It sounds rather funny, but I’ve gone with “smack” for the Mandarin word pai for lack of a better translation. This technique may appear unusual to a western cook, but it’s rather like using a meat tenderizer on vegetables (and it’s a great way to get rid of some extra stress).
The method is used when [...]
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This is an interesting technique that is peculiar to Chinese cuisine as far as I know. Its goal is to expose more surface area of a vegetable so that when stirfried, it cooks more quickly. (Unfortunately, it’s sometimes more difficult to pick the chunk up with chopsticks, though!) This method is used to cut long, [...]
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