How (Best) to Reheat Chinese Food
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Everyone knows the best way to reheat pizza (covered skillet, if it had to be said), but what’s the best way to reheat Chinese food? Whether you’re staring at …
Hey guys, a few notes:
1. If you just happen to be meandering to this video from a random YouTube search or whatever, for the wok-less feel free to just do dishes #3-#5 in a non-stick skillet instead. Obviously no need to longyau in that case (longyau is a ritual for carbon steel cookware).
2. For the saucy-stir-fry-over-instant-noodles, it should be the sort of instant noodles that are crispy and deep fried enough where it’s completely possible to munch on them as a snack. For example, from my experience, Indomie (otherwise my all time favorite instant noodle brand) isn’t quite crispy enough for this application. That said, most Instant Noodle brands should be able to fit that bill – IIRC, Maruchan Top Ramen included.
3. Re Dim Sums, if you’ll notice a difference in timing between the description box and the narration, it’s because timing can vary depending on the size of the bun/bao/whatever. E.g. for something smaller like Siu Mai or Har Gow, coming from frozen would only need 10 minutes. For something larger like a Char Siu Bao, coming from frozen it’d be best to go for 15 minutes. When in doubt it’s always safer to steam for longer rather than shorter, so if we had to give a single time for everything, it’d be 15 minutes.
4. The key idea in reheating saucy stir fries is adjusting the thickness of the sauce. The 1-2 tbsp is obviously a super rough benchmark – depending on the amount of food you have, you’ll likely have to add a little more or a little less.
5. Tossing the saucy stir fry over deep fried rice cakes or E-fu noodles is also delicious if you want something a little more chefy than instant noodles.
6. I’ve seen some people recently toss an ice cube in with their rice when reheating it in the microwave (I think this was from a Tik Tok recipe or something?). While this would *work*, a tiny drizzle of water will accomplish much the same thing. And for those of us without ice cube dispensers, there’s no need to waste ice.
7. The comment section is filled with other great ideas on how to reheat Chinese food, so do check out the discussion.
That’s all for now. CCs will be up in a couple hours, apologies for that.
I find the air fryer good for reheating fried food like fried chicken or fried spring rolls.
This is a long video on how to microwave 🤣
Laughed the first time Steph said, "fluff it" . . . I was like, "well, damn, I know where that's coming from . . ."
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. It is greatly appreciated!
Note if you're using a Metal Vessel of some sort to Reheat Bao or Dim Sum, it goes with out saying the Edges of whatever that you're Reheating that Touches the Edges of the Metal Vessel well Dry Up and get Hard and Crunchy because of the Mostar Evaporation.
Its a shame these two have split up. They made a great couple
Long Yao 🔥🥰
Strongly agree about that crispy-turned-soggy texture… So good!!!
Why the fuck would people whine about swearing.
99% of the time you can get away with adding some water then microwaving
You people are reheating Chinese food? I thought leftover Chinese food was esten cold, straight out the container in the fridge, preferably at 2am
Out of curiosity from 6:40, is it common in China to bring plastic boxes to bring home leftovers from restaurants? And is it common in other countries? Here in Italy it is very rare, and nobody brings the containers from home, it is always the restaurant offering some cardboard box. I would absolutely love to be able to do that on the local chinese restaurants! I hate leaving leftovers there, but I thought it would be rude to bring them home.
Those Cantonese roast meat dishes look fantastic! Please tell me these are coming in the future 🙂
Great tips thanks.
Hey! I’m an ascidian (sea squirt) biologist interested in the use of sea squirts as a foodstuff. Was just curious if those grey creatures in the Ham Yuen sticky rice ball soup were sea squirts? They certainly looked it. Have had a look online but can’t find any information.
Cheers!
Tom
Dang i always use microwaves but this is usefull
I see doggo is in top form today! Superb air-licking!
Why can’t we get more of your lovely voice and less of his…..
In my heart she said, "fuck-it soup." Let the haters hate!
Most of the time I eat my rice cold… Now i had hope… But no Microwave… 😀
Deep fried stuff on soups are amazing, I hate to admit it but I discovered this one day were all I had was boneless chicken wings and a packet of instant ramen..
Thanks for your in-depth detail in so many techniques, ingredients, and dishes. My friends are starting to think I'm Chinese (I'm not even close) or secretly run a Chinese restaurant in my home.
First things first: long meow
Super helpful vid! Also who even has the time to get upset by the name of a food dish?
So much delicious food has been cooked in the apartment that doggie still can taste it in the air