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Dumpling Filling Recipes
Posted:View Post: Dumpling Filling RecipesWe’ve posted many Chinese dumpling filling recipes over the years, each with their own unique flavor and character, including fillings made with ground pork, chicken, beef, fish, and vegetables. Dumplings are both a celebration food (especially around Chinese New Year),…
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Chinese Roast Duck
Updated:View Post: Chinese Roast Duck“A Chinese Roast Duck.” Those roast ducks glistening suspended in Chinatown windows across the globe are iconic. They’re a culinary masterpiece—admittedly an intimidating one to pull off at home. As you can imagine, we’ve gotten so many questions over the…
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Pork and Chive Dumplings
Posted:View Post: Pork and Chive DumplingsThis pork and chive dumpling recipe is truly restaurant-worthy. While we posted a recipe from our cousin (who grew up in Beijing) back in 2014, we have since come up with a new version that we think is the ultimate…
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My 1-Month Post-Childbirth Confinement
Updated:View Post: My 1-Month Post-Childbirth ConfinementHi everyone, and happy new year! We’re kicking off 2024 with a cultural post. Today, I’m talking a little bit about my Chinese post-childbirth confinement experience after having my first baby! Feel free to skip this post if you’re just…
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Chicken Lo Mein
Updated:View Post: Chicken Lo MeinChicken Lo Mein is a classic takeout dish we’ve all probably enjoyed. We find, however, that it’s getting harder than ever to get a good lo mein these days! Hence the need for this recipe. Note: This post was originally…
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Red Braised Beef (红烧牛肉)
Posted:View Post: Red Braised Beef (红烧牛肉)This red braised beef (hóngshāo niúròu – 红烧牛肉) is a savory, delicious dish that’s also very simple to make! As the weather cools, make a big pot of this Chinese beef stew to serve over rice, with a veggie of…
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Postpartum Pig Feet Papaya Soup
Posted:View Post: Postpartum Pig Feet Papaya SoupIf you read the words pig feet papaya soup and are still reading—thank you for the vote of confidence! You’d never think to put pork trotters and papaya in the same pot, but this soup is a traditional Chinese recipe…
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Dongzhi Festival Traditions & foods (The Winter Solstice)
Updated:View Post: Dongzhi Festival Traditions & foods (The Winter Solstice)The Winter Solstice in Chinese is 冬至 (dōng zhì in Mandarin Chinese), which translates to “winter arrival.” As you may already know, it’s the shortest day of the year and the longest night. The Dongzhi Festival is an important Chinese holiday,…
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Chinese Whole Chicken Recipes & Full Guide
Updated:View Post: Chinese Whole Chicken Recipes & Full GuideWith Lunar New Year coming up, many a Chinese table will soon be graced by a whole chicken. Whether it’s poached, braised, or salt-baked, a whole chicken is a deeply symbolic food in Chinese culture. Today, we have a complete…
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Sweet and Sour Sauce
Updated:View Post: Sweet and Sour SauceSweet and sour sauce dishes are some of the most iconic out there. Even in China, dishes like sweet and sour pork (咕噜肉 – gū lū ròu) and Sweet and Sour Squirrel Fish, (松鼠魚 – songshǔ yú), a famous recipe…
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Perfect Prime Rib Roast
Updated:View Post: Perfect Prime Rib RoastA Prime Rib Roast is almost always our choice for a crowd-pleasing holiday dinner. Turkey is for Thanksgiving, and we’ve never been a big ham family, so prime rib is often our choice! Now we’re bringing you into our home…
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Chop Suey
Updated:View Post: Chop SueyToday we’ve got a recipe for you that harkens back to the early days of Chinese immigration to the United States: Chop Suey. Chinese food in America has evolved much since then, to the point where chop suey itself sounds…
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Introducing A New Member of the Woks Family!
Updated:View Post: Introducing A New Member of the Woks Family!Today we have some very exciting news to share—a new addition to The Woks of Life family: Baby Ethan! Sarah and Justin recently welcomed this bundle of joy into the world, and despite the fact that he’s been cocooned at…
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How to Grow Watercress
Updated:View Post: How to Grow WatercressWelcome to our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series. It’s the last post of the 2023 growing season, and we’re talking about how to grow watercress, or xīyáng cài (Mandarin)/sai yeung choy (Cantonese) – 西洋菜. My dad used to pick…
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Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Congee
Updated:View Post: Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey CongeeOk, people! I am pretty certain that you’ve never seen this take on Thanksgiving leftovers before, and I am super excited to let you in on our family tradition. For as long as I’ve known Bill and his family, which…
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Farm Update: Fall 2023
Updated:View Post: Farm Update: Fall 2023Welcome to our latest farm update! Somehow, we’re again at the end of another growing season at our farm (well—our “working mini-farm,” if we’re being technical about it). In between writing about food and showing how to cook it, we…
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Black Pepper Chicken
Updated:View Post: Black Pepper ChickenBlack pepper chicken is a Chinese American dish that combines a comforting Chinese takeout-style brown sauce with a good amount of black pepper. While you mostly see Chinese cooks using white pepper, this dish highlights the floral aroma and heat…
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The Perfect Turkey Gravy Recipe: 3 Ways
Updated:View Post: The Perfect Turkey Gravy Recipe: 3 WaysUp until now, I’ve never thought about sharing a turkey gravy recipe. At our house, making the gravy for Thanksgiving dinner has always just been the assumed final step of cooking a turkey. You marinate and roast the turkey using…
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