1. Different seasonings

Chinese food generally uses soy sauce, oil consumption, peanut oil, salt and monosodium glutamate.

Western food generally uses seasonings such as olive oil, butter, tomato sauce and salad dressing.

2, the characteristics are different

Chinese food features:

(1) Chinese food chefs are very particular about knife work, and can process raw materials into small knives such as silk, diced, sliced and minced.

(2) In cooking, the round-bottomed pot and open-flame stove commonly used in Chinese cooking are very suitable for cooking, so there are many cooking methods for Chinese cooking.

(3) In terms of taste, most Chinese dishes are obviously salty and full of variety, and most dishes are completely cooked before eating.

the main features of western food are prominent main ingredients, beautiful colors, delicious taste, rich nutrition and convenient supply. Formal western food should include soup, appetizer, main course, dessert and drinks.

Extended information:

Common cooking methods of Chinese food:

1. Stewing and boiling

Stewing and boiling are almost the same. Just stir-fry the food a little and then simmer until it is cooked with a little water.

2. Steaming

refers to the process of putting the seasoned food raw materials in a vessel and then putting them in a steamer to make them mature by steam. It can be divided into three types: strong steaming, medium steaming and slow steaming. For example, steamed pork, steamed crab, steamed wuchang fish, steamed eggs, etc.

3. Stir-frying

Stir-frying is the most widely used cooking method, which mainly uses oil as the main heat conductor, and heats small raw materials with medium-high fire to ripen and season them into dishes in a short time. For example, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, kung pao chicken, vinegar-preserved Chinese cabbage, spicy chicken, etc.

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