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Seasoned Soy Sauce
Updated:View Post: Seasoned Soy SauceA few of our recipes call for seasoned soy sauce as an alternative to light soy sauce. While you could certainly forego the seasoned soy sauce and just use regular light soy sauce, Chinese seasoned soy sauce can add an…
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Low Sodium Soy Sauce
Updated:View Post: Low Sodium Soy SauceLow sodium soy sauce is a good option for those watching their salt intake. It’s also good for certain recipes where a lot of soy sauce is used for braising, and you want more control over salt levels. But how…
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Mushroom Flavored Dark Soy Sauce
Updated:View Post: Mushroom Flavored Dark Soy SauceWhat is mushroom flavored dark soy sauce and how does it differ from regular dark soy sauce? Do you need it in your pantry? How is it used? We’ll cover all that in this quick article. What Is Mushroom Flavored…
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Double Black Soy Sauce
Updated:View Post: Double Black Soy SauceSoy sauce is a pretty familiar ingredient to most cooks. You may even have heard of dark soy sauce. But what about “double black soy sauce?” What Is Double Black Soy Sauce? Double Black Soy Sauce is essentially a dark…
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How to Make Stir-fry: The Right Way!
Updated:View Post: How to Make Stir-fry: The Right Way!Though cooking a stir-fry dish takes minutes, there’s more to stir-fry technique than meets the eye. In this post, we’re sharing our need-to-know tips on how to make Asian stir-fry dishes (like the char kway teow in the featured image…
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Chicken Larb
Updated:View Post: Chicken LarbThis chicken larb is packed with bright, delicious flavors and contrasting textures, and it takes just 30 minutes or less to make! Serve them in lettuce cups for a low carb option or with sticky rice. What Is Larb? Larb…
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Chinese Cucumber Salad
Updated:View Post: Chinese Cucumber SaladThis Chinese Cucumber Salad is simple and refreshing, with a mild garlic flavor balanced with the perfect amount of salt and rice vinegar. The secret is making a mild garlic oil in addition to a little bit of raw garlic! …
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Steamed Chinese Eggplant with Spicy Lao Gan Ma
Updated:View Post: Steamed Chinese Eggplant with Spicy Lao Gan MaWe know how much readers love Lao Gan Ma (Godmother) sauces. But since we’ve already shown large dollops of it on noodles and rice, why not on a vegetable? Hence, this quick and easy Steamed Chinese Eggplant with Spicy Lao…
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How to Cook Tapioca Pearls
Updated:View Post: How to Cook Tapioca PearlsIn recent years, tapioca pearls have become a favorite in bubble tea, shaved ice desserts, and sweet dessert soups across Asia and in Asian communities in the West. But what if you want to cook your own tapioca pearls at…
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Things To Do in Miami (Woks of Life Edition)
Updated:View Post: Things To Do in Miami (Woks of Life Edition)There’s a lot to do in Miami besides hitting clubs and sceney parties. Some are obvious, and others are a little off the beaten path. With just three days to take in the city, I recently set about investigating all…
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Chinese Boiled Peanuts
Updated:View Post: Chinese Boiled PeanutsBoiled peanuts are a popular snack in southern states like South Carolina and Georgia, but did you know that Chinese people also love boiled peanuts? What’s different about Chinese boiled peanuts? Like the boiled peanuts you might find down south…
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Poached Chicken with Ginger Scallion Sauce
Updated:View Post: Poached Chicken with Ginger Scallion SauceThis lovely summer is (almost) coming to an end. Before another summer leaves us behind, I want to squeeze in this super easy summer poached chicken recipe. It requires only 7 simple ingredients (chicken, ginger, scallions, light soy sauce, oil,…
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Salted Duck Eggs
Updated:View Post: Salted Duck EggsYou probably haven’t noticed, but salted duck egg yolks are all the rage right now in Chinese cooking, and we’ve done many, many months-long experiments and recipe tests at home to finally be able to share this recipe for the…
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Hawthorn Iced Tea
Updated:View Post: Hawthorn Iced TeaYou’ve probably never tasted Hawthorn Iced Tea, but it’s easy to make, wonderfully refreshing, and has a unique tangy fruit flavor that goes great with any meal. Hawthorn is also prized in Traditional Chinese Medicine for its many health benefits!…
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The ONLY Technique You Need to Keep Food From Sticking to a Wok or Pan
Updated:View Post: The ONLY Technique You Need to Keep Food From Sticking to a Wok or PanWe’ve all dealt with terrible messes from food sticking to a pan or wok. Maybe it’s a pan-fried fish that ends up skinless, a crusty coating of rice or noodles that’s impossible to scrub off, a fried egg that gets…
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Marinated Roasted Beets
Updated:View Post: Marinated Roasted BeetsBeet season is in full swing, and at this time of year, you may be seeing them for cheap at your local grocery store. Or perhaps your CSA boxes are bursting with beets, and you’re not sure what to do…
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Thai Green Papaya Salad
Updated:View Post: Thai Green Papaya SaladA good Thai green papaya salad is a must-order whenever I’m at a Thai restaurant, and increasingly, it’s becoming something that I make more often at home, because it’s easier than you think to make yourself! What is Papaya Salad?…
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General Tso’s Chicken
Updated:View Post: General Tso’s ChickenJust about everyone has tried General Tso’s Chicken—deep-fried chicken pieces in a sweet, subtly spicy sauce with crunchy broccoli. We’ve perfected ours after many years in Chinese restaurant kitchens. What’s the Story Behind General Tso’s Chicken? General Tso’s Chicken was…
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