This tofu avocado salad is a no-cook, vegan, healthy recipe with a tangy Asian dressing that can be customized to your liking! An Excuse Not to Cook! This may surprise you to hear, but even us food bloggers get tired of cooking every now and then. I find that this is especially true when it’s […]
Hoisin Sauce
Hoisin sauce, though not included in our list of 10 Essential Chinese Pantry Ingredients, is a well-known Chinese condiment. It can sometimes be confused with sweet bean sauce (tián miàn jiàng, 甜面酱) and sweet bean paste (dòubàn jiàng, 豆瓣酱), but it has its own distinct flavor and uses. Let’s take a closer look at what […]
White Sugar Sponge Cake (Bai Tang Gao – 白糖糕)
This white sugar sponge cake recipe (白糖糕 – báitáng gāo in Mandarin or baak tong gou in Cantonese) has been a long time coming. We’ve received many requests for bai tang gao over the years! I apologize for making you all wait so long for this classic recipe. The suspense was definitely not intentional. It’s […]
Fuqi Feipian (夫妻肺片)
Today’s recipe is for every diehard Sichuan food fan out there. Fuqi feipian (夫妻肺片; fūqī fèipiàn) is about as Sichuan as it gets. It’s a dish of sliced beef and tripe, swimming in chili oil with that signature combination of fiery spice and mouth-numbing Sichuan peppercorns that keeps you reaching your chopsticks back into the […]
Vegan Garlic Aioli
One of the most sought after recipes in the plant-based cooking world is a good creamy dressing or sauce. Luckily, it’s not that difficult to achieve! With this perfect vegan garlic aioli in your arsenal, you’ll never be at a loss for a creamy, tasty condiment! The Best Sauce for Vegans and Meat-lovers Alike This […]
Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang)
Thai grilled chicken, or gai yang, is one of the most flavorful grilled chicken recipes you’ll ever make. Traveling to Thailand (or Laos, where the dish is called ping gai) and having this chicken hot off the grill from a street vendor is definitely on my travel bucket list. Until that day, though, making this […]
How to Make Chili Oil
This chili oil recipe has become one of the most popular on the blog, and for good reason. It is as much a foundational ingredient for many of our recipes as it is a casual condiment. Also, learning how to make chili oil yourself means 1) having a much more flavorful blend than those you […]
Chinese Seaweed Salad (凉拌海带丝)
This Chinese Seaweed Salad is a light and healthy summer recipe that’s easy to prepare. It makes a great side or appetizer, keeps in the fridge for a few days, and gets more flavorful each day. That’s why this recipe makes a large batch! Our Chinese Cold Salad Dressing Recently, we posted our all-purpose Chinese […]
