I find Chinese cooking a lot like sex, a lot of preparation time with, very little cooking time. That is to say, the Chinese cook spends most of their time preparing the food, such as chopping the ingredients and less time cooking it.
Organization is essential to the success of Chinese cooking. Prepare all the ingredients and have them ready before starting to cook. If called for seasonings such as ginger, garlic and scallions should be chopped and ready to be spooned into the wok or skillet. Remember that the essence of almost all Chinese cooking, particularly stir-frying, is speed, not in the preliminaries, but in the cooking. Almost all the cooking, except for casserole dishes and soups, is done over high heat.
