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🥦 How a Chinese Chef Cooks Broccoli! (蒜蓉西蘭花)

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Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make Stir-fried Broccoli with Garlic. It’s amazing how simple it is to turn such a simple ingredients into such a delicious gourmet meal right at home!

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲
00:00 - Wash broccoli
02:02 - Cut broccoli
03:08 - On broccoli
04:09 - Prepare aromatics
05:07 - Create sauce
05:34 - Blanch broccoli
07:52 - Start stir-fry
08:23 - Add broccoli

🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵
Produced by Randy Lau
Edited by Willard Chan, Nicole Cheng
Translation by Arlene Chiu, David Loh
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20 Comments

@MadeWithLau Creator 2 years ago Pinned

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@LeoMrz 2 years ago

How did I end up watching a broccoli documentary?

@japzero961 2 years ago

I appreciate you did not voice over your Dad’s Cantonese. So awesome to hear the native tongue. Don’t change the format.

@wisedonkey_ 2 years ago

I'm glad that you show using the stalk. People don't realized it's edible and good. It usually gets wasted. I like it as much as the florets.

@gulliblestravels71 4 months ago

It's not just learning new ways- it's watching ordinary people do nice creative things in an insanely turbulent world.
Best wishes from Ireland

@exwade8777 2 years ago

It's a pleasure watching a masterful chef in his elder age work with food, it's so relaxing, seeing the natural gentleness and respect for the natures gifts.

@marioncapriotti1514 2 years ago

I love the fact that even though I can't understand any Chinese, Daddy Lau's simple, straightforward cooking instructions don't need to be translated into any other language; his awesome Dad-energy is adorable, too!

Speaking as a daughter who still misses her dad, thanks for your dear Dad's delicious broccoli recipe.

@rtong12 2 years ago (edited)

I love how you record your dad explaining his cooking in Cantonese. Reminds me of my late father. He always wanted to teach me to cook, but I was always too busy to watch. Thank you for sharing your dad with us.

@vc852 2 years ago

I love how your dad said he knew what each of you like to eat but no one knew what he liked. This is such a lovely family.

@starfishsystems 9 months ago

As a young man, I lived in Stockholm for a couple of years. When winter came, I was not prepared to see that broccoli had disappeared from the supermarket shelves! Coming from Vancouver, I found this INCONCEIVABLE. But it's true, or at least it used to be.

This experience taught me to take nothing for granted. Especially, respect the seasonality of different kinds of produce, and rejoice in everything in its season.

I would even say, embrace poverty in your cooking. Some of the very best and most elegant dishes from around the world come from having to work with limited choice. And this is where creativity illuminates us in the kitchen.

Words cannot express how much I missed Cantonese food when I lived in Stockholm. I believe the situation has improved since that time, but it was impossible to hope for anything from home. A simple gai lan and oyster sauce was out of the question.

So this recipe for broccoli touches my soul like few other dishes can. I've returned to Canada. I can get broccoli all year round! It's SO EASY. But I never, ever, take it for granted.

@CalitranoN 2 years ago

I'm italian but Chinese know what they are doing when it comes to eating veggies, i am soo impressed. Your soo blessed to have a dad like that... what a worker and smart OMG!...

@ellenlee8297 2 years ago

Your dad is so cute “I know what each & all of you like to eat but you won’t know what I like.” The baby clapping at the end is so cute 😁

@giovannispinotti 2 years ago

Italian here. I find it fascinating how even with such a distance in our cultures, the cooking of something as simple and delicious as broccoli is pretty much identical. We do fast boiling, keep em green, and sautee them with garlic (we use no ginger). We also prepare the stalks for who likes them (my daughter has always preferred them since she was 2, I never like them). Also, for us high quality olive oil with such a simple dish is necessary. Thanks for the video!

@GardeningGratitude 2 years ago

I appreciate your father mentioning what to do when feeding people that have a tougher time chewing. My daughter loves broccoli but has cerebral palsy so chewing is difficult. I look forward to cooking this for her!

@vintage6346 2 years ago

You are a really good moderator. Nice voice, pronunciation, and translation. Youtube is great for allowing non-asians to come close to creating those great Asian flavors.

@talks2squirrels 7 months ago

I cant even tell you how much i love this. Thank you for letting your dad talk and not talk over him.

@galleta_2024 2 years ago

Watching is so joyful. Finally after 8 decades I have learned how to clean and cut broccoli. Thanks to all of you for making these.

@ddraigmafon4725 2 years ago

Broccoli in garlic sauce is my favourite thing to order at Chinese restaurants, it’s good to see this recipe so I can make it at home.

@galabra1 2 years ago

I LOVED the comment about elderly people, or babies.
This is what's home cooking is all about ❤️

@helengardiner7283 2 years ago

I'm so glad to see someone who is a professional and understands the need to wash and then blanch in salty water any vegetables in the broccoli family. It makes the difference between okay and fabulous.

I did not know about cutting broccoli upside-down. Brilliant simplicity. I'm going to do it that way from now on. Thanks to you and your dad.