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Wood Ear Mushroom Salad 凉拌木耳
Updated:View Post: Wood Ear Mushroom Salad 凉拌木耳Well, you don’t see this dish everyday! It’s weird-looking and not particularly appealing at first glance, but this wood ear mushroom salad dish is literally on every menu in China. One of Our Favorite Mushrooms I wouldn’t have dared to…
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Fresh Berry Tart with Sweet Mascarpone Filling
Updated:View Post: Fresh Berry Tart with Sweet Mascarpone FillingThe time for red, white and blue desserts has arrived! With Memorial Day coming up, you’re going to need a couple patriotic recipes in your back pocket, and this fresh berry tart is a definite keeper. Why? Well, who doesn’t…
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The Shanghai Breakfast Club: How to Eat Like a Local
Updated:View Post: The Shanghai Breakfast Club: How to Eat Like a LocalRecently, I’ve found myself back in Shanghai. I left Shanghai 33 years ago, and although many of you know that we lived in Beijing for three years, it has always been my intention to come back to Shanghai to live…
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Stir-fried Carrot Noodles with Chicken
Updated:View Post: Stir-fried Carrot Noodles with ChickenAfter a long period of resistance and general skepticism, I have finally discovered the awesomeness of vegetable noodles, specifically carrot noodles. It happened kind of by accident. I was planning on doing a noodle dish with chicken, ginger, and spinach, and…
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Udon Noodle Soup with Chicken & Mushrooms
Updated:View Post: Udon Noodle Soup with Chicken & MushroomsI want to love Udon Noodle Soup. Usually though, if by some random turn of events (i.e. I’ve suddenly decided to forgo the sushi/sashimi option, which is rare), I order it at a Japanese restaurant, I’m always a little disappointed.…
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Sautéed Edible Clover (Caotou, 草头)
Updated:View Post: Sautéed Edible Clover (Caotou, 草头)One of the things I like about visiting different parts of China is that you can always find new things to eat. Cao Tou, or edible clover, is one of the new wild vegetables I discovered during a recent visit to Shanghai.…
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Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Seared Pork Chops
Updated:View Post: Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Seared Pork ChopsI’m usually pretty good about packing a lunch to bring to work everyday. More often than not, it’s leftovers from whatever massive blogging session we had the previous weekend. But for those weeks when we didn’t blog recipes, and I didn’t…
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Asian Snacks Roundup
Updated:View Post: Asian Snacks RoundupLet’s talk snacks. Asian. Snacks. Geolocation wise, we’re going to take a trip down the snacks aisle of the Asian grocery store. You know the aisle of which I speak. Somehow, it’s shinier than the others, beckoning to you with row…
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Shredded Pork Stir-Fry with Sweet Bean Sauce
Updated:View Post: Shredded Pork Stir-Fry with Sweet Bean SauceShredded Pork Stir-fry with Sweet Bean Sauce or Jīng Jiàng Ròu Sī (京酱肉丝) is a dish from Northern China. It should be said that Northerners love bean sauce (酱, jiang). In the old days, for a Northerner, a typical nice…
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15-Minute Lazy Noodles
Updated:View Post: 15-Minute Lazy NoodlesIt’s an exciting day here at The Woks of Life. Because today, I have an AWESOME noodle recipe for you guys and it’s a lazy noodles recipe! A Shortcut to Flavor We all know how amazing Dan Dan Noodles are.…
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Salmon Teriyaki Bowls
Updated:View Post: Salmon Teriyaki BowlsSalmon Teriyaki is one of my favorite Japanese-style dishes and even competes with my favorite authentic Japanese dish, Unagi Don (grilled eel over rice). The caramelized teriyaki sauce combined with the tender, fatty salmon is a killer combination, and it’s…
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Chinese Oxtail Soup
Updated:View Post: Chinese Oxtail SoupThis oxtail soup recipe is so simple and easy that I am a little embarrassed to even publish it. But Sarah loves it, and said that we should, so I’m going to listen to the boss. :) A Chinese Dinner Needs Soup!…
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Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Updated:View Post: Chicken Lettuce WrapsThese chicken lettuce wraps are super tasty and satisfying, and they’re actually low carb! No one said every Chinese dish had to be served with rice or noodles! A Tasty Low Carb Recipe Ok, so I’m feeling kind of fragile…
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Chocolate Rice Krispie Nuggets with Sea Salt
Updated:View Post: Chocolate Rice Krispie Nuggets with Sea SaltWe all know the age-old conundrum. You make a batch of Rice Krispie Treats, you have a few, and you’re happy–the rice krispie treats have that perfectly gooey, fresh consistency, things are sunny, and, overall, you’re walking on the right…
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Vegetable Chow Fun
Updated:View Post: Vegetable Chow FunThis Vegetable Chow Fun recipe is one for all the vegetarian Woks of Life readers out there! Sometimes the meat-eaters get it all: Beef Chow Fun, Pan Fried Noodles with Chicken, etc, etc. To date, one of our only other…
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Cantonese Beef Rice Bowls
Updated:View Post: Cantonese Beef Rice BowlsLike my sister’s epic chocolate cake post, this recipe is more public service announcement than anything else. For those of you who are regular readers, you may have noticed that this recipe looks a bit similar to our Chinese Spaghetti…
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Braised Glass Noodles with Pork & Napa Cabbage
Updated:View Post: Braised Glass Noodles with Pork & Napa CabbageBraised Glass Noodles with Pork & Napa Cabbage, or 白菜猪肉炖粉条, is a traditional dish from Northern China, and I’m pretty certain that most northerners have their own creative ways of cooking it. Some like to use sour cabbage instead of fresh cabbage, and…
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Braised Spring Bamboo Shoots (油焖笋)
Updated:View Post: Braised Spring Bamboo Shoots (油焖笋)As spring fever rushes in, spring bamboo shoots are hitting local grocery stores and wet markets across China. I grew up in China and have lived in China for three years. You can really see the seasons change at the…
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