We’ve recently updated this recipe! Check out our new Suan Ni Bai Rou recipe here. This is a Sichuan dish called Suan Ni Bai Rou (蒜泥白肉) – literally translated as “garlic paste white meat.” Not exactly the best of names, but it makes sense, since the poached pork belly is white before the sauce is
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Life & Travel
Cucumbers are a great summer food, and in Beijing, they’re actually a common snack. When you take a walk in the park or head out to a tourist attraction or other landmark, you can see people just gnawing on fresh cucumbers as they walk. Impressed by this healthy habit, I purchased one from the local
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In China, I once had this dish of stir-fried vegetables and ground pork combined in a tasty mix and served with freshly steamed buns. You take the tasty filling and eat it with the bread, making for a delicious combination. This turkey lettuce cups recipe is a healthier alternative, using ground turkey and lettuce cups.
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Before immigrating to the US when I was sixteen, this was the only spring roll recipe I knew. It’s not to say that other versions didn’t exist, it’s just that I didn’t come face to face with them. Traveling wasn’t exactly in vogue then. Worrying about putting enough food on the table and buying some
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It all started with a bus. A bus parked outside a luxury mall on one of Beijing’s many busy thoroughfares, revved and ready, seats half full, shooting exhaust out into the hot, sticky air. We got out of the taxi, still shaking off sleep and lugging our overnight bags from the trunk. The taxi driver
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Here’s the final recipe in this first “Cooking with Grandma” series. We’re going out with a bang with this red cooked pork – hong shao rou. Today, we come to you with Hong Shao Rou, our grandma’s version. She makes it with tofu and hard-boiled eggs, which she explains is the “real Shanghai style.” (Update
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Okay, so if you’ve seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon… (as in, swordfights/intrigue/flying through bamboo forests/repressed female ambition) then you’ve actually seen this place—an ancient Chinese village in Anhui Province called Hongcun. I mean, come on. Can’t you see ALL of this: …happening up in HERE? It’s like you walk into each building or courtyard and
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Another easy-to-follow yet delicious recipe from Grandma coming atcha! This pan-fried tofu is a really easy way to make tofu. By pan-frying it, you get a nice, slightly crispy texture on it and then dip it in this awesome sauce. We also add chili sauce to give it some spiciness, but if you prefer your sauce
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