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Scallion Pancakes (Cong You Bing) Recipe

  Scallion pancakes, or cong you bing, are a classic Chinese street snack and restaurant appetizer. These thin, pan-fried flatbreads are shatteringly crisp on the outside, full of flaky, delicately

Chicken Sticky Rice Lotus Leaf Recipe

Chicken sticky rice over lotus leaf is a classic Cantonese dish. It’s one of my favorite ways to eat sticky rice and it’s about to become yours too. Chicken Sticky

Chicken Egg Roll Recipe

  Egg rolls, those deep-fried, hand-held packets of meat and veggies, are one of the most popular Chinese-American appetizers in the United States. But they can also be a point

Must Eat Shrimp Egg Drop Soup Recipe

Egg drop soup or Danhuatang is a very popular Chinese home cooking dish. Nowadays, it has becomes so popular that you can even find it throughout Chinese restaurants in the

Chinese Steamed Pork Belly with Taro Recipe

  Rich, meltingly tender pork belly meets sweet, starchy taro in kau yuk, a traditional Hakka dish from China’s southern Guangdong Province. Slices of pork belly and taro are fried, layered into

Chinese Steamed Milk Buns, Mantou Recipe

  Mantou are plain Chinese steamed buns, made from a yeasted dough of white wheat flour, milk, and sugar. They have smooth, snowy white surfaces and soft and fluffy insides,

Shen Yun Shows Us a Connection to the Divine

  AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France—Corinne Micchi is a ballet teacher. On Thursday, April 4, she enjoyed discovering Shen Yun’s classical Chinese dance at the Grand Théâtre de Provence. “I was very, very thrilled

Crispy Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

Sweet and sour fish is a popular Chinese restaurant and home cooking dish. The fish is served whole, first lightly battered and deep-fried for flaky-tender meat and crispy skin, then doused in

Cantonese Roasted Duck Recipe

Cantonese roast duck—the glistening red birds you see hanging in Chinatown shop windows—is known for its shiny, crackly-crisp skin and succulent meat. The duck is traditionally hung to air-dry before

Beef Udon Noodle Soup Recipe (Niku Udon)

Udon is a type of Japanese noodle. It’s made out of wheat, and it’s known for its springy and Q texture. It’s one of my daughter’s and mine’ favorite noodles.

Filipino Chicken Adobo Recipe

Chicken Adobo is one of the most popular Filipino dishes. It’s so beloved by Filipinos that they even call it their national dish. Filipino Chicken Adobo Recipe Serves: 2 to

Sesame Chicken Recipe

Today I’ll show you how you can easily make sesame chicken at home. Sesame chicken is one of the most popular Americanized Chinese dishes in the US. It is crispy

Red Bean ‪Mooncake Recipe

Mooncakes, or yue bing, are the quintessential food of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, marked by a

Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

Skip the takeout—hot and sour soup, that beloved Chinese restaurant staple, is quick and easy to make at home. This recipe gives you a rich, silky broth, and packed with

Legendary Mapo Tofu Recipe

Mapo Tofu is a classic Sichuan dish. It has a numbing sensation when you eat it. It’s spicy, hot, and savory. It’s definitely my kind of good eats! According to

DIY Vietnamese Spring Rolls Recipe

Rice lies at the center of Vietnamese cuisine. The crop is abundantly grown throughout Vietnam, with paddies especially concentrated around the Red River Delta in the north and the Mekong River Delta

Cantonese Char Siu 2.0 Recipe

Char siu, or Chinese barbecued pork, is a sweet and savory Cantonese classic. The name of the dish literally translates to “fork-roasted,” in reference to how it was traditionally cooked: skewered onto a long

Mango Sticky Rice Recipe

Mango Sticky Rice is a classic Thai dessert. In Thai, we call it khaoniao mamuang. It’s also one of my favorite desserts of all time. Growing up in Bangkok, I

Japanese Rolled Chashu Recipe

Japanese chashu is a topping for ramen. The pork belly is rolled up and then braised until it’s succulent and instantly melt in your mouth. It is also my favorite topping

Cantonese Pork Belly Zongzi Recipe

 The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the

Chicken Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaves

Lo mai gai, steamed bundles of sticky rice studded with bits of chicken and wrapped in lotus leaves, is a classic Cantonese dim sum dish. It’s said this dish was born in

Sichuan Spicy Boiled Beef

   When I was a kid, my parents took me to a small Sichuan restaurant in the neighborhood with some of their friends. One of them ordered a dish

Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken with Basil Recipe

Walking through the Shilin night market in Taipei, Taiwan, I felt like I was entering another world. Bright neon signs hung from buildings and countless food stores and carts lined

Stewed Pork Belly with Glass Noodles

  Stewed pork belly with glass noodles is the essence of Northeastern Chinese cuisine. It is one of the region’s four most popular stews. Due to the vast area and

Dry Stir-Fry Beef Chow Fun Recipe

 If you asked 10 Cantonese people whether they like to eat dry stir-fried beef chow fun, nine would profess their love for it. Made with slices of tender beef

Singapore Noodles Recipe

You might think that Singapore Noodles came from Singapore, but it’s indeed a Cantonese dish. It’s made out of stir-fry rice noodles with curry, protein, and vegetables. Singapore Noodles Recipe

Red Braised Beef Noodles Soup

  When I was in Taipei three years ago, I had the most memorable spicy red braised beef noodle soup at a hole in the wall place. The noodle shop

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