Show the World Your Finest Grub With The Hutong's Quarantine Cook-Off

Anna Pellegrin Hartley | Mar 23, 2020 1:00 pm | Add a comment | 516 reads

With all this extra time indoors, and with many of our favorite restaurants closed, our cooking game has been seriously leveling up. So now it's time to put those skills to the test.

As part of their four-week Quarantine Cook-Off, The Hutong will select a weekly recipe for you to follow. Simply cook the dish, take a picture, post it on Instagram or WeChat, and let the likes roll in! Depending on which social media you choose to post on, you should:

  • WeChat: Take a screenshot to show us that you posted your dish picture in your Moments and send it to The Hutong's WeChat (ID: TheHutongBeijing), or scan the QR code at the bottom of this post.
  • Instagram: Post your photo adding the hashtags: #TheHutong #TheHutongkitchen #TheBeijinger #quarantinecookoff #Yunnanheisanduo

For your hard work sweating it out in the kitchen, you stand the chance to win culinary merchandise from The Hutong (plus plenty of kudos from your friends). A winner will be chosen each week by The Hutong’s in-house chef and dishes will be judged on creativity, plating, photography, and Instagram/WeChat likes.

This week's dish is Yunnanese 黑三剁 hēi sān duò (pictured at top), literally 'black' (the predominant color of the dish) 'three' (the main ingredients), and 'minced' (how the ingredients are prepared). It's a thrifty, fresh, and versatile veggie-packed dish that can be served with rice, congee, noodles, or even wrapped in lettuce leaves: perfect for spring!

Scan the QR code in the poster for details of this week's recipe or the code below for The Hutong's official WeChat, and be sure to follow the Beijinger (Instagram: @the_beijinger; WeChat ID: thebeijinger) and The Hutong (Instagram: @thehutong; WeChat ID: thehutong) on social media. The first winner will be announced on Tuesday, Mar 31 at 2pm.

Need a hand to get the ingredients? 

Contact The Hutong via WeChat or mobile 159 0104 6127 to order a package containing all the ingredients you need to cook each week's recipe. They also offer other ingredients/recipe packs.

Happy cooking, Beijing! May the best dish win.

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The Beijinger and beijingkids are proud media sponsors of The Hutong's Quarantine Cook-Off.

Images: caipumei.com, courtesy of The Hutong