Asian Dishes

Steamed Pork Buns

July 25, 2014 Asian Dishes

Remember those fluffy steamed pork buns you ate at the dim sum place or picked up at 99 Ranch Market? This is your chance to make it at home! Steamed buns (also known as bao zi) are a Chinese dim sum classic, and the filling comes in all flavors and textures. The pork and vegetable […]

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Moist banana muffins with sweet drizzle

July 14, 2014 Breakfast

I used to make banana bread pretty regularly using butter and sour cream. It was tasty, but pretty unhealthy, so not something I would eat for breakfast. This banana muffin is the healthier and moister version of the banana bread I used to make. Plus it’s vegan! Because this is the lightened up version, you […]

Tagged as: banana, muffin, vegan

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Red Bean Soup | Tang Yuan

June 28, 2014 Asian Dishes

Hello! Update: Some of you have asked me where to find certain cooking tools and ingredients, particularly Asian cooking and cake decorating material, so I have set up an amazon shop with links to where I get the things I use. There are annotations under many items about how I use it, and if you have […]

Tagged as: Soup

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Sticky Soy Sauce Chicken

June 15, 2014 Asian Dishes

This chicken dish is the chicken dish I make when I feel like making chicken. It’s delicious and easy to make. I’ve made the liquid version of soy sauce chicken many times adapting the wonderful recipe from Appetite for China, but until now had trouble making the chicken look dark brown. The flavor is delicious […]

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Szechuan String Beans

February 7, 2014 Asian Dishes

Szechuan string beans are one of the staple dishes I always order at restaurants. Growing up in San Diego, I ordered this dish at almost every Chinese restaurant in the city. The crispy puckered skin of the string beans paired with the spicy sauce and crunchy inside of the string beans keep my chopsticks reaching […]

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Chinese BBQ pork ribs

January 26, 2014 Asian Dishes

I was convinced I wasn’t a read meat fan, until I tried this recipe. These Chinese BBQ pork ribs slide right off the bone, and the home-made BBQ sauce is the perfect mix of sweet and savory. My usually tofu filled fridge will be making some room for these every once in a while. I’ve […]

Tagged as: Chinese food, Meat

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Asian Chicken Noodle Soup

November 19, 2013 Asian Dishes

It’s getting colder and colder outside, which means it’s time for soup. Bonus points if you actually have a cold and are having steamy chicken noodle soup while sitting in your bed wrapped in a blanket. There are a lot of variations on this classic cold weather dish — twirly pasta noodles to straight noodles […]

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General Tso’s Chicken

November 18, 2013 Asian Dishes

General Tso’s chicken is a classic Chinese takeout dish. It’s very yummy, but most of the time it is made deep fried, so I hadn’t really thought of making it myself. However, I recently saw this recipe for the healthy, baked version of general tso’s chicken on pinch of yum. I followed Lindsay’s recipe pretty […]

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Animal Sausages

November 10, 2013 Entrees

If you need a fun activity on a rainy day, animal sausages are where it’s at. They’re fun to make, and there are so many combinations possible. Bug sausages and centipedes if you like. Jellyfish too. And ring sausages if you slice a sausage into discs and thread the noodles between the discs. To get […]

Tagged as: kid-friendly

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Turkey Stuffed Peppers

October 29, 2013 Entrees

There was a pot luck last week at school. People brought in so many yummy things, from chestnuts to curry noodles to fried rice, cookies, and chewy candies called Hi-Chews. For the potluck, a friend and I made this stuffed peppers dish. This recipe is adapted from Heat Oven to 350‘s Stuffed Bell Peppers recipe. […]

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