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Chinese spareribs (with black bean sauce)

Chinese spareribs with black bean sauce 豉汁蒸排骨 is a savory and easy dish to make at home. This dish is one of the everyday meal for an average Chinese household. If you have tried the typical Chinese food available regularly in the Chinese restaurant, steamed spareribs with black bean sauce is one dish that will …

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Chinese Green Beans Recipe | How to cook with minced pork (干煸四季豆)

In this article, I want to share with you the Chinese green beans recipe called dry-fried green bean 干煸四季豆 with minced meat, a traditional Sichuan cuisine. I can assure you that the taste is utterly different from blanching, sautéing or green beans for a salad. Note: This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info. …

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General Tso’s Chicken – How to make in four simple steps

You must have tried the famous Chinese dish General Tso’s chicken 左宗棠鸡  if you are in America.  It is perhaps the most popular dish that serves in American Chinese restaurants. I have tested the recipe from changing the ingredients to tweaking the ratio of each component in search of the best General Tso’s chicken. Finally,  …

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How to cook the authentic Mapo Tofu

This easy Mapo Tofu recipe 麻婆豆腐 has the bursting and mouth-numbing flavor that you must try. Mapo tofu is such a favorite dish due to its simplicity in preparation but offers the flavor of the complex interplay of spices and flavor. I love this recipe as I can enjoy the kick-in-the-tongue sensation and the specific …

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Egg Tofu Recipe- How to cook (easy Chinese style)

This is my family’s egg tofu recipe with minced meat. This recipe is unlikely a familiar dish for non-Chinese, as you may not find this in Chinese restaurants outside Asia. Many of us are familiar with wonton noodles, General Tso’s chicken, and dan dan noodles. Those are the Chinese dishes regularly featured on the menu.  …

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Easy fried chicken recipe (Asian flavor)

This easy fried chicken recipe is adapted from the cookbook written by a respectable Chinese chef Mr. Pang Wah who was the executive chef of a top Chinese restaurant in Kuala Lumpur in the seventies. His combination of Chinese five spices and curry powder for fried chicken was an unprecedented attempt. The result is the …

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Chicken In Tomato Sauce – How to cook the traditional Malaysian Ayam Masak Merah

If you want to pick an authentic Malay cuisine,  chicken in tomato sauce (Ayam Masak Merah) is the ideal choice for you. The chicken in tomato sauce recipe has less chili than other traditional Malay cuisines, ideal for the gastronomes who do not withstand other fiercely hot curry dishes and kids friendly. Chicken in tomato …

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Tomato Rice Recipe (Malaysian style)

Today I have decided to fix my eyes on the Malaysian tomato rice, a dish that has to be tasted to be believed. Malaysian tomato rice is prepared with a plethora of spices and fresh ingredients, transforming the ordinary ingredients into a rice dish heavily scented with spices.  It is different from the tomato rice …

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Roast chicken legs recipe – how to make it juicy and tender

We want to share with you how do we prepare our roast chicken legs for Christmas this year. There are three sections in this recipe: How to prepare the juiciest roast chicken legs we ever roasted. How to prepare the roast potato with the crispy surface yet tender inside. How to make our special Asian …

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Sesame Chicken with honey – How to cook step by step

This article is about how to cook sesame chicken 蜜汁芝麻鸡. I was told it is an American Chinese food, which was invented by the Chinese migrants who looked for the greener pasture in California in the 19th century. I believe it’s true because after living in Hong Kong and Malaysia since I was young, I …

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