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Braised Ground Pork & Potatoes
Updated:View Post: Braised Ground Pork & PotatoesA hearty meal of braised ground pork, potato, and Chinese flavors is our unique take on “meat and potatoes”! This easy and simple formula is one I turn to again and again when I want to exert minimal effort on…
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How to Grow Garlic
Posted:View Post: How to Grow GarlicWelcome to the first 2023 post of our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables Series, which is now in its second season! Today, we’re talking about how to grow garlic, which is a key ingredient in Chinese cooking (albeit not exclusively…
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What to Do In Maine: Escape to Vacationland
Updated:View Post: What to Do In Maine: Escape to VacationlandCool temperatures, sunny days, and crisp, colorful leaves? It’s time to make a break from Tri-state existence to VACATIONLAND: aka Maine! In this post, I’ll share our guide for what to do in Maine: what to see, what to eat, and…
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Farm Update: Spring 2023
Updated:View Post: Farm Update: Spring 2023Now that we’ve officially moved from spring into summer, we’re recapping our spring season at The Woks of Life working mini farm—which is what we’ve decided to call this alpaca/chicken/duck/vegetable/fruit/honeybee endeavor. My dad came up with the term, which seems…
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How to Create Umami with Vegan & Vegetarian ingredients
Posted:View Post: How to Create Umami with Vegan & Vegetarian ingredientsIt’s easy to create umami (the savory fifth taste) when you’re cooking with meat or seafood. But what about with vegan and vegetarian umami ingredients? In this post, we’ll talk about some key plant-based sources of umami that we use…
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Rice Cakes with Napa Cabbage and Pork (白菜肉丝年糕)
Updated:View Post: Rice Cakes with Napa Cabbage and Pork (白菜肉丝年糕)We’ve been making this simple stir-fry of rice cakes and napa cabbage (白菜肉丝年糕) for years, so we couldn’t believe that it still hadn’t made its way onto the blog or our cookbook! It’s a straightforward and simple one-pan dish, and…
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15-Minute Chinese Chicken Curry
Updated:View Post: 15-Minute Chinese Chicken CurryThis quick takeout-style Chinese chicken curry is so easy to make, with just 9 staple ingredients and 15 minutes in the kitchen. But that small investment in time yields big rewards—an incredibly flavorful stir-fry with lots of tasty Chinese curry…
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Zongzi with Pork Belly and Meigan Cai (梅干菜肉粽)
Posted:View Post: Zongzi with Pork Belly and Meigan Cai (梅干菜肉粽)Time for our newest zongzi recipe: zongzi with pork belly and meigan cai (preserved vegetables). We’ll be celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival this month (on Thursday, June 22 to be exact), and we’re doing it this year with these tasty…
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Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup (鸡汤面)
Updated:View Post: Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup (鸡汤面)This Chinese chicken noodle soup is an easy traditional noodle soup you can make any day of the week. It’s often served as a birthday noodle soup, topped with 2 fried eggs! While people normally make it with a whole…
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Wok Fried Peanuts / How to Fry Peanuts
Posted:View Post: Wok Fried Peanuts / How to Fry PeanutsYou’ll see these fried peanuts often in Cantonese restaurants, served in small dishes around a Lazy Susan along with pots of tea. They’re the perfect little appetizer while you wait for your meal to arrive. Wok fried peanuts are an…
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Chicken Satay
Posted:View Post: Chicken SatayChicken Satay is a delicious alternative to your standard saucy Thai curries, with chicken marinated in a positively potent mixture of red curry paste and coconut. We sear the skewers to perfection, and serve them up with a tasty peanut…
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Duck Noodle Soup
Updated:View Post: Duck Noodle SoupDuck noodle soup is a simple, yet extremely flavorful dish you can make with very little time. It’s also a great way to use up leftover Cantonese roast duck. For a quick meal, keep leftover roast duck in your freezer,…
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Lo Mein Noodles & How to Cook Them
Updated:View Post: Lo Mein Noodles & How to Cook ThemLo mein noodles are one of the most recognizable types of Chinese noodles in the U.S. Today, we’ll teach you how to cook lo mein noodles properly, so that they’re perfect—not overly starchy, sticky, soggy, dry, or undercooked. We also…
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Multigrain Bread
Posted:View Post: Multigrain BreadNothing is quite as daunting as walking into the kitchen with the expectation of churning out bakery-quality bread. However, this deliciously soft multigrain bread recipe will help you do just that! We make our multigrain bread with our favorite homemade…
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How to Grow Chinese Vegetables
Updated:View Post: How to Grow Chinese VegetablesAfter its launch last year, we’re bringing back our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series! (If you’d like to check out previous posts, head to our Garden/Farm How-To section!) Each month, we’ll publish a comprehensive growing guide for a different…
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Chicken Fried Rice
Updated:View Post: Chicken Fried RiceThis is an easy, classic chicken fried rice recipe you can make for a quick dinner on any weeknight. It’s also heavier on the chicken than you might be used to when getting takeout. Limited by the low prices they need…
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Cooking with Garlic: Everything You Need to Know
Posted:View Post: Cooking with Garlic: Everything You Need to KnowAfter developing recipes for 10 years now, I feel like I’ve gained a better intuition when it comes to cooking with garlic in just about any kind of dish or flavor combination. It’s also worth stating outright that Chinese food…
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The Woks of LIfe Cookbook Nominated for a James Beard Award(!!!)
Posted:View Post: The Woks of LIfe Cookbook Nominated for a James Beard Award(!!!)In yet another pinch-me moment surrounding our cookbook (First pinch-me moment: the book we’ve worked on for years gets published. Second: getting amazing feedback from some of our favorite creators. See: Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Andrew…
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