Chinese Stir-Fried Chayote & Visiting Mama Lin's Garden | Cooking with Mama Lin

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  • Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
  • Chayote (合掌瓜, also known as 佛手瓜) is a very versatile vegetable. You can add it to soups or eat it raw, but my favorite method of preparation is stir frying. In this video, we'll see how Mama Lin grows chayote in her backyard. Then, she'll show us how to stir fry chayote.
    You can find dried shrimp in Asian supermarkets.
    FULL RECIPE HERE: healthynibblesandbits.com/chi...
    Ingredients
    28 to 30 ounces chayote
    2 tablespoons oil (any neutral oil works)
    2 tablespoons dried shrimp
    2 garlic cloves, smashed
    1/3 cup sliced onions or shallots
    1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups water (or broth)
    1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon salt (depending on whether you are cooking with water or broth)
    TIMESTAMPS:
    00:00 Intro
    00:42 Mama Lin's garden
    02:41 Cooking chayote
    06:57 Chayote pronunciation in Chinese
    07:10 Outro
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  • @sweetemeza1818
    @sweetemeza1818 2 роки тому +22

    Lol, I love how she says "People can tell what's going on, do I have to explain it?" Reminds me of my mom, she's been cooking forever so everything about cooking is obvious to her. Love it!

    • @hellolisalin
      @hellolisalin  2 роки тому +2

      Oops, just saw this comment! LOL my mom says that VERY often!

  • @paulax3kanan
    @paulax3kanan 2 місяці тому +1

    This is by far the cutest chayote video I could’ve come across. I love that you documented it and will hold it close to your heart forever. Thank you Mama Lin!🩷

  • @omairacastro930
    @omairacastro930 2 роки тому +4

    My father use to cook Chabot regularly, but I never knew how good is for the body. Thank your mother for sharing her garden secrets and this wonderful dish. Hope she cook some more for us in the future 🙏

  • @michaellim2811
    @michaellim2811 Рік тому +1

    It’s so refreshing to hear Toisanese. My father is the on person to still speak Toisan to me.

  • @Orange_flavoured_soda
    @Orange_flavoured_soda 2 роки тому +2

    I remember back home we have a lots ofchayote6 in our back yard back home
    We actually grown them at back yard I love them putting in our soup and also my stir fried veggi6

  • @beverlycadien6038
    @beverlycadien6038 Рік тому +3

    Interesting! I grew up in Jamaica and we normally add it to soups & stews. I’ll certainly try your mom’s recipe. Love her backyard garden. If China opens up, we will visit in March 2023. I’ll definitely look out for chayote!

  • @carmencamacho2520
    @carmencamacho2520 2 роки тому +6

    I love your mom, she's adorable.🥰
    Thanks for recipe. I will definitely try it.👍

  • @LucasM-kw2vi
    @LucasM-kw2vi 2 роки тому +1

    My grandmother use to make this recipe too. It brings back memories. Good to hear you and your mom speak Toisan. It is a language that you no longer heard and spoken much in the USA.

  • @kgoak5765
    @kgoak5765 2 роки тому +2

    Great intro to this squash and surprised how quickly it cooks! I knew it grew like a vine, but your Mom showing how that works was really cool.

  • @hunnyloveee
    @hunnyloveee 3 роки тому +14

    Love the mini Chinese lesson at the end!! 🥰 Keep it coming pls!!

    • @hellolisalin
      @hellolisalin  3 роки тому

      Thank you!

    • @lis819
      @lis819 2 роки тому

      I love part too! Chinese is a beautiful language:))

  • @colleenwong
    @colleenwong 2 роки тому +2

    Mama Lin is so cute!

  • @freedomqueen3839
    @freedomqueen3839 2 роки тому +2

    I never cooked it with shrimp but the same way only I put green onion and Thyme 😋😋😋👌🙏🇺🇸🇲🇺

  • @Red--Bace2137
    @Red--Bace2137 Рік тому

    I grew up eating chayote in the tropics. Never had it cooked like this. YUM. Thank you😊

  • @olavipuntanen869
    @olavipuntanen869 2 роки тому +3

    My friend Tracy, In Costa Rica is going to grow a lot of chayotes!. That mom's recipe looks so delicious!

  • @neoibnid303
    @neoibnid303 Рік тому

    Aww bless, i loved hearing Mama Lins prefered flavor combination 🥰 precious

  • @qualqui
    @qualqui 4 місяці тому

    Hop Jeung ga, nice, there's a Mexican here on UA-cam that teaches us Mandarin Chinese, but its interesting to know there are other languages in China, like Cantonese. Definitely making chayote here by this stir-fry method, which is similar to how my Mexica(pronounced Meshika)ancestors cooked, they either steamed, roasted or cooked with water. Thank you for sharing Lisa, 👍and greetings👋from central Mexico.🤠

  • @theNSXman
    @theNSXman 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you for this! Exactly what I was looking for.

  • @deborahbrown6029
    @deborahbrown6029 Рік тому

    Thanks for showing us about this. I just loved it!!

  • @charlottewhi789
    @charlottewhi789 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the receipt I will be preparing this tomorrow for lunch...

  • @jokiyatrott5316
    @jokiyatrott5316 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome video, just inspired me to add this to my garden thank you

  • @pawshands9706
    @pawshands9706 Рік тому +4

    Chayote is a staple of the Caribbean and one of my favorite cooking fruits. So versatile and packed with nutrients. Lovely video!

    • @josephprendergast2420
      @josephprendergast2420 Рік тому +1

      Yes your right in jamaica we call it chocho and we put it in chicken soup 🍲 😋 big staple

  • @madiazrivera1958
    @madiazrivera1958 2 роки тому +1

    I love your mom!

  • @supersonic7477
    @supersonic7477 2 роки тому +1

    thanks for sharing !. ill try this chayote stir fried ..

  • @gotstaeat8761
    @gotstaeat8761 Рік тому

    Love Mama Lin!

  • @martatulipan488
    @martatulipan488 2 роки тому +1

    Ciezko zrozumiec wasz jezyk ale dziekuje bardzo za to ze moglam zobaczyc !🌹🌹🌹

  • @cocacolafiesta
    @cocacolafiesta Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing this video. My mom would add dried shrimp flakes to our scrambled eggs when I was young but as an adult I found them too fishy so thank you Mama Lin for the tip of sautéing with the onion and garlic to remove that taste!🙂 I dehydrate a lot of things and even tried one batch of shrimp but stopped there. Now I’ll continue to dry more. We just started our keto diet and I have chayotes for different mexican recipes but I’ll definitely add this to my chayote recipes.

  • @james-jq8sk
    @james-jq8sk 2 роки тому +1

    The seeds are good to eat, even the mature hard seed is very pleasant, you need to roast hard seed in the oven, very nutty, very yummy...

  • @nancyr45
    @nancyr45 2 роки тому +1

    I love chayote thank you for the recipe

  • @xchibiox
    @xchibiox 3 роки тому +3

    I can't wait to try chayote. It is on my grocery list now. Thank you for a wonderful video.

  • @mlynlim5337
    @mlynlim5337 2 роки тому +3

    Hey Lisa! Thanks for the recipe and thanks to your adorable mum! I have always wanted to cook it but does not know how to do it! It’s actually pretty similar to cooking hairy gourd! :)

  • @rosebrown2473
    @rosebrown2473 2 роки тому

    Excellent

  • @MuhammadShahid-ft5tu
    @MuhammadShahid-ft5tu 2 роки тому +4

    A friend of mine sent me this recipe. Made it last night and it is delicious. #yummy

    • @hellolisalin
      @hellolisalin  2 роки тому

      That's amazing! Thank you for trying it!

  • @milabael2803
    @milabael2803 2 роки тому

    Thank you watching from Toronto

  • @jolynce
    @jolynce 2 роки тому +4

    Hi Lisa, greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! I was google searching chayote recipes and chanced upon your channel. Subscribed and liked. Oh btw, we have the same surname - 林 :)

  • @blessedamooti1371
    @blessedamooti1371 2 роки тому +1

    I love them🍃🙏❤️🍃
    🍃❤️They are nice 🍃❤️
    Thank u

  • @abuabu503
    @abuabu503 2 роки тому

    Iv this kind of video hope there are more such this

  • @EvertvanIngen
    @EvertvanIngen 8 місяців тому

    Your mom's such a sweetheart

  • @Drawson663
    @Drawson663 2 роки тому

    That was Great

  • @immaculaverneus3367
    @immaculaverneus3367 2 роки тому +1

    I love it

  • @paloman9800
    @paloman9800 2 роки тому +2

    Do you think you could make a video on how to grow it from start to finish beautiful video by the way.

    • @hellolisalin
      @hellolisalin  2 роки тому +1

      I wish I can. It's a little hard because it spans a few months and I don't live near my mom. And her crop the last 2 years haven't been as good! I'll try to collect random footage over the next few seasons!

  • @salimwongjeng8098
    @salimwongjeng8098 2 роки тому

    Wow yummy

  • @EeLin159
    @EeLin159 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for sharing this recipe. I tried it and it's delish.

  • @wantshelamokgohloa641
    @wantshelamokgohloa641 2 роки тому

    Thank you 😊

  • @limoonanakanjaak9749
    @limoonanakanjaak9749 2 роки тому

    Thank Lisa Lin for the recipe

  • @leslietiu8971
    @leslietiu8971 Місяць тому

    Lisa speaks good Cantonese I hope that she can write the language too,good for her

  • @mariekeung7187
    @mariekeung7187 2 роки тому +4

    Lisa, thank you for sharing the videos and recipes. I never knew the name of this veggie in English. Now I do! Will make this dish now after seeing how simple it is, that even a bad cook like me can do. LOL. Also, thanks for doing the Chinese in both Cantonese and Toi Shanese. My parents were Toi Shanese, even though I understand Cantonese more. Thank you!

    • @hellolisalin
      @hellolisalin  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching, Marie! As I learned on Instagram, there's so many names for this vegetable, depending on the different culture!

    • @mariekeung7187
      @mariekeung7187 2 роки тому

      @@hellolisalin Yes, it does make it confusing. There's another veggie that goes by different names too. In Chinese, it is called "ong choy" but I have seen it in English called Chinese spinach or Chinese watercress. Makes it difficult to find that veggie sometimes, which I really love!

    • @hellolisalin
      @hellolisalin  2 роки тому

      @@mariekeung7187 I hear you!!

    • @mariekeung7187
      @mariekeung7187 2 роки тому

      @@hellolisalin Lisa, do you have a recipe for Steak, Cantonese style? I used to order it from a local Chinese restaurant and my son loved it. Sadly, Covid forced them to close. It's basically the meat, onions and the sauce, which is obviously a lot of ketchup, as it is red. I would like to make it for my son, so I was wondering if you or your mom have a recipe for it that you can share with me or post on your site. Thank you!

  • @diannerobinson7858
    @diannerobinson7858 Рік тому

    These are amazing. I call them grumpy face. They even stick there tongues out at ya! Lol.

  • @surekhalimbu9389
    @surekhalimbu9389 2 роки тому

    I love chayotey

  • @lg5421
    @lg5421 Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @carmelamcneill8551
    @carmelamcneill8551 2 роки тому

    Yummy and awesome , ❤🥰🐒🐘🍀

  • @shineleichannel2475
    @shineleichannel2475 2 роки тому

    Hello Ms lin, thank you

  • @MyFavourites1
    @MyFavourites1 Рік тому +1

    Does the seed inside the chayote sprout by itself, or does your mom have a method to make it sprout before she puts it in the soil?
    Thx for the video. I utterly enjoyed everything about it.

    • @hellolisalin
      @hellolisalin  Рік тому

      So before she harvests the chayote the year before, I think my mom grows it out to be a very big size (in soil). Once she harvests it, she just lets it sprout on its own because the seed is just getting the nutrients from the squash. I think that's what's going on at least!

  • @cooliceman0001
    @cooliceman0001 3 роки тому

    Wont be long before your at a million subs. I enjoy your videos

  • @main2333
    @main2333 9 місяців тому

    Looks good. Simple. But I noticed on the ingredients the ginger is missing. But is in the link recipe.

  • @lancehill6133
    @lancehill6133 2 роки тому +2

    Very well researched. We have a Facebook group for California chayote growers. What is the word that Mandarin-speaking people use in the U.S. for chayote? I have seen "Su Su" on the internet. Good that you tipped off people to the perils of peeling. C

  • @coolbreeze4576
    @coolbreeze4576 2 роки тому +6

    In Jamaica where I grew up we used chayote (Chocho) in soups alot but lately I've been doing stir fry and want to try fermenting it like in kimchi.

    • @gracefoya4609
      @gracefoya4609 4 місяці тому

      In my region we also know it as Chocho

    • @gracefoya4609
      @gracefoya4609 4 місяці тому

      I never knew one could fry Chocho!!

  • @SuccessforLifester
    @SuccessforLifester 7 місяців тому +1

    Recently given one of this. First time i see this food. So watching this to see what to do with it. I think not common item in Singapore

  • @max_meliani
    @max_meliani Рік тому

    Chayotte is delicious raw, in salads, cubed or shredded. Refreshing as cucumber with a midly sweet taste

  • @Phanonyoutube
    @Phanonyoutube Рік тому

    I really like chayote but I don’t know how to choose them or cook them. I’m here to learn

  • @MithurKitchen
    @MithurKitchen 3 роки тому

    GOOD VIDEO

  • @metamas3am
    @metamas3am 5 місяців тому

    Would your mom want to seed swap out for honey nut squash seeds for chayote seeds?

  • @jillbern1587
    @jillbern1587 Рік тому

    We call it choco and usually eat the tips. Mostly the tips.

  • @kaipokine97
    @kaipokine97 2 роки тому

    Miss Lin
    Where are you growing? Zone? And can u show me description of trellis and total plants on this trellis going up to top?

  • @wanpynbiangsumer3759
    @wanpynbiangsumer3759 2 роки тому

    My mother-in-law is a good cook

  • @MissPeachCobbler
    @MissPeachCobbler 11 місяців тому

    ❤💕

  • @mariascott3424
    @mariascott3424 2 роки тому

    In my island Jamaica we call it choco

  • @cynthiagonzalez658
    @cynthiagonzalez658 6 місяців тому

    During some dire periods of the dictatorship, we'd use chayote to make "apple pie".
    Very good.👍👍👍

  • @susanmahase6266
    @susanmahase6266 2 роки тому

    Health food

  • @priscillanarvaez2292
    @priscillanarvaez2292 Рік тому

    I'm waiting for that chayoyr to calm my leg swellimg

  • @squidplummer7610
    @squidplummer7610 2 роки тому

    In St..Lucia,we call it christophin

  • @bonglynnatran4062
    @bonglynnatran4062 Рік тому

    I have vines on chayotes. You think I have fruits? One is come back sprouts

  • @sanjibkirateerai5368
    @sanjibkirateerai5368 11 місяців тому

    Did you know..??..it has fruit on its root and it is the sweetest of all. I wonder why the Chinese don't seem to eat it.

  • @Tsusagi
    @Tsusagi Рік тому

    New crop? My chayote has been resilient over 10 years, it lives like a weed in my backyard

  • @tammiagbayani4872
    @tammiagbayani4872 2 роки тому

    What is the recipe

  • @carolineameso818
    @carolineameso818 9 місяців тому +1

    Can pregnant eat and drink chayote

  • @sitmengchue4077
    @sitmengchue4077 9 місяців тому

    Is chayote same as "Fut Sow" or Buddha's Hand?

  • @patriciacampbell3455
    @patriciacampbell3455 2 роки тому

    The pictures are too blared.