Yang Chow fried rice 扬州炒饭 is synonymous to Chinese fried rice to many people. The question is: How to prepare fried rice at home full of wok-hei (wok aroma) comparable to that generated with the high power stove by the Chinese restaurant? I spent the whole last week to modify how I cook in the restaurant, …
This post is about taking shrimp fried rice to the next level. I have written two fried rice-related posts before, How to cook the best Chinese fried rice with only six ingredients and How to prepare the best restaurant-style fried rice. So why the third? The idea to write this post was sparked during dinner …
You will love this vegetable biryani which is fit to grace the banquets tables of the Mughal court. The good news is you can replicate it at home anytime by following the recipe. And who says food without meat is boring? This vegetable biryani is prepared with a plethora of spices and fresh ingredients which …
Blanch or stir-fry Chinese broccoli (芥兰, Gai Lan, Chinese kale) drizzled with oyster sauce is served in high-end restaurants as well as an easy home-cooked dish. Chinese broccoli is a leafy vegetable with broad flat leaves and fat stems. It looks different from regular broccoli and has a bitter note. It belongs to the same …
This is my newly developed Chinese lemon chicken recipe that has been well tested. The goal is to create a method with chicken that is crispy even after being doused with the sauce, and the outstanding lemon flavor lingers on your palate. Although there are many restaurants that served excellent Chinese lemon chicken, some regrettably …
Vietnamese pork chops (Thit Heo Nuong Xa) are easy to prepare, full of unique lemongrass flavor and hardly go wrong. Naturally, it has become my favorite quick meal in the Vietnamese restaurant near me, and the universal appeal of the taste has made it one of the most popular items on the menu. Restaurants like …
Thai basil chicken is known in Thai as pad kra pao gai (ผัดกระเพราไก่). It is delicious, with a deep savory flavor and hunger-inducing aroma. A favorite one-plate quick meal, Thai basil chicken, is simple to prepare, which is commonly served over a bed of steamed rice with an egg fried with plenty of oil (literally …
Traditional Hakka salt baked chicken 盐焗鸡 is prepared by encasing the bird in the salt crust, the culinary tradition that has stood the test of time until today since the Qing dynasty. This surprisingly simple dish relies on the culinary magic inside the cocoon built with a bed of sea salt. The hot salt isolates …
Can’t handle the fiery hot Indian curry? No problem. Try slow cooker chicken korma, a mild curry that even kids. Chicken korma is rich and creamy, cooked with plenty of yogurts, and heavily scented with expensive spices. Once, it was the noble dish worthy for the Mughal emperors, graced the banquet tables of the imperial …
The scene of cooking Indian food in the film “The Hundred-Foot Journey” keeps flashing back to when I was cooking this Chicken Varuval. This movie centered on the cultural clash between the two rival restaurants in a sleepy French village, one being French and another Indian. You can feel the intensity of the heat drifting …