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Joyce Chen Cooks; Sweet and Sour
Part of From the Vault. Part of Joyce Chen Cooks and the Upscaling of Chinese Food in America in the 1960s.
02/20/1967
One of the most universally loved Chinese dishes carefully worked out to perfection by Joyce Chen. Her clear, detailed demonstration and accurate measurements present this dish at its very best. Chunks of meat or seafood are dipped in a delicate batter, deep fried, and served crisp and hot with a perfectly flavored sweet and sour sauce made beautiful with orange carrots, green peppers, and yellow pineapple chunks. Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by Dana Polan.
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- Series
- Joyce Chen Cooks
- Program
- Sweet and Sour
- Program Number
5
- Series Description
Premiered September 26, 1966 A distinguished restaurateur and author of a popular Chinese cookbook, Mrs. Chen prepares all kinds of Chinese delicacies and everyone of them can be made in the modern kitchen, with ingredients available at the local supermarket. Series release date: 6/30/1966
- Program Description
One of the most universally loved Chinese dishes carefully worked out to perfection by Joyce Chen. Her clear, detailed demonstration and accurate measurements present this dish at its very best. Chunks of meat or seafood are dipped in a delicate batter, deep fried, and served crisp and hot with a perfectly flavored sweet and sour sauce made beautiful with orange carrots, green peppers, and yellow pineapple chunks.
Chen uses pork for this episode's dish.
- Duration
00:28:47
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- American Chinese Cuisine
- Chinese Cooking
- Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Asian Cuisine
- Peppers
- Pineapple
- Chen, Joyce, 1917-1994
- Genres
- Instructional
- Topics
- Cooking
- Creators
- Lockwood, Ruth (Series Producer)
- Contributors
- Chen, Joyce, 1917-1994 (Host)
- Mahard, Frances (Other (see note))
- Stevens, Mark (Director)
- Lockwood, Ruth (Producer)
- Publication Information
- Presented by the Estate of Joyce Chen and the WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Joyce Chen Cooks; Sweet and Sour,” 02/20/1967, GBH Archives, accessed December 6, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4230D8F4E58644DEA043392CF02CB1CD.
- MLA: “Joyce Chen Cooks; Sweet and Sour.” 02/20/1967. GBH Archives. Web. December 6, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4230D8F4E58644DEA043392CF02CB1CD>.
- APA: Joyce Chen Cooks; Sweet and Sour. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4230D8F4E58644DEA043392CF02CB1CD