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Y’all! I can not even describe how much I enjoyed the Char Siu pork that I made the other day. The mixture of sweet and savory hit just the right note for this perfectly cooked pork. Seriously, eating it was euphoric! Unfortunately, my sad picture does not come remotely close to doing the dish justice. […]
My sister sent my daughter links to people making awesome and creative looking filled dumplings. Then, she sent me a link and frequently questioned whether we had made them yet. She knew my daughter loves Asian dumplings, so she decided to have fun by pairing up with her niece to bug me. What she did […]
While looking for more recipes that use Sichuan peppercorns, I came across several recipes for a green bean dish. Despite not having all the required ingredients, I found that I could make a tasty dish with a few substitutions. While my Sichuan Green Beans recipe is not totally authentic (no pickled mustard plant for one […]
Inspired by KFC (Korean Fried Chicken), I ventured into making a rarity at my house, fried chicken. As we are currently having a pandemic, I was only able to get chicken wings from the store. So, fried chicken wings with an Asian-ish glaze was born and it has been a hit. I went from not […]
Let me start off with an apology. I am embarrassed to say that I left the green scallion tops in a bowl and never included them in the dish this time around. Oops! The good news is that the dish still tasted good…only missing a little fresh onion flavor. Kung Pao Chicken is not a […]
Egg Drop Soup is a family favorite. It was one of the first dishes that we started making at home instead of just ordering when we went out to eat at an Asian restaurant. Actually, my husband was the first one to start making it at home. I knew when he made it a second […]
We love Eastern Asian cuisine at my house. Over the years, I have been slowly learning to cook more Asian or Asian-inspired dishes at home. As a result, we have been able to eat many of our favorite dishes while not being able to go to our favorite Asain restaurants. I found that some of […]
