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Monkey Bread (The FLUFFIEST, Perfectly Sweet Version!)
Posted:View Post: Monkey Bread (The FLUFFIEST, Perfectly Sweet Version!)Forget canned biscuits. This monkey bread is made with fluffy milk bread dough—real ingredients, perfectly sweet, and the only version you need! What Is Monkey Bread? Monkey bread is a sweet, pull-apart bread made from small pieces of dough rolled…
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Eggs with Soy Bean Sauce (酱香炒蛋)
Posted:View Post: Eggs with Soy Bean Sauce (酱香炒蛋)Inspired by a recent trip to China, this recipe for Chinese eggs with soy bean sauce is a quick, easy midweek dinner that’s savory and super tasty! Eggs for Dinner Eggs are a great, relatively low-cost source of protein that…
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Turkey Sausage Patties
Posted:View Post: Turkey Sausage PattiesThis turkey sausage recipe has the perfect balanced seasoning you want in a breakfast sausage—making it flavorful as well as healthy. Leaner than pork sausage and made with real ingredients, homemade turkey sausage is a great way to get healthy…
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Firecracker Chicken
Posted:View Post: Firecracker ChickenFirecracker chicken is an Americanized Chinese takeout dish consisting of crispy chunks of batter-fried chicken and a sweet-spicy sauce. While my parents once owned a Chinese takeout restaurant, I had never encountered this dish until recently. After trying it at…
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Da Lu Mian (打卤面 – Northern Chinese Gravy Noodles)
Posted:View Post: Da Lu Mian (打卤面 – Northern Chinese Gravy Noodles)Da Lu Mian (打卤面), commonly known as “Northern Chinese Gravy Noodles,” is a classic hearty dish from Northern China in which a rich, thick sauce is ladled over noodles. The sauce typically combines ingredients such as pork, mushrooms, lily buds,…
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Beef Udon Noodle Soup (Niku Udon)
Posted:View Post: Beef Udon Noodle Soup (Niku Udon)This beef udon noodle soup, or niku udon, is so easy to make, and it will make you feel like you went out to a Japanese restaurant—in your own home! BUilding on Our Popular Gyudon! Our Gyudon recipe (a beef…
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Sheet Pan Peruvian Chicken Thighs
Posted:View Post: Sheet Pan Peruvian Chicken ThighsThis sheet pan Peruvian chicken thigh recipe is a weeknight-friendly spin on our beloved Peruvian Roast Chicken with Green Sauce—all the flavor, way less fuss. Marinate the night before, and dinner practically makes itself the next day! An easier version…
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Beef with Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots (双冬牛肉)
Posted:View Post: Beef with Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots (双冬牛肉)Beef with Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots, or 双冬牛肉 (shuāng dōng niúròu) is a hearty Chinese dish. The literal translation is “double winter beef,” where “double winter” refers to two ingredients: winter shiitake mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots. While this is…
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Spring Roll Dipping Sauce
Posted:View Post: Spring Roll Dipping SauceLooking for a spring roll dipping sauce to serve with your favorite spring roll recipe? Look no further! We have several options here—three of our favorites, as well as five alternative recipes so you can make the one that sounds…
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Chow Har Kew (Stir-fried Crispy Shrimp with Vegetables)
Posted:View Post: Chow Har Kew (Stir-fried Crispy Shrimp with Vegetables)Chow Har Kew is a luxurious version of a Chinese Shrimp and Vegetable stir-fry, with crispy, golden shrimp! Deep-frying meats or proteins—in this case large shrimp—and then tossing them in a velvety sauce makes a Chinese-banquet-worthy dish. The name Chow…
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Cauliflower Stir-Fry with Beef
Posted:View Post: Cauliflower Stir-Fry with BeefThis Chinese cauliflower stir-fry with beef is a delicious one-pan meal that’s quick and easy to make. It also highlights the use of cauliflower in Chinese cooking, which is rarely seen in the U.S. and underrated! My theory behind this…
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Braised Pork Belly with Tofu Puffs (油豆腐红烧肉)
Posted:View Post: Braised Pork Belly with Tofu Puffs (油豆腐红烧肉)This Braised Pork Belly with Soy Puffs is another variation on that perennial favorite Chinese dish, red braised pork belly, or hóngshāo ròu. This version actually showed up very often on our dinner table over past decades, mostly because the…
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Shortcut General Tso’s Chicken (Ground Chicken!)
Posted:View Post: Shortcut General Tso’s Chicken (Ground Chicken!)Ground chicken is the key to making a Shortcut General Tso’s Chicken that cuts out extra chopping and deep-frying steps without compromising on the sweet tangy sauce and satisfyingly craggly texture! We have a simple step-by-step recipe as well as…
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Hainan Chicken Coconut Soup (海南椰子鸡汤)
Posted:View Post: Hainan Chicken Coconut Soup (海南椰子鸡汤)This Hainan Chicken Coconut Soup, or yēzǐ jītāng (椰子鸡汤), is not your typical coconut soup, which is often made with coconut milk (see Sarah’s Thai Coconut Chicken Soup, or Tom Kha Gai). Instead, we use coconut water and fresh coconut,…
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Babi Kecap (Indonesian Chinese Braised Pork Belly)
Posted:View Post: Babi Kecap (Indonesian Chinese Braised Pork Belly)Babi kecap is a popular Indonesian Chinese dish made with kecap manis (a sweet dark soy sauce) and a variety of unique spices. Babi means pork in Indonesian, but more specifically, this Babi kecap is most often made with pork…
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Vegetarian Wonton Soup
Updated:View Post: Vegetarian Wonton SoupThis vegetarian wonton soup with shiitake mushrooms, carrots, napa cabbage, ginger, and tofu is a delicious meatless take on a Chinese comfort food. While wontons were always meat-filled at our house growing up, I loved coming up with this tasty,…
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Century Eggs with Green Peppers
Updated:View Post: Century Eggs with Green PeppersCentury eggs with green peppers or 青椒皮蛋 (qīngjiāo pídàn), is a relatively new dish for me that I first tried in a Hunan restaurant about 10 or 15 years ago. It quickly became one of my favorite dishes and a…
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Vietnamese Pork Chops
Posted:View Post: Vietnamese Pork ChopsThis recipe for Vietnamese Pork Chops has the signature sweet, salty umami depth of flavor you find on a Vietnamese restaurant’s pork chop plate. Top it with scallion oil and plenty of nuoc cham, and serve it with a few…
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