Longevity, Prosperity and Comfort: Chinese New Year with Kwoklyn Wan

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What’s on the Menu:

• Minced Lamb and Eggplant Noodles
• Pork and Mushroom-Stuffed Tofu
• Sweet Vinegar Ribs
  Noodles hold the promise of a long life and stuffed tofu represents wealth: This is what you can expect from the symbolic traditional foods of the Lunar New Year. Join guest chef Kwoklyn Wan, author of the new book “Chinese Made Easy,” for a class in which you’ll learn to make three essential dishes of the Lunar New Year—also referred to as Chinese New Year—table. We start with a simple and transformative technique to achieve meltingly tender eggplant. Tossed with lamb, aromatics and an umami-rich homemade sauce and very quickly stir-fried, this is weeknight-friendly Chinese home cooking at its best. As you snack on your longevity noodles, you’ll start marinating a batch of sweet, savory and just-vinegary-enough ribs that represent comfort and indulgence in the year ahead. Finally, you’ll learn why any stuffed or “niang” style dish represents prosperity as you make a batch of tofu packed with pork and mushrooms. This menu proves that a great Lunar New Year spread—and all the good tidings it represents—is completely doable at home.
  About Kwoklyn: Kwoklyn Wan is a worldwide bestselling author, TV chef, martial arts expert and presenter. With four cookbooks already under his belt, Kwoklyn has regularly topped the Amazon book charts and sold copies across the U.K., Europe, U.S. and Australia. He also has the Amazon Prime series Kwoklyn’s Chinese Takeaway Kitchen (February 2021). Kwoklyn’s grandfather opened Leicester’s first Chinese restaurant, The Hung Lau, in 1962, and his father opened the city’s first Cantonese restaurant, The Bamboo House, in 1978.
  A qualified Sifu in the art of Jeet Kune Do (Kung Fu), Kwoklyn has studied martial arts since the age of four and was invited to teach for the Bruce Lee Foundation in 2008. Kwoklyn is also a patron for local charities including Help Us Grieve in Newark and Rainbows Hospice in Leicester, where he teaches cooking to terminally ill young people along.
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Immediately after registering, you will get a confirmation email that contains the Zoom meeting log-in information. One week prior to the class (or within 48 hours, if you register less than one week in advance), you will receive instructions on how to prepare ingredients and equipment in order to cook along, if you choose.

After class, you will receive a recording of the event, as links to any additional recipes and resources that may come up. NOTE:The recording link is only available online for one month following each event. If you’d like to have access to the recording for longer than that, you'll need to save the recording locally by clicking on “download” on the top right corner of the recording page.

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