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Thai Chicken Salad with Red Curry Butternut Squash
Updated:View Post: Thai Chicken Salad with Red Curry Butternut SquashThis Thai Chicken Salad with Red Curry Butternut Squash is a hearty, yet lighter meal for fall days. Complex Flavors in a Simple Salad This Thai chicken salad is full of complex flavor, but it’s also really easy to put…
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Starting a Food Blog or Website: Step By Step
Updated:View Post: Starting a Food Blog or Website: Step By StepHey Woks of Life readers! Today, we’re going to talk about a topic we’ve never really addressed here on the blog, and that is, how to start a food blog, or really how to start a website in general. June…
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Steamed Tilapia: Hunan-Style Whole Fish
Updated:View Post: Steamed Tilapia: Hunan-Style Whole FishHunan-Style Steamed Tilapia with Duo Jiao and Tofu is a classic whole fish dish from the Hunan province of China. This impressive dish is made with a fresh whole tilapia on a bed of silken tofu, topped with plenty of…
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Shanghai-Style Red Vegetable Soup (罗宋汤 – Luo Song Tang)
Updated:View Post: Shanghai-Style Red Vegetable Soup (罗宋汤 – Luo Song Tang)Every time I make Shanghai-Style Red Vegetable Soup (罗宋汤, luo song tang), images of well-dressed men and women dining in European-style cafes flash in my mind––scenes from many movies and TV shows about the old Shanghai. These fancy folks were…
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Saucy Beef Chow Ho Fun Noodles
Updated:View Post: Saucy Beef Chow Ho Fun NoodlesSaucy Beef Chow Ho Fun Noodles or “sup chow ngau ho” is for the sauce lovers out there and a nice change from the classic “dry fried” beef chow ho fun, or “gon chow ngau ho.” Dry vs. Saucy Chow…
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Easy Pork Belly & Mushroom Rice Bowl
Updated:View Post: Easy Pork Belly & Mushroom Rice BowlLet me start by saying that I’m pretty certain this Easy Pork Belly Mushroom Rice Bowl will quickly be becoming a go-to crowd pleaser. If you grew up in an Asian household, you’ve probably eaten something at least vaguely similar…
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Chinese Pineapple Buns with Roast Pork Filling
Updated:View Post: Chinese Pineapple Buns with Roast Pork FillingThese Chinese Pineapple Buns with Roast Pork Filling are a mashup of two Chinese bakery favorites: the char siu roast pork bun, and the crispy-topped, golden yellow “pineapple” bun. Their powers combined create a magical pastry concoction that aren’t long…
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Prince Edward Island Canada: Red Cliffs and Potatoes
Updated:View Post: Prince Edward Island Canada: Red Cliffs and PotatoesEven after reading about “PEI” online, we weren’t sure what to expect on our visit to Prince Edward Island. Before this trip, I only knew about PEI for their famous mussels. (If you were wondering, we do have a recipe…
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Fried Shanghai Pork Chops
Updated:View Post: Fried Shanghai Pork ChopsDuring our last trip to Shanghai, Bill and I went to enjoy some of the famous street food on South Yunnan Road (云南南路), specifically in search of these Fried Shanghai Pork Chops. This is something I remember when I was…
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Cantonese-Style Periwinkle Snails in Black Bean Sauce
Updated:View Post: Cantonese-Style Periwinkle Snails in Black Bean SaucePeriwinkle snails and I go a long way back. I don’t remember exactly when I first had Cantonese-style periwinkle snails in black bean sauce, but it was when I was a kid growing up in the Catskills in upstate New…
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Instant Pot Braised Curry Beef
Updated:View Post: Instant Pot Braised Curry BeefThis Instant Pot Braised Curry Beef Is. Life. I haven’t been more excited about a recipe in a long time. The One Dish I Always Ordered Growing up, we would make regular trips into New York City for family gatherings––weddings,…
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Vegetarian Singapore Noodles
Updated:View Post: Vegetarian Singapore NoodlesSingapore Noodles are one of our go-to’s when we get a craving for Chinese takeout. With plenty of curry powder and thin rice noodles, it’s a family favorite. In fact, Singapore Noodles is one of the dishes we use to…
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18 Must-Try Chinese Pork Belly Recipes
Updated:View Post: 18 Must-Try Chinese Pork Belly RecipesIn case you’ve been living under a rock, we’re here to tell you that pork belly is a wonderful cut of meat, and we have 18 must-try Chinese pork belly recipes to prove it! Pork belly is amazingly versatile, uber-flavorful,…
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Steamed Mussels from Prince Edward Island
Updated:View Post: Steamed Mussels from Prince Edward IslandWe enjoyed steamed mussels often while traveling through Prince Edward Island, a top Canadian producer of this tasty bivalve. From what we’ve seen (other than the relaxing sightseeing on our trip), PEI mussels are high quality, clean and fresh due…
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Steak Bites with Miso Ginger Dressing
Updated:View Post: Steak Bites with Miso Ginger DressingThese Steak Bites with Miso Ginger Dressing started as a “healthy” endeavor and ended up being a glorious exercise in flavor. Soy butter steak bites are seared to perfection, served with rice and a handful of veggies of your choice,…
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Start Your Chinese Pantry with 10 Essential Ingredients
Updated:View Post: Start Your Chinese Pantry with 10 Essential IngredientsWhether folks out there are beginners in the kitchen or experienced home cooks looking to try their hand at Chinese cooking, the single most common question we get here on the blog concerns substitutions––mostly for the *seemingly* less common Chinese…
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Red Bean Mooncakes (苏式月饼)
Updated:View Post: Red Bean Mooncakes (苏式月饼)Su-Style Mooncakes (苏式月饼 su shi yue bing) are unique to Zhejiang, Suzhou, and Shanghai. As you can see, their uniqueness is in the crust, which is closer to pastry with multi-layered, flaky, crumbly yumminess. Since I grew up in Shanghai,…
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Sweet Red Bean Paste Recipe (In an Instant Pot)
Updated:View Post: Sweet Red Bean Paste Recipe (In an Instant Pot)If you love Chinese baked goods, and enjoy making them at home as much as I do, then it’s a must to master a basic red bean paste recipe (红豆馅, hong dou xian). Sweet red beans, AKA adzuki beans, are *the*…
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