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Steamed Seitan with Mushrooms & Dried Lily Flowers
Updated:View Post: Steamed Seitan with Mushrooms & Dried Lily FlowersSteamed Seitan with Mushrooms & Dried Lily Flowers is a vegan version of our original childhood favorite made with chicken (it’s lasted through three generations now!). See our Steamed Chicken with Mushrooms & Lily Flowers for the original recipe we…
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Chinese Braised Duck Legs
Updated:View Post: Chinese Braised Duck LegsThis dish of Chinese braised duck legs is as exquisite as it is simple. In this recipe, duck legs are carefully seared and braised in a mixture of stock, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, and aromatics. Lots of scallions…
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What is Duo Jiao? (Chinese Salted Chopped Chilies)
Updated:View Post: What is Duo Jiao? (Chinese Salted Chopped Chilies)Duo Jiao, or Chinese salted chopped chilies (also sometimes referred to as “pickled chilies”) is generally an unfamiliar ingredient in the West. However, it adds delicious flavor to dishes like our Hunan-Style Whole Fish and our Salted Chili Chinese Chive…
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How to Dry Mushrooms
Updated:View Post: How to Dry MushroomsIn this post, we’re going to talk about how shockingly easy it is to dry your own mushrooms at home without any special equipment. Indeed, when one thinks about how to dry mushrooms, their minds first jump to a dehydrator,…
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Coconut Milk
Updated:View Post: Coconut MilkCoconut products have burst into popularity over the last few years, including coconut milk, coconut oil, etc. Coconut milk has long been a key ingredient in Southeast Asian cooking, and in this article, we’ll talk in more detail about how…
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Teriyaki Mushroom Bento
Updated:View Post: Teriyaki Mushroom BentoWe partnered with Mizkan™ Rice Vinegars and Sauces to bring you this post. As always on The Woks of Life, all opinions are our own. Enjoy! Teriyaki Mushrooms. I swear they taste so close to teriyaki chicken, it’s crazy! We’ve…
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Yunnan Rice Noodle Soup (云南小锅米线)
Updated:View Post: Yunnan Rice Noodle Soup (云南小锅米线)Among many other things, Yunnan Province in China is known for its rice noodles. And this “Little Pot Rice Noodle Soup” (小锅米线, xiǎoguō mǐxiàn) is one of the most popular Yunnan rice noodle soup dishes you might come across! Yunnan’s…
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The Top 20 Recipes You’ve All Been Cooking!
Updated:View Post: The Top 20 Recipes You’ve All Been Cooking!We know this is a challenging time for everyone. We’re all trying to stay safe––and keep others safe––by staying at home. We’ve been celebrating holidays virtually, making do with limited supplies, and wistfully remembering a time when you could walk…
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Preserved Daikon Radish
Updated:View Post: Preserved Daikon RadishThis preserved daikon radish is a tasty accompaniment to breakfast congee, soy milk soups, and noodle soups. Preserved daikon is usually sold in vacuum sealed packages in Asian grocery stores, but it’s easy to make at home. Why We Love…
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Fermented Black Beans
Updated:View Post: Fermented Black BeansFermented black beans or Douchi (豆豉) in Mandarin, also called salted black beans, fermented black soybeans, preserved black beans, or just black beans, are used in a variety of Chinese dishes across regional cuisines. We’ll tell you everything you need to…
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Poor Man’s Thai Noodles
Updated:View Post: Poor Man’s Thai NoodlesPoor man’s Thai noodles is a humble dish of rice noodles, bean sprouts and scallions in a sweet Thai soy sauce. It may be humble, but it’s also tasty! Discovering “Poor Man’s Noodles” Every so often, we get a hankering…
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King Oyster Mushrooms with Garlicky Glass Noodles
Updated:View Post: King Oyster Mushrooms with Garlicky Glass NoodlesThis recipe, with golden, caramelized king oyster mushrooms and gloriously garlicky (so garlicky it’s a little spicy!) glass noodles is a new plant-based favorite. It was inspired by one of our favorite seafood dishes, Steamed Scallops with Glass Noodles. King…
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Vegetable Yakisoba
Updated:View Post: Vegetable YakisobaWe could all use a few more veggies in our diet these days, right? Well this Vegetable Yakisoba recipe is a delicious way to get tons of bright veggies into a meal! We partnered with Mizkan™ Rice Vinegars and Sauces…
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Homemade Chinese Egg Noodles
Updated:View Post: Homemade Chinese Egg NoodlesThese homemade Chinese egg noodles are, in a word, incredible. Their chewy, bouncy texture is unmatched. While I love our Chinese handmade noodle recipe using just flour and water, this one might be my new favorite! Fresh egg noodles are…
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Cantonese Pork Knuckles with Ginger and Vinegar
Updated:View Post: Cantonese Pork Knuckles with Ginger and VinegarCantonese Pork Knuckles with Ginger and Vinegar (猪脚姜, pronounced jyū geuk gēung in Cantonese or zhū jiǎo jiāng in Mandarin) may not be the most well-known dish to the kids these days. However, as recently as a generation ago, it…
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Family Activities for Staying at Home
Updated:View Post: Family Activities for Staying at HomeIt’s tough to stay productive in today’s environment. Kids are out of school, and many of you are working from home. We all know how quickly everyone can get bored—or cranky! Whatever your situation, it’s more important than ever to…
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20 Immune Boosting Recipes
Updated:View Post: 20 Immune Boosting RecipesI hope this post finds you well. In times like these, I find the best way to deal with my worries about a seemingly out-of-control situation is to think about the ways we can control our own health and safety.…
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How to Velvet Chicken for Stir-fry
Updated:View Post: How to Velvet Chicken for Stir-fryVelveting is a critical Chinese cooking technique. Meat or seafood is marinated and pre-cooked in oil or sometimes poached in boiling water. Then, the cook adds it to a stir-fry with other ingredients. In this post, we will teach you…
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