Tag archive for asian cuisine
Slow Food Sunday: Chinese Chicken Soup with Wontons and Greens
Sundays are slower. At least they should feel slower. Sundays were made for sleeping in, a leisurely breakfast with the paper, hanging out with those you love, and puttering around the
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Leftover Stir-Fry Pancake
What to do with leftover stir-fry? Here’s an easy, tasty solution, and (as if you needed an “and”), it only takes fifteen minutes. The problem with leftover stir-fried vegetables, especially greens, is
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Shanghai Noodles
Did you know it’s considered bad luck to cut noodles before serving them? Noodles are a symbol of longevity in Chinese culture, and serving your guests short noodles might
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Gold Medal Shrimp Fried Rice
In Gold Medal Fried Rice, egg yolks are stirred throughout the rice, coating each grain and giving it a golden hue. It’s an unusual method that creates a slightly richer
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Make and Freeze: Kung Pao Sauce
Spicy Kung Pao sauce at a moment’s notice? It seems too good to be true, doesn’t it? On busy days, if a sauce has more than five ingredients, I
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Kung Pao Chicken: This One Does it for Me.
I will go to the ends of the earth for a good Kung Pao. Most recipes I’ve tried have been fine, but they didn’t really flick my bic, you know? It
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My Favorite Asian Cookbooks: Recipes, Traditions and Travels.
I love my cookbooks – they’re like children. And, like children, I love some of them more than others. At least that’s how my mother explained it. Cookbooks are wonderful
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Sichuan Sweet/Spicy Eggplant and Pea Pods
Thumbing through Martin Yan’s Culinary Journey Through China, I came across the Sichuan dish, Seafood Over Singing Rice. The sauce was exactly what I was in the mood for —
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Pickled Carrots with Orange and Fresh Ginger
The word “pickle” used to drum up some fairly specific, traditional notions: sweet, dill, chips or spears. Then, a few years back, some pretty wacky pickled things were cropping
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Beef and Rice Noodles in Black Bean Sauce
What would happen if I ate stir-fried noodles every day, for the rest of my life? You know, besides having my girth match the unbridled love I feel for them. This
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Super Easy Stir-fried Greens
I’m always looking for new recipes for leafy green things. I can’t eat the same thing day after day, even if it is for the sake of my health.
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Something for Everyone Fried Rice
“Something for Everyone Fried Rice” literally means, everyone in the group gets to add something to the fried rice. Seriously, how cool is that? We decided to try it. The
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Troubleshooting: Fried Rice
Fried rice is a delicious, one-pot meal. It’s easy, fast, and budget-friendly, because you can pretty much use whatever is in the fridge. One of my sisters, who was
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Shanghai Bok Choy with Oyster Sauce and Mushrooms
When I’m jonesing for bok choy with oyster sauce, which happens all to often, I drive clear over to Old Bellevue to get my fix at Monsoon East. One day, I
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Pad Thai with Tofu: Very Easy, Highly Addictive
When my sister, Tiffany, requested our next girls cooking weekend be focused on stir-frying, I immediately grabbed a stack of cookbooks and started jotting down dishes we should learn.
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Stir-fried Chicken with Snow Peas and Hoisin Sauce
This is a great little stir-fry. It was probably the favorite of all three sisters from our Caution: Girls Wokking experiment. It’s so tasty, I’d be willing to bet Michele’s kids might
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Caution: Girls Wokking. Methods, Tips and Ideas.
Last month my sisters, Mom and I spent the afternoon wokking up a storm. Being the research slut that I am, I spent the prior four weeks delving into
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How to Season a Wok Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt: Several Fool-Proof Methods
If cleaning and seasoning a new wok is so easy, like they say, why do so many of us get on chat rooms asking if we did it right? I’ve
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Crab-Prawn Potstickers and Ginger Martinis
Mixologists are the new hotties of the food world; and when they and restaurant chefs work symbiotically, we are all rewarded with fabulous, mind-blowing cocktail pairings. Mixing cocktails is actually quite
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Sentosa Restaurant’s Dim Sum: A Divine Way to Spend a Rainy Sunday Morning
By name only, Sentosa Asian Restaurant sounds like it should serve Singaporean cuisine, but actually specializes in Hong Kong-style dim sum. The owner, a Hong Kong native, delights in serving
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