Chinese New Year Cooking Masterclass

Bring in the Chinese New Year with at-home tips from TV chef Dean Edwards

Today marks the start of the Chinese New Year of the Dragon and billions of people all around the world will be celebrating with food, fellowship, family and fireworks.

Here in Britain the occasion will be marked around the nation with celebrations, parades and fireworks displays over the next couple of weeks, so if you’re keen to get into the spirit, forget expensive takeaway dishes and cook up a delicious Chinese feast in your own home.

The lunar festival is the longest and most important festival in the Chinese calendar and lasts for 15 days – long enough to get your wok skills up to scratch. But if you feel that your confidence is lacking somewhat when it comes to trying a different style of cooking then help is at hand.

Chinese food is healthy and actually easy to make with the right ingredients and it’s a favourite of TV Chef Dean Edwards.

Former MasterChef runner up Dean has joined with Kikkoman Soy Sauce and has plenty of tips and recipes for those of us keen to bring a bit of the Chinese New Year into our lives by the way of some delicious dishes and he joins me now to reveal all.

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