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Egg Rolls
Updated:View Post: Egg RollsEgg rolls. They’re the quintessential Chinese takeout food. This easy egg roll recipe is how I remember make them in my parents’ takeout restaurant, when we’d crank out hundreds of egg rolls at a time—albeit with a lot more roast…
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How to Grow Kabocha Squash
Posted:View Post: How to Grow Kabocha SquashKabocha squash is one of our favorite squashes/pumpkins to enjoy in the fall! It has a lovely texture—almost like a cross between butternut squash and chestnuts. The skin is also edible, so you don’t have to peel it. Let’s talk…
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Chinese Postpartum Confinement Porridge (月子粥)
Updated:View Post: Chinese Postpartum Confinement Porridge (月子粥)Today we have another recipe in our postpartum series—a lightly sweet postpartum porridge made with 7 nourishing Chinese ingredients. In Chinese, the porridge is called yuè zi zhōu (月子粥) which roughly translates to postpartum confinement porridge, and it’s especially meant…
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Beef Stir-fry with Vegetables
Updated:View Post: Beef Stir-fry with VegetablesThis Beef Stir-Fry recipe with vegetables is one of those quick and easy dishes that you can throw together in minutes if you prepare properly ahead of time. Tender beef, crunchy vegetables, and that perfectly flavored sauce you expect from…
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Chicken Chow Mein
Updated:View Post: Chicken Chow MeinWe make this delicious chicken chow mein recipe with real Chinese chow mein noodles (while many recipes out there use a soft lo-mein-like noodle), crunchy vegetables, and lots of juicy chicken. The term chicken chow mein has gotten a bit…
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Low Sodium Chinese Food & Cooking
Posted:View Post: Low Sodium Chinese Food & CookingWe’ve gotten lots of questions over the years about how to cook low sodium Chinese food, especially as it pertains to the many fermented and salted ingredients you might encounter, from soy sauce to spicy bean paste. In this post,…
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Mongolian Beef
Updated:View Post: Mongolian BeefOur Mongolian Beef recipe became one of the most popular Woks of Life recipes after we first published it in July 2015, and for good reason! The Origins of Mongolian Beef But first. What exactly are the origins of Mongolian…
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Pickled Daikon
Posted:View Post: Pickled DaikonThis recipe for pickled daikon with carrots is a classic appetizer that was once often served as a freebie in Cantonese restaurants, along with fried peanuts. I would usually let my parents take control of perusing the menu and concentrate…
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Panda Express Super Greens
Updated:View Post: Panda Express Super GreensThis Panda Express Super Greens mix of kale, cabbage, and broccoli is a beloved side from the popular chain, but my mom has been making a version of it for years when we have odds and ends of leafy greens…
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Sticky Oyster Sauce Chicken
Updated:View Post: Sticky Oyster Sauce ChickenThis sticky oyster sauce chicken has been one of our top chicken recipes on the blog since we published it in 2016, and for good reason! The chicken is infused with intense umami flavor thanks to oyster sauce and a classic…
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How to Grow Choy Sum / Yu Choy
Posted:View Post: How to Grow Choy Sum / Yu ChoyWelcome to our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series: Choy Sum edition! In this post, we’ll talk about how to grow choy sum or cài xīn (菜心), AKA yu choy or yóucài (油菜). We have professional insights from Christina Chan,…
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Pecan Pie Mooncakes
Posted:View Post: Pecan Pie MooncakesToday, we’re coming to you with a new mooncake recipe for the Mid-Autumn Festival! This one is a bit non-traditional. We’re making Pecan Pie Mooncakes! This recipe is for all of you out there who think you don’t like mooncakes…
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Winter Melon Soup with Pork Ribs
Updated:View Post: Winter Melon Soup with Pork RibsWinter melon soup is a popular home-cooked Chinese dish when winter melons are in season (late summer through fall). It’s also probably the most popular application of winter melon in China. Winter melon soups are often made with pork ribs,…
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Loofah Stir-fry with Chicken
Updated:View Post: Loofah Stir-fry with ChickenThis loofah stir-fry with chicken is a super tasty and satisfying way to cook loofah (luffa?), a Chinese vegetable (ahem, fruit) that doesn’t get enough love! What is Loofah? When we were promoting our cookbook last year, a journalist came…
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Stuffed Bitter Melon
Posted:View Post: Stuffed Bitter MelonThis stuffed bitter melon recipe in black bean sauce is a classic Cantonese dish that highlights a produce item in abundance right now in Chinese groceries and backyard gardens: bitter melon! While beef with bitter melon might be more well-known,…
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How to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)
Updated:View Post: How to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important Chinese holiday of the year (after Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival). It’s a time to get together with family, eat, worship the moon, and celebrate the fall harvest.…
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End of Summer 2023 Farm Update
Updated:View Post: End of Summer 2023 Farm UpdateThe end of summer is approaching, and it’s time to review how the season went at The Woks of Life HQ. We had some excitement this year with our first real fruit harvests (last year we lost almost all of…
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Miso Fish (Just 4 Ingredients!)
Posted:View Post: Miso Fish (Just 4 Ingredients!)This miso fish comes together with just four ingredients (not counting the fish, hehe). All you need is white miso, mirin, and sesame oil. It’s also REALLY easy. It’s a recipe born of necessity—those nights when I realized it’s 8:30,…
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