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Avocado Egg Rolls
Updated:View Post: Avocado Egg RollsAvocado Egg Rolls. A guilty pleasure proffered by that most guilt-inducing of restaurant chains––The Cheesecake Factory. A Food Blogger’s Guilty Pleasure As food bloggers, we get a lot of questions about where we like to eat, especially since we live…
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Instant Pot Soy Sauce Chicken Bowls
Updated:View Post: Instant Pot Soy Sauce Chicken BowlsSoy Sauce Chicken is a beloved Chinese dish that you’ve probably seen before hanging in a Chinatown restaurant window somewhere. An Easier Version of Soy Sauce Chicken We have a recipe for the traditional version of soy sauce chicken, which…
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Lao Gan Ma Noodles & The Godmother of The Godmother Sauces
Updated:View Post: Lao Gan Ma Noodles & The Godmother of The Godmother SaucesIf you have never heard of The Godmother’s Chili Crisp Sauce or The Godmother’s Black Bean Sauce, get out from under your rock because you are MISSING OUT. Simply put, everyone who has tried her sauces is hooked. We’ve mentioned…
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Shanghai Style Pork Zongzi (Sticky Rice Dumplings)
Updated:View Post: Shanghai Style Pork Zongzi (Sticky Rice Dumplings)Zongzi, or sticky rice dumplings, are almost like a Chinese version of the tamale––sticky rice is wrapped in bamboo leaves with other fillings, and steamed. I’ll be using both the Chinese word “zongzi” and the term “sticky rice dumpling” interchangeably…
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Cantonese Steamed Milk Egg Pudding (双皮奶)
Updated:View Post: Cantonese Steamed Milk Egg Pudding (双皮奶)If you’re sitting there wondering what this Cantonese Steamed Milk Egg Pudding (双皮奶 – shuang pi nai) tastes like, I would describe it almost like a Chinese version of Creme Brûlée, but without the crunchy sugar top. In fact, if…
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Dongbei Guo Bao Rou (Crispy Sweet & Sour Pork)
Updated:View Post: Dongbei Guo Bao Rou (Crispy Sweet & Sour Pork)This Dongbei Guo Bao Rou (东北鍋包肉) looks and sounds distant to many. The lighter color of the finished dish may also seem curious compared to our typical dark soy sauce braised dishes or brightly colored Chinese takeout recipes. You’ll also…
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21 One-Pot Meals to Please Picky Eaters
Updated:View Post: 21 One-Pot Meals to Please Picky EatersIf you’re here it means you suffer from picky eaters in your life, and you need some quick and easy options to shut them up and feed them with minimal hassle. We’ve rounded up 21 one-pot (bonus!) meals to please…
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Chinese Rib Tips: Fall Apart Tender Takeout-Style
Updated:View Post: Chinese Rib Tips: Fall Apart Tender Takeout-StyleToday I’m going into full dad mode to educate you all about pork rib tips––as in the cut of meat and my recipe for fall-part tender, Chinese Takeout Style Pork Rib Tips! What Are Rib Tips? The rib tip is…
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Weeknight “Slop” (Rice with Eggs, Avocado & Chili)
Updated:View Post: Weeknight “Slop” (Rice with Eggs, Avocado & Chili)Weeknight slop. That caught your attention didn’t it? Yes, you read that right. It’s my go-to weeknight recipe. Faithful, tried, and true. This is not a recipe that is search engine optimized. It is not a recipe that is particularly…
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Dry Fried Sichuan Beef
Updated:View Post: Dry Fried Sichuan BeefIn our family, I’m notoriously finicky when it comes to eating out. Maybe I’m a tiger mom when it comes to most restaurants out there, but I find that a lot of them just serve mediocre food! Dry Fried Sichuan…
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Braised Chinese Vegan Chicken
Updated:View Post: Braised Chinese Vegan ChickenChinese vegan chicken, 素鸡 is a soy product. It’s not as popular as tofu, but it’s always been tofu’s neighbor on your Asian grocery shelf. It’s just not as recognizable to most people. I bet you’ve seen it but just…
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Stir-fried Watercress
Updated:View Post: Stir-fried WatercressWatercress (西洋菜,sai yeung choi in Cantonese or xī yáng cài in Mandarin), is a super healthy vegetable. It’s often overlooked at the market, because people don’t know how to prepare it. But making this stir-fried watercress at home is an…
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Dry Pot Cauliflower
Updated:View Post: Dry Pot CauliflowerDry Pot Cauliflower is a restaurant favorite that we’ve had countless times in China. It’s our vegetable of choice when eating out. You might think it sounds boring, but we discovered that cauliflower can be amazingly delicious with a little…
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One Pot Rice Cooker Rice with Dace Fish
Updated:View Post: One Pot Rice Cooker Rice with Dace FishThese days, we’re always looking for easier ways to get a satisfying dinner on the table, and Bill recently challenged me to do another quick and easy rice cooker recipe, akin to our Rice Cooker Ribs and Rice (kind of…
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Thai Chili Sauce Chicken Stir-fry
Updated:View Post: Thai Chili Sauce Chicken Stir-fryThai Chili Sauce, or nam prik pao, is a common ingredient in Thai cooking. A little bit spicy, a little bit sweet, it also has a savory umami flavor that comes from the addition of shrimp. This Thai chili sauce…
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Ultimate Braised Tofu
Updated:View Post: Ultimate Braised TofuBraised tofu—using silken tofu that’s first fried and then braised—is a dish usually enjoyed at a Chinese restaurant, because most people are a bit intimidated by the idea of making it at home. While it’s not quite as easy as…
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25 Last Minute Meals
Updated:View Post: 25 Last Minute MealsWe’ve all been there. You gotta eat and you gotta eat NOW. Buuut you you didn’t wake up at the crack of dawn, you didn’t soak the beans like you were supposed to overnight, you didn’t marinate the meat in…
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Sha Cha Beef Stir-fry
Updated:View Post: Sha Cha Beef Stir-frySha Cha Sauce (沙茶酱) is really underrated, and I’m not sure why. Often labeled on its packaging as “Chinese BBQ Sauce” in English, sha cha sauce is a mixture of shallots, garlic, dried shrimp, fish, and chilies. It may not…
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