How to make Egg Rolls and Wonton Soup | Yan Can Cook | KQED

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In this episode of Yan Can Cook, chef Martin is wrapping and rolling food in rice paper, foil, banana leaves - you name it. Check out his technique for making won ton soup (16:48). Be sure to grab some ground pork, shrimp, sesame oil, and corn starch to make the filling in advance and use green onion, bok choy, mushrooms, snow peas, and bbq pork or ham in the broth. Keep the won ton wrappers covered in moist towels so that they don't dry out. Once you try this tasty recipe, you'll understand why wonton means "swallowing the cloud".

Martin also takes us to a facility where a team of people make 6000 egg rolls an hour! Each roll is totally uniform and filled with delicious ingredients like pork, shrimp, cabbage, carrot, bamboo shoot, and garlic.

This episode begins with a simple salmon with black bean sauce wrapped in foil recipe. Martin also demonstrates how to make a steamed rice noodle roll (8:00) with ground beef (or any meat or meat alternative you have handy) and Vietnamese spring rolls in rice paper (21:34) made with cellophane noodles, chicken, and fish sauce.

Yan Can Cook
Season 4, Episode 3: Wrapped Food
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About Yan Can Cook:
After receiving his formal restaurant training in Hong Kong, Chef Martin Yan immigrated to Calgary, Canada where he was asked to appear in a daytime news program to demonstrate Chinese cooking. The rest, as they say, is television history. In 1978, he launched the groundbreaking Chinese cooking series 'Yan Can Cook' on public television. Infused with Martin's signature humor and energy, Yan Can Cook has gone on to become a global phenomenon and has won multiple James Beard Awards.

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All Comments (21)
  • @kqed
    Did you make any of these recipes? Let us know in the comments! 🍜🍤
  • @RoyalLopez
    I used to watch Yan when I was like 8 years old, I’m 41 now. I’ve since became and Executive Chef and had the pleasure of meeting him and taking a photo. Best day ever!! IF YAN CAN COOK, SO CAN YOU!
  • @alannaramone3821
    Yan is still alive he's 73 and still making TV shows. He's got a cool website. So cool we all grew up watching him.
  • @countD8852
    I used to watch this show with my Dad. This is really nostalgic for me.
  • @Samlol23_drrich
    “ If Yan can cook, so can you. “. I remember those words whenever I am stressed and try to do something for the first time. Thank you Martin Yan!
  • @jacklee1612
    Used to watch this on TV (A CRT tv set!) In the 1990s as a kid.. so much memories. Now I'm holding a 6 inch wide display and watching it on youtube.. oh how times has changed.
  • @gardennerd1757
    So many wonderful memories of watching Yan Can Cook on our little(5 inch) black and white tv in the early 80's. Thank you for making these episodes available!
  • @hyirrmah
    I remember PBS being my #1 station to watch as a kid because it was a good learning channel for me, and plus our TV didn’t have much channels back in that day. As I was getting towards into middle school, I started getting interested watching the cooking series. And Yan Can Cook was one of my faves; he was enlightening and fun to watch! This was in the 2000’s. It’s 2024 and I am now 35 years old.
  • @VersionBest
    The OG Grandmaster. I used to watch his shows religiously when I was in high school. So much nostalgia watching him again.
  • @AiTingTai
    So heartwarming to see that many enjoyed watching Yan Can Cook when they were little, just like me. :) Fond memories.
  • @jeffhardy1623
    It's amazing to me to see how many people also watched him as kids. My childhood friends and I couldn't wait til he was on.
  • @WHR17
    Great memories of watching this show with my Mom and siblings when I was a kid in the 80’s!!!
  • @MY-rl8hu
    Takes me back to my childhood during summers when I was home. He was the original celebrity chef 😂
  • @adventuresofsven2314
    I watched Mr Yan can cook when i was a teenanger,because of him I fell in love with Chinese cuisine and learned Mandarin,Cantonese,Szechuan and some Peking cooking styles. Always remember when Yan can cook so can you.Awesome words.
  • @willdotchill7607
    When he said nothing fishy here, everything is underwrap, I should have heard the audience laugh. Great charisma Mr. Yan. And Lumpia is Best!!
  • @wingnut7937
    I am a retired master chef and when I was a kid I watched every episode I could. My first job was working in a Chinese noodle factory. Then many years later Martin Yan, worked for the same corporation I worked for In Charlotte North Carolina . Due to our busy schedules and at times even at the same events in the same building. I never got to meet him being one of my mentior and master in Asian culinary arts. Changed my life and all the customers I cooked for from all over the world lives using the technic I learned from Master Yan as a young boy If Yan can cook ❤ So can you. Retired Master Chef To The Stars. Rocco Salvat###😅
  • @Ellis157
    this was how i leaerd to love cooking when i was a kid i was born 1976 , and this was my favorite show along with mash