Ever since I discovered the wonders of Chicken Adobo (check out our chicken adobo recipe here), it was just a matter of time before it was time to make another adobo recipe! Today, it’s all about Pork Adobo! Note: This recipe was originally published in December 2016. We’ve updated it here with additional detail and metric
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Category Archive: ‘Pork’
Crispy, pan-fried German-style schnitzel is surprisingly easy to make on a weeknight. Marinated with salt and plenty of lemon juice, and shallow fried in oil and butter until golden, the resulting pork chop is astoundingly tasty. Served with mashed potatoes and a light salad with some good pickled bits? Heaven. What Is Schnitzel? Ultimately, “schnitzel”
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Snow Peas with Chinese Sausage (known as lop cheung in Cantonese, or sometimes spelled lap cheong) is a flavorful way to use spring and summer snow peas. It’s the kind of Chinese home cooking that isn’t fussy. It’s just fast, easy, and tasty. The Versatility of Chinese Sausage You’ve probably seen Chinese sausage most often
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Chinese Boneless Spare Ribs are a fixture on every Chinese takeout menu, right alongside Egg Rolls and Fried Chicken Wings. Savory and sweet, they are oven-roasted and brushed with honey or maltose, and best over a bed of your favorite fried rice. Boneless ribs became common and popular due to their cheaper cost and the
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This garlic scapes stir-fry is the next seasonal dish you’ll want to try this spring! Over the next few weeks, you may see garlic scapes at your local farmer’s market or Chinese grocery store. They have long, curly green stems with small buds. This is an easy and delicious way to put those garlic scapes
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If you love Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork Belly) and Lu Rou Fan (Braised Pork over Rice), you will love Rou Zao Fan (肉燥饭), or Taiwanese Braised Minced Pork Over Rice, even more. It has the same great flavors, but uses ground pork instead of pork belly. Not only is ground pork more readily
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Pork Belly with Taro (芋头扣肉), or wu tau kau yuk in Cantonese (yùtóu kòu ròu in Mandarin), is home-cooked, show-stopping Chinese comfort food at its best. In this recipe, steamed taro and pork melt together into a perfect centerpiece dish for Chinese New Year, or any other special occasion. A Show-Stopping Pork Dish Perhaps this
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Braised Pork Belly with Meigan Cai (梅干菜焖肉) is a much simpler version of Mei Cai Kou Rou (梅菜扣肉). Both are well-known dishes from Shaoxing, China, and they are equally scrumptious. I grew up only aware of this braised version, as it was a common home-cooked dish, and we never ate out in restaurants. Mei Cai
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