This easy shortcut wonton soup base is perfect when you want an extremely quick meal. A little of this and that from the pantry (see our 10 Essential Chinese Pantry Ingredients list) makes wontons you fished out of the freezer taste like they’re floating in a tasty broth, when the soup was actually made in
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Category Archive: ‘Soups & Stocks’
I’ve seen a lot of detox soup recipes out there, but I think this version, which uses Asian ingredients like wakame (dried seaweed), ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, and silken tofu, is particularly tasty. It also happens to be vegetarian, vegan, low-fat, and quick to make! A Quick Shot of Umami Some of you may
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Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this Chinese pork bone soup recipe with tomatoes, potatoes, and corn (fānqié yùmǐ tǔdòu zhū gǔ tāng – 番茄玉米土豆猪骨汤). The flavor combination of sweet corn, tomatoes, and hearty potatoes comes together in a red-hued soup that tastes amazing all year-round. Salt—the only seasoning in this recipe—makes the whole
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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 Tomato Hot Pot with Beef is the perfect warming meal to take you through the winter. The tart and sweet tomatoes provide the perfect contrast to the marbled, thinly sliced beef. Enoki mushrooms and mung bean vermicelli both add additional textural contrast for a warming, satisfying meal. Is This Technically a “Hot Pot?” Well,
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Ok, people! I am pretty certain that you’ve never seen this take on Thanksgiving leftovers before, and I am super excited to let you in on our family tradition. For as long as I’ve known Bill and his family, which is almost 30 years now, Thanksgiving Turkey Congee has been and will always be our
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I have seen this Button Mushroom Soup so many times on the Chinese internet, with people going gaga for it. The recipe seemed so deceptively simple, I had to try it. Well, I can report back that I found this recipe worth sharing with our Woks of Life readers! I liked how Sarah put it:
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This Chinese Lamb Noodle Soup recipe is inspired by the rich, milky broths of Western Chinese cuisine. It’s full of aromatics, but has a mellow earthy flavor from long-simmered lamb shanks, which cook down and fall right off the bone. Bright green cilantro, Chinese celery, and chili oil cuts through the richness, making for an
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