Chinese cured pork belly, or là ròu (腊肉) in Mandarin and lap yuk in Cantonese, is a staple in Chinese cuisine. Late autumn and winter is a great time to make this at home. I just whipped up two batches, and I couldn’t believe how good it was! The first batch was quickly divided up and
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Category Archive: ‘Pork’
Mei Cai Kou Rou, a dish of braised and then steamed pork belly, holds a high position on the Chinese comfort food list. It’s also a celebratory dish suitable for a Chinese New Year dinner or other special occasion. A dish that makes you miss the motherland if you’re Chinese, a dish that makes you
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Salted Pork Bone Soup is a homestyle comfort food recipe that we crave in the wintertime. The addition of glass noodles makes this an extra satisfying meal (you can use mung bean noodles, as we have here, or sweet potato starch noodles, or even stir in cooked rice!) If you’ve never enjoyed this soup, it’s
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This salted pork bone is an old school recipe that I was reminded of recently when my mother gave me several pounds of salted pork bones she’d made. Later, I cooked them into soup, and it was so delicious that we knew we had to share the recipe on the blog. My mother, who is
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This pork and pepper stir-fry recipe (辣椒小炒肉 – làjiāo xiǎochǎo ròu) is a fast, easy dish to put together with any cut of pork shoulder or pork loin (or even an odd pork chop!). We like to use long hot green peppers, but you can also use anaheim peppers or even cubanelle peppers if you
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These Chinese pork and celery dumplings (with sweet carrots) are super delicious, and another dumpling recipe we’re adding to our permanent repertoire! While pork and celery dumplings may sound strange to American or Western ears, it’s actually a very popular combination in China. What’s particularly great about this recipe is that you don’t need to
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Cantonese Bitter Melon Soup with Pork Bones is a great way to eat end-of-summer bitter melon. Bitter Melon is a superfood—one of the healthiest vegetables (fruits?) you can eat! Pork mellows out its strong flavor, and as we head into fall, this is the perfect transitional soup. This is our second bitter melon recipe this
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Roast Pork Lo Mein is often overlooked by home cooks, because it calls for the Char Siu roast pork you can usually only get at a Chinese restaurant. But we have a great char siu recipe, and many of you are making it at home and keeping it in the freezer for pork fried rice,
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