Tag: chinese

  • Basics of stir-fry: baby bok choy

    I love going to the Chinese or Asian supermarket to buy my vegetables. However, nowadays you can easily go to Whole Foods or Berkeley Bowl and find a vast selection of Asian vegetables. We like to buy baby bok choy, because it lasts at least a week in the fridge and its super easy to […]

  • Green Onion Pancake – 蔥油饼 – cōng yóu bǐng

    I always thought that green onion pancakes (蔥油饼 – cōng yóu bǐng) were beyond my capabilities and had accepted that I would only have this treat in restaurants until ellen’s 婆婆 (pópo – grandma on the mother’s side) taught me. The trick to the twisty layers of these pancakes is mixing warm and cold dough […]

  • Stewed Beef 滷味肉

    This is one of those dishes I grew up eating and watching my mom make. When I got older, I asked my mom how to make this dish, and of course she had no recipe as it was all done from her head with no measurements. Measurements to her were- pour the soysauce until the […]

  • Chinese Style Marinated Chicken

    This is a simple dish and always turns out delicious. If I had entries with 5 ingredients or less, this is one of them. And if I had 30-minute meal entires, this would be one too. Plus, with the smaller drumettes, they cook faster and make great finger foods. Ingredients: 1 package of chicken drumettes […]

  • Homemade Dumpling Wrappers

    Continued from the previous post, here is the recipe to make your own wrappers. Again, the recipe below is adapted from one of our all time favorite Chinese recipe books, The Key to Chinese Cooking by Irene Kuo. Making fresh wrappers really make a difference in the taste and texture of the final potstickers. You […]

  • Potsticker Dumplings (鍋貼)

    A few weeks ago, I got a request from Cindy for a dumpling party at my place. I host one every once in a while and it’s always a hit.. This time was even better, especially since I had willing volunteers who happily sat and did all the manual labor.. I mean they made beautiful […]

  • Zha Jiang Mian [炸醬麵]

    I often feel that zhà jiàng miàn (炸醬麵) is more often known as a Korean noodle dish than the Chinese noodle dish from which its name comes from. The name literally means “Fried sauce noodles.” This is a really simple dish that you can easily make a big batch of and eat for a few […]

  • Tao’s first dish: Hoisin pork over noodles

    “Mom? Can you tell me how to make ground pork with noodles?” I asked, living away from home for the very first time back in 2000, and feeling like some food from home. I needed step-by-step instructions to cook anything beyond eggs, noodles or rice at the time. I already had the ingredients, because of […]

  • Leek and beef stew

    Yet another chinese home cooked recipe. Warning- I’m really bad with the measurements, since I just eyeball it. Next time I make this I’ll try and measure things out and update this post. Until then, just bear with me. This is a dish my mom taught me and I have made multiple times. Its got […]

  • chinese cold noodle or 涼麵

    In response of the request for more chinese food recipes, here is another addition. This is a simple and quick recipe for yummy cold noodles. You usually see these noodles everywhere in Taiwan from the local food carts. Now you can have your own at home. It’s great to eat on this on warm summer […]