English Writing Exercise
Course 202, Unit 10, Lesson 4
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“blanched chicken”---Plain Boiled Chicken, it is a famous dish in Guangzhou. How to make this typical local meal ? It's easy. First, we need a chicken, we steam it until it's unripe( about 90%) but not overripe in case the meat of the chicken is not too difficult to chew. Then, we put some sesame seed oil and some crushed ginger to eat with each piece of chicken, it's delicious, isn't it?
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"Blanched chicken", plain boiled chicken, is a famous dish in Guangzhou.
Better to say How do we make this typical local meal?
We steam it until it's (Ripe and unripe apply to fruits, not to meat. You probably mean "cooked".) cooked but not overcooked, so that the meat is not too hard to chew. Then we put out (?) some sesame seed oil and some crushed ginger...
It's delicious, isn't it?
Very good.
Fifi, seeing that you're delving into the mouth-watering subject of food here, I'll introduce you to a few cooking-related terms in English.
Indeed, "ripe" is not the term for indicating the level of "doneness" when cooking meat. I'd simply say: Don't overcook the chicken, so that it turns out "delightfully tender" and flavorful. This way, we avoid saying "too tough to chew, too dry, too blende," etc. It paints a picture of that "melt in your mouth" smooth, juicy texture in the readers' mind.
Instead of saying "put out" such and such, say: serve with a side of condiment made of oil, grated (not crushed) ginger and sesame seeds.
"Serving with a side of" something, or serving something "on the side" means it's not poured in and mixed with the main dish. You can also refer to this special mixture of ginger-flavored oil with sesame seeds as "the dip."
LIST OF COOKING-RELATED VOCABULARY used here:► doneness (rare/medium-rare/medium/well-done)► tender (opposite of tough)► juicy (not dry)► smooth texture► mouth-watering► condiment► on-the-side► a side of (in a small dish/bowl/cup)► serve with...► (finely) grated► a special dip
Bon appétite !
Oops... too BLAND (not blende)