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Char Kway Teow (Malaysian Noodle Stir-fry)
Updated:View Post: Char Kway Teow (Malaysian Noodle Stir-fry)Char Kway Teow (also sometimes spelled Char Kuey Teow) is a classic rice noodle dish from Malaysia, but it’s also very popular in other Southeast Asian countries like Singapore and Indonesia. A bit similar to Cantonese Chow Ho Fun Rice…
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12 Things to Do in SF
Updated:View Post: 12 Things to Do in SFEarlier this year, I headed to San Francisco with my cousin for a little long weekend getaway for Memorial Day. Feeling restless, I didn’t want to spend the long weekend staycationing, so we hopped on a plane and headed west.…
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Instant Pot Braised Pork Buns
Updated:View Post: Instant Pot Braised Pork BunsInstant Pot Braised Pork Buns are a revelation. Tender, fall-apart pork shoulder comes together quickly in an Instant Pot, based on my mom’s signature Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork) recipe, and the whole thing is served in a fluffy…
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Lotus Leaf Buns
Updated:View Post: Lotus Leaf BunsOkay by now, maybe you’re tired of me talking about steamed buns. Buns, buns, buns. But before you avert your eyes, I will say that I’ve used the dough recipe for these Steamed Lotus Leaf Buns so many times that…
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Homemade Chicken Nuggets with Sichuan Spices
Updated:View Post: Homemade Chicken Nuggets with Sichuan SpicesIs there a more nostalgic kid food than chicken nuggets? Growing up, chicken nuggets (and their closely related cousins, chicken fingers) were my sister’s go-to order from the kid’s menu of any restaurant our family walked into. There’s something about…
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Bang Bang Chicken: The Authentic Sichuan Version
Updated:View Post: Bang Bang Chicken: The Authentic Sichuan VersionSichuan’s famous bang bang chicken, or 棒棒鸡 (bangbang ji) is our latest addition to the Woks of Life repertoire. Over time, this dish has been utterly transformed into something unrecognizable by different chefs, but this recipe is our effort to…
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Frozen Peach Daiquiris
Updated:View Post: Frozen Peach DaiquirisPeaches, peaches, peaches! We love the usual suspects––pies, cakes, cobblers, and crisps––but these frozen peach daiquiris are our latest favorite use for fresh peaches. Late July and August is peach season here in the Northeast, and there’s no better way…
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Grilled Peach Crisps with Yogurt
Updated:View Post: Grilled Peach Crisps with YogurtPeach season is in full swing here in Jersey, and while Georgia may have the whole peach thing on lock, our Jersey peaches aren’t too shabby. A beautiful golden yellow on the inside, with that sweet, nectar-y peach flavor that…
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How to Season a Wok and Daily Wok Care
Updated:View Post: How to Season a Wok and Daily Wok CareIf you’ve read our post on choosing a wok, you now know that our personal preference here at The Woks of Life is a classic carbon steel wok. You may have even gone out and purchased one. But it’s also…
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Sha Cha Chicken
Updated:View Post: Sha Cha ChickenThis Sha Cha Chicken recipe is another win for lazy cooks everywhere. Just 9 ingredients and 10 minutes are required to make this dish, but the results are no less impressive. In fact, you’ll be able to make a plate…
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What is the Best Wok to Buy?
Updated:View Post: What is the Best Wok to Buy?If you’re new to Chinese cooking, you’ve probably asked yourself: What is the best wok to buy? Well, we’re here to help you with a guide to buying the right wok so you can cook our recipes and get the…
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13 Summer Pasta Recipes
Updated:View Post: 13 Summer Pasta RecipesOkay, we all know that most people if asked would call this a Chinese food blog, so we know that you may not get as excited when you see summer pasta recipes turn up instead of an authentic Hunan stir-fry…
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Chinese Garlic Chive “Boxes”
Updated:View Post: Chinese Garlic Chive “Boxes”Are you, like me, looking for recipes to use up the abundant chives in your garden? We already have recipes like our Chinese Chive & Egg Stir-Fry and Pork Chive Dumplings in our regular rotation, but today’s recipe is a…
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Peach Cake
Updated:View Post: Peach CakeThis Peach Cake has a wonderfully dense crumb flavored with cinnamon, vanilla, and plenty of big wedges of summer peaches. A dollop of whipped cream makes the whole thing sing. Peach season in New Jersey is A Big Deal, and…
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Braised Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy
Updated:View Post: Braised Chinese Mushrooms with Bok ChoyBraised Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy, or xiang gu cai xin (香菇菜心) is a popular and very traditional Shanghai vegetable dish usually served during Chinese New Year in Shanghainese homes. Made with baby bok choy (sometimes called Shanghai bok choy)…
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Mexico City Food: Eating Our Way Through CDMX
Updated:View Post: Mexico City Food: Eating Our Way Through CDMXThis post is about Mexico City. AKA Ciudad de Mexico––CDMX for short. More importantly, this post is about Mexico City FOOD. My sister and I were there earlier this summer along with my friend Zoe, and it was an explosion…
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Chinese Zucchini Pancakes
Updated:View Post: Chinese Zucchini PancakesPancakes are one of those foods that pretty much every culture seems to have figured out, whether savory or sweet. From American pancakes to Korean pancakes to these humble Chinese Zucchini Pancakes, the defining feature of the pancake is that it’s…
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Sour Plum Drink (Suan Mei Tang – 酸梅汤)
Updated:View Post: Sour Plum Drink (Suan Mei Tang – 酸梅汤)So we know that Sour Plum Drink doesn’t exactly sound very good, but it happens to be the commonly used translation of a popular Chinese drink known as suan mei tang (酸梅汤) in Chinese. (While an awkward Chinese translation never…
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