🥕 How my dad makes Carrots taste 10X better! (素炒紅蘿蔔)

Watch Daddy Lau teach how to make Stir Fried carrots. It’s a combination of carrots and other delicious veggies that is super easy to make at home!
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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲
00:00 - Soak cloud ear fungus
00:38 - Prepare snow peas
01:54 - Prepare mushrooms
03:09 - Prepare celery
03:41 - Prepare aromatics
04:09 - Prepare carrot
05:33 - On carrots
06:10 - Drain & trim cloud ear fungus
06:54 - Create sauce
07:26 - Blanch vegetables
09:45 - Stir-fry everything
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🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵
Produced by Randy Lau
Edited by Willard Chan, Nicole Cheng
Translation by Arlene Chiu, David Loh
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[@MadeWithLau]

Join the Canto Cooking Club: bit.ly/4cD6s9V Get the full recipe: madewithlau.com/recipes/stir-fry-carrots

[@wavingdragon]

Is it okay to ask how Daddy Lau would make an American style burger patty and a whole burger?

[@tp8404]

Kindly thank your dad on my behalf. He made a lot of positive changes in my life by teaching me how to cook. I will always be grateful to him and your channel.

[@FrankDux-rq7go]

I just want to say your dad is a true craftsman. cooking is not an easy job.

[@annunacky4463]

I keep telling wife that. Maybe I make it look too easy. She has lately tried to cook a few dishes, and it took much longer with more dirty dishes. I get a little more respect now.😅

[@gtorell]

you wouldn't know it watching daddy lau! he makes it look easy!

[@FrankDux-rq7go]

@@gtorell that's what i mean!

[@chrisly9241]

Because your name is frank

[@OstropoloS]

as a job at a restaurant it isn't for sure, but cooking is quite easy

[@victoriarobinson3909]

More veg forward recipes. I'm glad. Helping me eat more veg is much needed.

[@KL-qr8gy]

Can you please do a video series on tong sui/dessert soups? Thank you!! 🥰

[@hermanchow1405]

Tong sui = 糖水 ， but there are hundreds kinds , you need to specify !

[@KL-qr8gy]

@@hermanchow1405 I think that's why it would make a great video series! So many different ones for this channel to cover that it can be stretched out over a year or more. During summer, focus on summer time desserts. During winter, focus on winter time desserts. ☺

[@ValC488]

I find that by marinating the carrots with salt, water will be drawn out from the carrots. And when you stir-fry, the carrots, they cook much faster. The carrots are then crunchy and sweet. No need blanching here. The left-over water from the carrots can be mixed in with the gravy. Just sharing my humble opinion, ya. Enjoy very much watching your dad cook, plus, he speaks Cantonese! Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@astrangerwhostaysforawhile987]

This kind of stir-fried vegetables what made me love vegetables dish for the first time when I was a kid!

[@Rdeboer]

Your dad is awesome. He has an affinity with the dish and the ingredients, honed with age and experience.

[@AL-fl4jk]

2 years following your channel I’ve largely changed the way I shop, cook and eat, it’s healthier, tastier and cheaper. Thanks Poppa Lau!

[@choosehope8729]

I appreciate the snow pea instructions!

[@beautifulday1097]

WHEN IS THE RECIPE BOOK COMING OUT!! That’s what I’m looking for lol

[@goodguyaus]

Haha, for newbies like me, I just use the 'eye' gouger of the potato peeler to carve out the fancy notches in the carrot.

[@justilou1]

I just love Chinese chef-cooked veggies. More please!!!! (And thank you for this one!!!)

[@Ayyeliki]

Best stir-fry class EVER!!!My dad could have taught an equivalent Greek cooking class - which explains why I have such trouble w/stir fry, lol, but now I’ve got the inside tips! Thank you! 🥳

[@krysab6125]

Oh, this looks DELICIOUS! I'm vegetarian, so always love seeing recipes like this- thank you! (Also, Cameron at the end - what a sweetie! You have a wonderful family 😊)

[@happybunny1329]

Loved this video! After stir-frying veg for many years, I had no idea about blanching the veg first - can't wait to try this. Also, I will enjoy eating snow peas (we call them mange-tout in the UK) a lot more now I know how to peel the string from them. Thanks so much for such an enjoyable and informative video! :)

[@bluerabbitfoofoo1643]

Thank you, love this.

[@reropetracha1709]

Thank you so much for sharing your dishes and recipes!

[@gferraro8353]

Awesome- Thank you ! Great videos... if only i could find some of the original ingredients. Always grateful for substitutes to use.

[@arkonite]

Curious to know why your dad doesn't remove the celery string like he did with the snow peas? Me personally wouldn't string the peas but celery for sure!

[@Readyy123]

Can you ask your dad to please cook vegetable stir fry with Black bean sauce. Thank you so much. I love you all your recipes. I just cooked General Tsao….. yummy…

[@kenhiyoko941]

It's not stir fry but there is a Cantonese dish that slow cooks green beans with black bean sauce.

[@TomFooleryTheAustere]

As a grown up I can eat so many more vegetables than I could as a kid, however, any type of cooked carrot will forever be in the, “not in a million years” column.

[@sue.F]

Thank you so much, this is an essential recipe!

[@elaineyap276]

Sifu can you do a video teach how to made taosai pau (豆沙包), miku(米龟) and mantou(馒头) please , thank you

I love your contents.

[@marygabel2868]

Absolutely gorgeous!!👌I love your videos . All are done perfectly with great explanations. I was wondering, what type of stove is that EXACTLY??

[@shektube]

Can I please ask, what is the chopping board your dad uses? It's nice and wide, need one myself!

[@dorothyblack8904]

I refer to white turnip cake as white carrot cake from a Cantonese friend.

[@bluerabbitfoofoo1643]

Thanks!

[@MadeWithLau]

Thank you so much!

[@Chris-ut6eq]

Dad seal of approval "...not bad!" :)

[@wavingdragon]

Cooking skill L99 : Get the kids to like veggies!

[@theresapangkc3190]

Kids growing up for ko ko food 😋

[@lindageorge8209]

I start from the stem end when I do my snow peas, doing both strings at once. Of course if you have Homegrown snow peas, you can pick them smaller! Especially when you have a bumper crop! Don't let them grow to full-size Peas, they are not designed to have tasty Peas, but to have a tasty pod.

[@SLee-kn2vw]

Perfect. I would save the water from the blanching of the vegetables and put it into soup.

[@AliceLee-rj2ew]

Nice. Both kids enjoy? Could another pot be used, besides the wok?

[@penguinpingu3807]

Vegetarian oyster sauce just hits different.

[@isamcc1831]

I have the same chopping board as your father! Unfortunately I don't have those lovely fresh mushrooms he has😔

[@FrankDux-rq7go]

Big Orange Carrot

[@paranoidsteak]

Does the cooking wine affect toddlers? Been hesitant to use it

[@pinkmonkeybird2644]

I always remove the strings from celery as well. It’s not strictly necessary unless you have a GI disease like me, but I think they are super annoying to eat, just like the snow peas strings are. This is a dish that everyone should learn how to make because it’s healthy and can also serve as a side dish to non Chinese meals. I don’t blanch my vegetables for as long as this, but everyone’s preferences are different. I also don’t use all those different bowls just to prep the vegetables, but I understand that it has to look good for the video. I’m pretty sure Dad Lau is more conservative with his bowls and containers when he’s not on camera.

[@jemafifa2788]

I know it doesn’t belong tho this video and I am not sure you will read it but could you make a video about woks. Like a full guide. Different types of material like carbon,stainless steel,cast iron etc,cooking techniques,cleaning techniques and a bit about storing. Would be amazing!

[@nijinokanata111]

more veg recipes!

[@secahtah]

May I ask… that burner he used under the wok is portable. Is it, and if so, what kind is it?

[@catchnkill]

Yes, it must be portable as you can see it in the video. This is a butane gas stove which is pretty common in Asia for hot pot. There are a lot of choice in Amazon at the price range of US$ 60 without tax. If you need lesser, there are also $25 camp stove in Amazon, also butane fuel.

[@julieg-b8910]

I have never removed the snowpea string from both sides, I will now. I am surprised tho that he did not destring the celery.

[@pawealbrzykowski9251]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!♥

[@tedmac8049]

❤

[@ngamin5234]

👍

[@damiandawes8814]

12:25 Snow peas are in the direct to wok category. Theres nothing worse than a floppy pea.

[@hermanchow1405]

劉老爺 呢盆淨菜 係食素人的真品 人見人愛 我未煮就留晒口水 多謝老爺教導 🙏

[@MadeWithLau]

唔好客氣，好多謝您嘅支持！老劉祝福您闔家安康快樂！

[@annielam7150]

🥕🥕🥕🥕

[@tirednsnarky9555]

Ok, I have anosmia... is there any other way to tell if the aromatic have been fried long enough?

[@richg4011]

That thumbnail is off the hook. LOL. Sheeesh

[@theresapangkc3190]

Wa you must learn

[@blackswordsmanguts]

Im digging your new subtitles. Nice touch!

[@bowhong4429]

This is a stupid question, but what is your dad saying when he's done cooking the dish and it's ready to eat? Phonetically it sounds like "red bag, little sister". I don't read chinese. He says it in almost every video.

[@kaikaichen]

Hong Doy and Mui Mui... nicknames (if I'm not mistaken) for Cameron and Maya, respectively.

[@gaiachaos2000]

Hong Doi: Little Hong (son); Mui Mui: Little daughter.

[@LoneRanger100]

Unfortunate thumbnail. 😬