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30-Minute Mapo Tofu
I find it strange that so many of the people I have met say that this is a dish that is hard to make. Not only is this a dish with humble origins, but rumor has it, an old, pock-marked lady created...
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Chengdu-Style Zha Jiang Mian
Sometimes I don’t know how to translate my Chinese recipes. This is the perfect example of that. You see, on the menus in the local noodle shops, almost all of them have Za Jiang Mian, a delicious...
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Mushroom Baozi
Does anyone else here barter with their significant other? A typical Sunday morning dialog in our room as we groggily open our eyes to our son’s bubbly face goes something like this: “Oh no…we don’t...
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Dan Hong Gao (Sichuan Stuffed Pancakes)
People often say that you get up on the right side of the bed…or the wrong side. I’m not buying it. Breakfast is what determines my state of mind for the day. Hurry me through my coffee (x2), give me...
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Red Oil Wonton Soup or Chao Shou 抄手
If you’re new to Sichuan cuisine, let me tell you something about it. It’s hot. Like spicy hot. And sometimes, it’s aggressively hot. But that’s what the Sichuan peppercorn is for, folks. It tramples...
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Greek Yogurt Curried Chicken and Pineapple
Eating seasonally isn’t something I do all of the time. It’s not that I don’t like eating seasonally or anything. I mean, I come from a family of gardeners. We were made to weed between the green bean...
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How To Make a Chinese Hamburger (aka Rou Jia Mo)
Or a Rou Jia Mo. Or a Chinese pulled pork sandwich. Whatever you choose to call it, I can guarantee your comfort food repertoire will never be quite the same again. My first encounter with the bread...
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15 Minute Asian Meatballs
I love a good meatball. It’s a game changer guys (try hitting a home run if someone throws you one of these bad boys…you’ll be too busy licking your fingers to step up to bat). I mean…what’s for...
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Salted Chili Pepper Eggplant
I first wrote this post a week ago…I didn’t even think to wish anyone a happy Chinese New Year! All right, I’m guessing most of you don’t celebrate Chinese New Year…but it’s still fun to wish people a...
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Xiang La Tu Zi//Hot and Spicy Rabbit #SundaySupper
Or chicken. Or beef. The theme of this week’s Sunday Supper is Hometown Food (hosted by Coleen over at The Redhead Baker). No, I’m not Chinese. Just take a look at my About Me blurb (over there, to...
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