your multicolored rice
And millet and quinoa
And then you also have your breads
That are whole grain breads
Or pastas that are like a dark color
Now we're peeling and cutting about half an ounce of garlic
Or about 2-3 cloves into thin slices
I know it's very hard to always eat like that
Because Chinese people don't eat from a plate, right?
We eat from a bowl
Just the concept of
This is how much you should be eating
Might be actually very challenging
If you're just used to sitting down
Or getting a takeout box
A takeout box from a Chinese restaurant
Is like 50% white rice
Depending on what you choose to get
It might be 50% white rice
Or 50% meat with a little bit of bell peppers
Or onions or something
So it's almost like the opposite
Of what a healthy meal should look like
Just to point out, we're not criticizing Chinese restaurants
It's just what most customers want
Most restaurants across all cuisines
Tend to treat veggies as an afterthought
Again, just be mindful and try to incorporate
The second healthy tweak of this video
Of composing your meals to be
50% veggies and fruits
25% mixed grains
And 25% proteins
Soak the broccoli with the florets tied down
In the salt water
My dad's smashing and peeling the garlic
Trim off the hard ends
Then mince the garlic
The subtle distinction here is xun yong
Which means minced garlic or garlic paste
For cashew chicken, we cut the garlic into slices
So that the garlic is something you can bite into
Whereas for our broccoli, we're smashing
And mincing garlic and ginger
So it's more of a flavor or an essence
What's the difference in flavor?
We separate the garlic
And mince the garlic
The ginger is already peeled
Now we'll mince it by smashing it
With the side of the knife and chopping it
Just like we did with cloves of garlic
While we could mince garlic and ginger
By first cutting it into thin slices
Then strips, then mincing
Which my dad also does sometimes
By smashing it first, or pak
It's not only faster than performing
Three separate types of cuts
It also makes the taste a little more pungent
Because smashing helps break down
More of the membranes in the plant cells
Again, we're wiping down our cutting board
And knife with a towel
This is more of a behind the scenes thing
But since I'm monitoring 4 different cameras
All by myself, the cutting board
Is what I use to center all of my shots
And occasionally, I have to move plates and bowls
Out of the way
Now we'll bring back the broccoli
And cut off the florets, starting with the outermost pieces
Don't cut them all at once
Next, cut off the stem
Cut it open
Slice the florets into smaller pieces
Don't cut it all at once
Slice it from the top
So it's smaller
If it's too big, just cut it into smaller pieces
Just like this
Just to emphasize, notice how my dad isn't
Cutting through the top, otherwise
The florets would flake apart
All the florets are cut
Now we'll make the soup
The rice isn't cooked yet
What?
The rice isn't cooked yet
Okay, now we'll start
Making the soup
We're done cutting?
Yes, we're done
We don't need to make the sauce
Okay, let's crack the eggs
Next up, we'll crack all the eggs into a bowl
After our eggs are cracked
We'll start to prepare our space for cooking
While we do that, I wanted Susan to elaborate
On a point she made earlier in the video
So just small little steps
Can actually move the dial a little bit closer
To health
Can you talk about that, what some of those table tweaks are
And the general philosophy on that?
A clinic visit, which I only have like 10 minutes or something
To talk to somebody, I really need to know where they're at
Right, so your simple tweaks will be
Starting from where they're at
And then see where you can tweak
When somebody's not cooking at all
I think the biggest hurdle is
What is it that is the barrier
To even cooking?
People's lives are really complicated
And people are very busy, especially in our immigrant population
Where they might be working three jobs
And trying to raise three kids
And it's very hard to have time
To cook
I would say for that group of patients
Maybe you just start with making one meal a week
And engage your family
To help you
And for people who might be already cooking
And their doctors say
Oh, you need to cut out the fat and the salt and whatever
Go back to a plant-forward diet
Where you emphasize your vegetables and fruits
And use the really basic seasoning
That imparts flavor
Without lots of sugar and salt and oil
So what are those things?
Fresh plants, right?
Herbs, garlic, onion, ginger
Kind of the staple of Chinese cooking
And I think that's why
Your dad's videos are so powerful
Because he uses those
Very basic ingredients
For most of his dishes
And those are things that you could prep
Way ahead of time, right?
You can get a whole onion and chop it up
And use it in several meals
Or you can mince a whole bunch of ginger
And use it for several meals
Those kind of things
In most of our videos
Typically whenever we switch from cutting to cooking
I stop rolling our cameras
But for the sake of this real-time challenge
I'm just letting it be
Even if it's a little more chaotic
We'll cover the pot
And bring the water to a boil on high heat
Can you talk about why it's important to use fresh ingredients?
Most important part is that fresh ingredients taste better
The reason using fresh ingredients at home
Tastes better
So that you don't need to add as much
Of the added salts and sugars
And oils to it
Which if you were buying processed food
Or if you were buying take-out
If they're not valuing
The freshness of the ingredients
How they make things taste better is mouthfeel
They put more oil on it
They put more salt on it, more sugar on it
And you're tasting that
More than the vegetables itself
But every single vegetable has its own unique
Sweetness and savoriness
And the more fresh you could buy it
The better you're going to enjoy that taste
Not everybody can afford to buy
Or have access to a farmer's market
But usually the produce there is the freshest
In California at least
Our patients here have access
If they're on food stamps
They can actually go to the farmer's market here in Chinatown
On the nutritional side
Water-soluble vitamins
That you get in your fruits and vegetables
Degrade over time
So if you want the highest amount of nutrients
In the food that you're taking in
You want the freshest you can get
And also the other side of things
If you buy it really fresh, you could buy more
And it'll keep longer in your fridge
So if you buy stuff that's kind of on the tail end
You really should eat it right away
Then you'll have to shop more often
Right, you'll sustain more money
Now we'll add the white rice
To the rice cooker
After adding the rice
Stir it well
We'll stir the rice, close the lid
And let the rice cooker finish its job
So if you're used to eating white rice
It has a certain texture
It has a certain mouthfeel
You could eat it really, really fast
And you could eat a lot of it really, really fast
The problem is, it's a refined grain
That will shoot your blood sugar up
It'll make you feel happy
Because when we have high blood sugar
Very quickly, you get a dopamine response
You'll want more, but then you'll get hungry
It's a little bit of that Chinese restaurant syndrome
Some people are like, oh it's from the MSG
It's from this or that
But it's actually from a lot of the refined carbs
That you're getting in a Chinese meal
At a typical Chinese restaurant
And most of it is from the white rice
Next, we'll add the carrots, peas, and sweet corn
To the pot of water
We're using about 2 ounces of each
In a bit, we'll discard the excess water from the bowl of tofu
And gently lower the tofu pieces into the pot
And stir the ingredients
I had one patient, she's pre-diabetic
She was willing to try the brown rice
And she came back to see me months later
It's like, I ate brown rice, but I couldn't eat very much
And I couldn't eat that much the next day
I was like, okay, I think something's wrong with me
I'm like, no, that's how it's supposed to be
You're not supposed to be eating two bowls of white rice
I think a half a bowl of brown rice
Is completely adequate for your caloric needs
Now we'll cover the pot again
And wait for it to return to a boil
This leads us into our fourth healthy cooking tweak
Being mindful of how much starch you're using
Soups like egg drop soup
Which is featured in this video
Traditionally uses like 4-5 tablespoons of corn starch
We'd just love to hear your thoughts on that
Well, all starches are basically
Refined carbohydrates
And corn starch in particular
You're able to digest and absorb it
Very, very quickly
And the glycemic index for corn starch
Is actually higher than table sugar
In terms of how fast it goes into your bloodstream
How fast it turns into glucose
And how fast that hits your brain
Your brain's fuel is glucose
Which is great, because that's what makes us think
But we tend to eat more than we use
And that's why obesity is a huge problem in America
A lot of stuff coated in corn starch
Or stuff that has a lot of high carb
And high starch in general
Are comfort foods
I'm not saying it's necessarily bad
As most things are, it's not completely black and white
But if you're predisposed to having diabetes
Or you're overweight
When you're trying to make healthy choices
Taking out corn starch
Or reducing as much as possible
Will make a difference
Are there other starches
Used in the same way
That have a lower glycemic index?
Not significantly
I think just the recommendation is
Don't use it, or use less
Yes, or if you use foods that inherently
Already have something starchy in it
You could cook it in such a way
That it would actually make things a little thicker
The value of that is that you're not adding
Empty calories
Now we're boiling water in the electric stove
To prepare the vegetables and meat
For boiling
The soup is boiling
Let's beat the eggs
When you're beating the eggs
It's best to
Add a little
Add a tablespoon
Of water
To beat the eggs
This will make it easier to beat the eggs
Let's beat the eggs
You can use a fork
Try to beat the eggs
As evenly as possible
Just beat it until it's foamy
The more you beat
The more foamy the eggs
The better
See, it's getting better
At this time
Add some starch water
I'm using 1 tablespoon of starch
This is a super starch
Is it the traditional way?
Yes, traditionally
We use more starch
This time
I'm using 1 tablespoon of starch
Add 2 tablespoons
Of water
For a starch comparison
We've shared 2 different recipes of egg drop soup
The first recipe calls for 3 tablespoons of corn starch
And the second recipe calls for 5 tablespoons
Of potato starch
In contrast, this recipe only calls for
1 tablespoon of potato starch
Add 2 tablespoons of water
The gas
Must be changed
24 minutes
This is another small annoying thing
About our cooking setup
Because the portable stove on the island
Makes for much better videos
We usually have to change gas canisters
In the middle of our shoots
Thankfully, because my dad has so much experience
He can tell almost immediately
If the fire isn't strong enough
Due to an empty gas canister
The water is boiling
So now we'll remove the lid
It's boiling
Next up, we'll thicken the soup
Give the slurry mixture a stir
Add the corn starch
Pour in the slurry while stirring the pot
Now, we'll add flavors to the soup
Next
Add 1 teaspoon of salt
Add 1 teaspoon of sugar
For seasoning
Next, add the egg
What's the recipe for the egg?
Slowly, slowly, slowly
Stir it in
Stir it in slowly
Turn the heat to medium
See?
You see the egg is coming out?
See?
It's done
Try it
The soup is now ready
So turn off the heat
Wow, look at this
Beautiful
The egg
You can put it here
We'll set the pot of soup aside
And bring over our wok to cook the next dish
At this time, we'll remove the lid
Turn the stove on high heat
And bring some water to a boil
Another pro tip, remember to start heating the water
As you're preparing your food
How much water do you add?
One pot of water
We don't need to be too precise about the amount of water
But more is better for blanching
Anytime you add food to the water, the overall temperature will drop
But it'll drop less drastically if you have more water
Inside the pot or wok
First, we'll blanch the chicken
Why do you blanch it?
Usually, we use oil to cook the chicken
Today, I'm healthy
We don't need to add too much oil
We'll just blanch the chicken
It'll cook very quickly
You can flip it over
Mix around the chopsticks to prevent the pieces of chicken
From sticking together
We'll blanch the chicken until they turn white
Around 80 seconds will do
This leads us into our fifth healthy cooking tweak
One clever thing I thought my dad did was blanching
Can you talk about that?
Well, I think blanching in general is healthy
And it also seals in your nutrients
And it's also a time-saver
Another perspective is
You don't need to stir-fry or fry things
With as much oil
And maybe that's what your dad was going for
I really appreciate him for doing that
And I really want to see how your family reacted
To eating it
Because that's probably something they hadn't been used to
Flavor-wise or texture-wise, right?
Yeah, I mean, it tasted just as good
We made two typical take-out classics
Like cashew chicken
Stir-fried broccoli and potato beef
But those were all blanched first
He usually does that with vegetables
But I hadn't seen him do it with meat first
Another pro tip, try to use a glass lid
So you can tell when the chicken is done
We're blanching the chicken to about 80-90% doneness
Since we'll be stir-frying everything later
Also, blanching is ideally done at a higher heat
For a shorter amount of time
So you retain more moisture and develop the ideal textures
Allow the excess water to drain
Then transfer the chicken to a bowl
If you don't already have a spider strainer
It's probably one of the most unsung heroes in my dad's kitchen
Without it, you'd either have to pour out
All the boiling water into a colander
And re-boil more water to blanch the veggies
Or slowly ladle everything out
Which would lead to some overcooked chicken
At this point, we'll add the vegetables
Add a little oil
Add 2 teaspoons of oil to the water
To make it look better
The oil and salt help give the veggies
More shimmer and vibrancy
Now we'll add the celery, carrot, and red bell pepper
Into the wok
Let the vegetables cook for about 80 seconds
With the stove still set on high heat
In general, it's much more efficient
To cook multiple dishes at once
Than it is to cook one dish at a time
As long as you understand the general process
Here's an excerpt from one of our courses
About how my dad approaches
Cooking family-style meals like this
We'll divide the cooking into 3 phases
Phase 1 is pre-cooking, and it encompasses
All ingredient preparation
Phase 2 is long-cooking, which involves
Cooking items over a longer period of time
And phase 3 is fast-cooking, which consists
Of cooking items quickly over high heat
To clarify, we coined the terms
Long-cooking and fast-cooking
For easier understanding
If you're cooking multiple dishes
How do you decide which method to use?
You need to calculate the time
You need to cook, stir-fry, and fast-cook
In order to make the dish
For soup, you need to cook first
For fast-cooking, you need to cook first
For cooking, you need to cook first
For long-cooking, you need to cook first
If you're choosing to cook for a longer time
You need to cook first
If you're cooking for a shorter time
You need to cook last
It's boiling
Now we'll use a spider strainer
To transfer the blanched vegetables to a bowl
Do you think it's better to use a strainer?
Yeah, it's faster
And easier to work with
Add the mushrooms
All the vegetables?
Yeah
As long as they're cooked
My dad's covering the wok
And blanching the mushrooms for about a minute
This leads us to our sixth tweak
Add seasoning towards the end of cooking
So that's the other tweak, season after you're done cooking
Because the first thing that hits your taste buds
Are what's on top of the food
As you chew, your taste buds are already saturated
So it's already happy
It tastes good, so you just keep eating, and it's fine
And if you dunk the piece of the same thing
In oil and fried it
Yeah, you'll get the same mouthfeel
But then when you're done, your mouth is greasy
Your lips are greasy, right?
Do you really need that? No
What?
Mushrooms are easy to cook
Are these...
Are these mushrooms?
These are all mushrooms?
Yeah
Do you need to stir-fry them?
Stir-frying will add more flavor
Because the mushrooms are already cooked
Stir-frying will make them crispier
Next, add some water
If you only have one wok
Can you use a pot?
I only use one wok
Oh, so you don't need to change the wok?
If it's this one, I'm done cooking
We'll cook the broccoli with the lid on
I just want to highlight again how much of a game-changer
Blanching is in your kitchen
It's easy, low-maintenance, saves cooking time
Requires little cleanup, saves you from using a bunch of oil
Preserves more color and nutrients
And it also acts as an extra wash to remove dirt and bacteria
Blanching is also a very helpful technique
In what some people call par-cooking
Short for partial cooking
Which is a common technique in meal prep, restaurants, and the processed food industry
My dad almost always does some sort of par-cooking for stir-fries
Since the component ingredients all require different cooking times
To arrive at the perfect texture
Blanching each ingredient independently
Allows us to dial in the right texture for each ingredient
Before mixing everything together in a stir-fry
After cooking the broccoli for just under 3 minutes
We'll transfer them out
The stir-fry ingredients now partially cooked
My dad is now emptying out the wok
Now we'll place the wok back on the stove
And bring it up to temperature with the heat on high
The heat from the stove will eventually dry the water in the wok
When the oil is shimmering, it's hot enough to start stir-frying the aromatics
Cook the minced garlic and ginger until they're fragrant
About 25 seconds will do
We'll give the broccoli a quick stir
Then start incorporating the flavors
Stir and let the broccoli cook for another 20 seconds
You could also premix these flavors in a bowl
And throw it in all at once
If you are going to add them as you cook
Just make sure you have everything laid out near the stove
A technique called mise en place
My dad is draining the water from the plate before plating the broccoli
Mix the slurry before pouring it into the wok
If you can't toss the wok like my dad
Stirring with a spatula also works
We'll cook this for another 30 seconds
To let the slurry thicken
With the stir-fried broccoli plated
My dad is giving the wok a quick rinse
Before cooking our last dish
What are your recommendations around cooking with oil?
The healthiest oils are basically oils
That are liquid at room temperature
And the least healthy are the oils
That are solid at room temperature
And the king of healthy oils
Has always been olive oil
And then the second best is actually canola oil
So I would say if you're just doing light stir-fry
You're not deep frying
Those would be the oils that you would choose
Because they don't tolerate a super super high temperature smoke point
And that's the final healthy tweak of this video
Use olive or canola oil for most of your cooking needs
There are lots of other ways to eat healthy
But the 7 tweaks we put forth in this video
Are effective and easy starting points
We'll recap all of them again at the end
For our cashew chicken ingredients
We'll also want to do a quick drain of any water
That seeped out after blanching
The wok is hot enough
Add oil
1 tbsp oil
Ginger and garlic
Turn on high heat
We'll stir fry the aromatics on high heat
Until they're fragrant. About 25 seconds should do the trick
Now we'll throw in all the vegetables
Including the carrots, celery, red bell peppers, and mushrooms
Cook these for about 25 seconds
Next, we'll add a dash of cooking wine
And give everything a toss
1 tbsp oil
Add in the pieces of chicken and toss again
We'll let the ingredients cook for about a minute
In the meantime, we'll prepare the slurps
Do you usually cook with a bowl of water?
What do you mean?
I don't need it. It's convenient at home
After pouring in the slurry, we have to stir quickly
To avoid clumps forming
We'll cook this for a final 20 seconds
Until the sauce thickens
Don't we need to mix the ingredients together?
Just sprinkle it on top
Wow! 42 minutes!
42 minutes to cook?
Let's taste it
Wow! It looks beautiful
It's good
It's salty enough
It's delicious
Now, the final thing to do
Is to plate everything up
What do you hope people get out of this video?
I hope people get enough information
That they can make healthier choices
For themselves
You know, it's not easy
We don't expect everybody to just jump on the bandwagon
And do everything exactly right
Every meal
They might only have a little bit of time
A little bit of reserve
But I would hope people watch this
And have a mindfulness or a consciousness
About what they're putting in their body
And really think about it
The next time they're getting ready to eat
Or even while they're eating
And hopefully we plant the seed
Of future health
As we plate everything
I want to invite you, to challenge you
To try recreating this meal this week
Even if it takes you longer than the 42 minutes
It took my dad to complete
If you do, we'd love to hear about it in the comments
As a recap, the 7 simple tweaks we talked about
Are to blend your rice with other grains and or legumes
Move closer to meals that are 50% vegetables
25% proteins and 25% whole grains
Use fresh ingredients
Be mindful of how much starch you're using
Blanch your ingredients
Season towards the end of your cooking
And finally, to use olive or canola oil for most of your cooking needs
Even if you just incorporate one of these healthy tweaks
The benefits will be immense
And as with most things, knowing is just the first step
The real benefits come when you practice them regularly
When they become habits
And as the Chinese New Year sayings go
We wish you and your family
Wishing you good health
And that you live a long life
Or literally, to 100 years old
Thanks again to Asian Health Services
And also to the National Association of Community Health Centers Innovation Incubator
Powered by Abbott
For making this project possible
And with that, our 50-minute challenge is complete
With a few minutes to spare
My dad cooked cashew chicken, egg drop soup, stir-fried broccoli
And steamed white and brown rice
All in about 45 minutes
Hello everyone!
This healthy dinner is done
In 45 minutes
It's very simple, healthy, and nutritious
I hope you like it
Wow!
Oh my god!
This is crazy!
45 minutes!
That's crazy
Try it!
Yeah!
YouTube thinks you'll like this recipe next
Let's see if they're right
A huge thank you to our wok stars and all of our chefs
In the Canto Cooking Club
