Chinese New Year recipes | Yan Can Cook | KQED

In this episode of Yan Can Cook, Martin introduces us to some of the popular recipes and traditions associated with Chinese New Year, the most significant holiday in the lunar calendar. Have a peaceful beginning and celebrate at home with these traditional dishes including lo han jai, a vegetarian noodle dish featuring mushrooms, tofu, and cellophane noodles (1:58). This dish is sometimes called "Buddha's Delight" because Chinese vegetarian cooking was originally popularized by monks in Buddhist monasteries.(8:01)
Lions symbolize power and strength in lunar traditions. Let's celebrate with a simple lion's head soup, a soup made with pork meatballs. Martin pairs the soup with san choy bow. This lettuce wrap recipe usually calls for pork, but Martin substitutes for shrimp. (9:02).
Martin wraps up the episode with a fish filet for luck and a braised duck's web, his mom's favorite dish.(20:26). Gung hay fat choy!
Yan Can Cook, Season 3, Episode 22, Lunar New Year Festivities
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About Yan Can Cook:
After receiving his formal restaurant training in Hong Kong, Chef Martin Yan immigrated to Calgary, Canada where he was asked to appear in a daytime news program to demonstrate Chinese cooking. The rest, as they say, is television history. In 1978, he launched the groundbreaking Chinese cooking series 'Yan Can Cook' on public television. Infused with Martin's signature humor and energy, Yan Can Cook has gone on to become a global phenomenon and has won multiple James Beard Awards.
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[@ammon17]

Whats with the association of pharacy religious ideals with Chinese new years? They have nothing in common and yan can fuck off.

[@ham4fun]

i grew up watchin Yan Can Cook on PBS. it was awesome

[@JamiesCaniacManiac]

Me too, he’s a West coast legend.

[@EmilyMDong]

Every time my mom and I celebrate Chinese New Year it is a tradition to some friends and family. My mom is actually Buddhist and I’m also too.

[@happycat0411]

A good cleaver, a seasoned carbon steel wok, and a gas stove is essential in every Chinese kitchen. Great cooking show. I grew up watching "Yan Can Cook" as a child in the 1970s. In real Chinese restaurants a seasoned wok is extremely important as the seasoned black carbon (non-stick) will impart a very unique carbon/BBQ taste. Chinese will know this unique taste as "Dragon's Breath."

[@kochese75]

This takes me back to better times as a kid. Too poor for cable, PBS rocked!

[@patriciabusch4599]

Oh my gosh. When I stubbled across this on YT I realized how long I have actually been watching food shows!! WAAY before Food Network (which I also watch) but I remember Julia, Justin (the Cajun guy) always GAR-RON-TEEIN stuff, Yan. They were so interesting to watch but Yan and Justin were my favs for sure. The new cooking shows on PBS are really good too. Lidia, Pati, The smoking guy (can't remember his name). I love the travel shoes as well, they're great.

[@gaywizard2000]

Stumbled

[@TehJew22]

Justin Wilson, I Gar-Ron-Tee!

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

What I like about Martin is that what he does it very typical home cooking for the Chinese. He's really not a restaurant master chef kind of cook, but all his stuff are authentically what you can expect in a more traditional Chinese or Chinese American household.

[@TheGustyNguyen]

Yan Taught Me To Use My Native Language To Make American Jokes. A Pioneer In Breaking The Barrier

[@johnh_pnw]

KQED is an excellent radio station as well

[@RJ6AV6]

One of the first celebrity chefs 👍

[@davidfaas58777]

Happy Chinese New Year 2022 Year of the tiger #MartinYan #YanCanCook #Fan

[@TehJew22]

Happy Chinese New Year 2023 Year of the Rabbit #MartinYan #YanCanCook #Rabbit

[@theasianflameskimmer5119]

Bros early

[@styledliving]

Thank you for finally making these all available to us. We've been waiting for decades!!!

[@kzgc8y3n]

27 mins of pure happiness

[@gaywizard2000]

Lions head soup is actually a really complicated process, making the meat ball involves several techniques and then they are simmered for several hours! This era with microwave cooking seems so insane now! Yan piqued my interest in Chinese cooking apparently 30 some years ago tho!

[@johnvaz87]

This show used to air even in India.. 25 years back on national television. Missed that chopping.

[@Renee94015]

In Mandarin, it’s : kong Shih fah Chay 新年快樂，身體健康🎆🍾️🎉萬事如意！Happy Chinese Lunar New Year to all! the year of Rat

[@EmilyMDong]

Thanks you too!!

[@JWhite-px6gp]

This is so beautiful and revolutionary

[@longtendorangers6960]

Happy bunny new year ❤️🐰🐇

[@ayumetaldesu3563]

5:51 if Martin Yan listen back to what he said, i bet he'll say "thank god i wasn't born after year y2k".

[@BillFromHalifax]

Well I'm Canadian and the Chinese New Year sounds a lot like mine. I'm usually to hung over to do anything of the things he mentioned 🤣👍

[@chrisandersen5635]

It’s great! Thanks.

[@kelvin513]

When I was small they steam the lettuce of the crystal wrap before the wrapping

[@michellehall2715]

I like the Chinese diet. Clean & healthy

[@WPUpioneer]

Did he just say "so the damn thing won't fall apart?" Lol

[@kairyokaku8607]

good, new episode. good subtitle.

[@acslater017]

“Ginkgo” nuts = “[foreign language] nuts” :)

[@3amir126]

yayyyyyy new vid of YCC!!😂

[@TehJew22]

Happy Chinese New Year 2023 Year of the Rabbit #MartinYan #YanCanCook #KQED

[@ddunsson2]

It looks so delicious. Your cooking skills are amazing. Thank you for the good food.😆💙

[@lemmykilmister9852]

😋

[@rowelle]

Is this guy still alive? I miss watching him as a kid.

[@bluu_ice6554]

I doubt it

[@LinkRocks]

Yes he is.

[@justinbrison112]

He sure is Google teaches us alot

[@rowelle]

Justin Brison thank you for answering so that I didn’t need to google it.

[@michaelperez8946]

VERY GOOD FOOD YUMMY SO GOOD 😋😋😋😋😋😋 LOVE IT 💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐😇😇🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊

[@RedStrikerBeetleborg]

aren't ginkgo nuts toxic?

[@BigRiceEnergy]

Meat isn’t actually forbidden in Buddhism.

[@dariusdeboer5498]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@yama5182]

🙄...god...

[@mr.m7014]

Animal eaters! Keep your Vega recipes and don't forget that we know your eating habits about eating dogs and cats! Don't

[@tanggololongproductions]

I don't like this guy. But i like his style of cooking.

[@LinkRocks]

This is a Martin Yan fan comment section. We do not tolerate slander.

[@gaywizard2000]

@@LinkRocks it's not slander it's his personal opinion but thanks for the virtue signaling.

[@user-sk5cv7hj2m]

Let’s see the real Chinese New Year recipes like poodles n noodles.

[@gaywizard2000]

Racist

[@dannyli9424]

If you want to make some Chinese food, just make sure you don't gollow what what this clown tell you to do then you'll be fine.

[@feiyin6977]

兄弟，留点口德。这是给外国人看的。大家图个乐罢了。不要太较真。他做的本来也不是正宗的中餐。

[@gaywizard2000]

Sheesh! Not nice!