This Northern Chinese Sour Cabbage Stew with pork belly and glass noodles, or suāncài dùn fěntiáo (酸菜炖粉条) has become a new favorite in our house. If you’re a fan of pickled flavors, you have to try this recipe! A Northern Chinese Cold Weather Classic The mere mention of sour cabbage stew with glass noodles (酸菜炖粉条,
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Category Archive: ‘Pork’
Baked char siu bao (also sometimes spelled cha siu bao), or Chinese BBQ Pork Buns, consist of soft milk bread and a savory filling of Chinese BBQ Pork. They’re a favorite among kids and adults alike, and also happen to be one Chinese bakery bun that we really prefer homemade! Note: This recipe was originally
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Chinese stir-fried rice cakes with pork and leafy greens is known in Chinese as “chǎo niángāo” (炒年糕). It’s a popular dish that is also distinctively “Shanghai” to me, as my Shanghainese mom and grandmother would make it often for a quick lunch when we were growing up. Our entire family enjoys the delicious chewiness of
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Shanghai Pan-Fried Pork Buns, or shengjian bao (生煎包) / shengjian mantou (生煎馒头) in Chinese, are iconic. Breakfast, brunch, lunch, or snack, people love them as much as the celebrated four Shanghai breakfast warriors. The combination of umami filling dripping with juicy “soup” and the crunchy pan-fried bottoms are simply extraordinary. You really have to try
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Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls, or cha gio, are a popular and tasty appetizer. If you eat out at Vietnamese restaurants, you’ve probably tried these tasty morsels. Now you can make them at home! The first time I had good cha gio was in Austin, Texas while visiting friends. It was a great meal. I had
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A Taiwanese pork chop plate is a thing of beauty. The full monty version usually consists of: A crispy fried pork chop A halved tea egg (because the giant pork chop wasn’t enough protein—duh) Pickled mustard greens (for that perfectly pickled bit of tang) Sautéed cabbage A bed of steamed white rice Which one do
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Velveting is a common Chinese cooking technique. Meat or seafood is marinated and then pre-cooked in oil or water before stir-frying with other ingredients. Today, we’re talking about how to velvet pork for stir-fry. Velveting Different Meats The velveting process ensures tender, silky pieces of meat in your stir-fry. I’ve already covered how to velvet
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Are you confused at the meat counter when you want to buy pork for a stir-fry or Chinese BBQ pork (char siu––one of our most popular recipes)? We get questions all the time about what cuts of pork are best for Chinese cooking and which cuts make sense for different dishes. My quickest answer is:
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