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Sheet Pan Peruvian Chicken Thighs
Posted:View Post: Sheet Pan Peruvian Chicken ThighsThis sheet pan Peruvian chicken thigh recipe is a weeknight-friendly spin on our beloved Peruvian Roast Chicken with Green Sauce—all the flavor, way less fuss. Marinate the night before, and dinner practically makes itself the next day! An easier version…
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Beef with Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots (双冬牛肉)
Posted:View Post: Beef with Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots (双冬牛肉)Beef with Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots, or 双冬牛肉 (shuāng dōng niúròu) is a hearty Chinese dish. The literal translation is “double winter beef,” where “double winter” refers to two ingredients: winter shiitake mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots. While this is…
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Spring Roll Dipping Sauce
Posted:View Post: Spring Roll Dipping SauceLooking for a spring roll dipping sauce to serve with your favorite spring roll recipe? Look no further! We have several options here—three of our favorites, as well as five alternative recipes so you can make the one that sounds…
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Chow Har Kew (Stir-fried Crispy Shrimp with Vegetables)
Posted:View Post: Chow Har Kew (Stir-fried Crispy Shrimp with Vegetables)Chow Har Kew is a luxurious version of a Chinese Shrimp and Vegetable stir-fry, with crispy, golden shrimp! Deep-frying meats or proteins—in this case large shrimp—and then tossing them in a velvety sauce makes a Chinese-banquet-worthy dish. The name Chow…
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Cauliflower Stir-Fry with Beef
Posted:View Post: Cauliflower Stir-Fry with BeefThis Chinese cauliflower stir-fry with beef is a delicious one-pan meal that’s quick and easy to make. It also highlights the use of cauliflower in Chinese cooking, which is rarely seen in the U.S. and underrated! My theory behind this…
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Braised Pork Belly with Tofu Puffs (油豆腐红烧肉)
Posted:View Post: Braised Pork Belly with Tofu Puffs (油豆腐红烧肉)This Braised Pork Belly with Soy Puffs is another variation on that perennial favorite Chinese dish, red braised pork belly, or hóngshāo ròu. This version actually showed up very often on our dinner table over past decades, mostly because the…
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Shortcut General Tso’s Chicken (Ground Chicken!)
Posted:View Post: Shortcut General Tso’s Chicken (Ground Chicken!)Ground chicken is the key to making a Shortcut General Tso’s Chicken that cuts out extra chopping and deep-frying steps without compromising on the sweet tangy sauce and satisfyingly craggly texture! We have a simple step-by-step recipe as well as…
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Hainan Chicken Coconut Soup (海南椰子鸡汤)
Posted:View Post: Hainan Chicken Coconut Soup (海南椰子鸡汤)This Hainan Chicken Coconut Soup, or yēzǐ jītāng (椰子鸡汤), is not your typical coconut soup, which is often made with coconut milk (see Sarah’s Thai Coconut Chicken Soup, or Tom Kha Gai). Instead, we use coconut water and fresh coconut,…
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Babi Kecap (Indonesian Chinese Braised Pork Belly)
Posted:View Post: Babi Kecap (Indonesian Chinese Braised Pork Belly)Babi kecap is a popular Indonesian Chinese dish made with kecap manis (a sweet dark soy sauce) and a variety of unique spices. Babi means pork in Indonesian, but more specifically, this Babi kecap is most often made with pork…
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Vegetarian Wonton Soup
Updated:View Post: Vegetarian Wonton SoupThis vegetarian wonton soup with shiitake mushrooms, carrots, napa cabbage, ginger, and tofu is a delicious meatless take on a Chinese comfort food. While wontons were always meat-filled at our house growing up, I loved coming up with this tasty,…
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Century Eggs with Green Peppers
Updated:View Post: Century Eggs with Green PeppersCentury eggs with green peppers or 青椒皮蛋 (qīngjiāo pídàn), is a relatively new dish for me that I first tried in a Hunan restaurant about 10 or 15 years ago. It quickly became one of my favorite dishes and a…
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Vietnamese Pork Chops
Posted:View Post: Vietnamese Pork ChopsThis recipe for Vietnamese Pork Chops has the signature sweet, salty umami depth of flavor you find on a Vietnamese restaurant’s pork chop plate. Top it with scallion oil and plenty of nuoc cham, and serve it with a few…
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Taro Coconut Filling
Posted:View Post: Taro Coconut FillingTaro coconut filling is a versatile yet delicious Chinese dessert filling that can be used to make sesame balls, steamed or baked bao (buns) or even mooncakes. We have a lot of lotus paste and red bean fans in our…
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Roast Leg of Lamb
Posted:View Post: Roast Leg of LambThis roast leg of lamb with a garlic, mustard, herb crust is a festive, delicious, and impressive holiday centerpiece, and it cooks in less than 2 hours! A Delicious Holiday Dinner A roast leg of lamb is a festive dish…
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Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
Posted:View Post: Whole Wheat Dinner RollsThese whole wheat dinner rolls use 100% whole wheat flour, but they are soft, pillowy, and a little sweet. If you’re looking for an easy, healthier dinner roll recipe, this is it! A Healthier Dinner Roll I developed this recipe…
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Chinese Beef Stew with Bean Curd Sticks
Posted:View Post: Chinese Beef Stew with Bean Curd SticksThis Chinese beef stew with dried bean curd sticks, or foo jook, is a delicious Cantonese take on beef stew that’s reminiscent of two other classic Cantonese dishes—Beef Stew with Daikon Radish, and Lamb Stew with Foo Jook. But we…
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Chinese Duck Soup Recipe
Posted:View Post: Chinese Duck Soup RecipeA reader recently requested this Chinese duck soup, and as it happens, it’s been sitting on my ever-growing recipe list for a while now. There’s always a sense of urgency when one of you asks for something specific! With the…
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Egg Roll Wrappers
Posted:View Post: Egg Roll WrappersHave a hankering for homemade egg rolls, but can’t find store-bought egg roll wrappers? Many of our readers have found themselves in this exact situation and asked us to come up with an egg roll wrapper recipe. Well, FINALLY, here…
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