This Chinese porridge recipe is one of the most comforting breakfast favorites among the Chinese. The porridge (congee) is called the Lean Pork and Century Eggs Porridge (皮蛋瘦肉粥). Many people think that the only way to get the velvety smooth porridge is to simmer the porridge for long hours. In this porridge recipe, I’ll describe …
Chili is used in Asian cooking more than any western cuisines. I cut, dice, mince and blend them daily, and below is the collective experience I want to share with you. There are three types of chili regularly used for cooking in Asia (where I live)- the red chili, green chili, and the bird’s eye …
My recent trip to Hong Kong for an authentic wonton soup recipe was fruitful. I have the advantage of having my siblings stay in Hong Kong and savoring some of the best wontons in town. They also brought me to places only known to the locals to hunt for the exotic ingredients the top wonton …
Everyone loves chicken biryani rice, and here is why this deliciously flavored chicken biryani recipe conquers the heart of the most demanding gastronomes. Unsurprisingly, people crave biryani rice, with a distinct flavor even for non-Indians. Cooking in dum style enables the aroma and flavor to be imbued into the rice grains, making every bite blissful. …
There is nothing more satisfying than enjoying the perfect Chinese roast chicken with super crispy skin. I know there is nothing simpler than roast chicken. However, you need to know certain tricks if you want this crispy skin chicken with tender meat underneath. And it can be more satisfying to make a crispy roast chicken …
Butter chicken (Murgh Makhani) is an incredible Indian dish disguised by its common name. Two months ago I wrote a post about General Tso’s chicken, a genuinely Chinese-American cuisine that swept across the world with its unique sweet, sour, spicy and crispy combination. Indian butter chicken is the Indian version, which is equally renowned and …
Chicken tikka masala is an Anglo-Indian cuisine that has been the staple of the British. It is so popular in the UK that a member of parliament claimed in 2002 that it was a British national dish. It is also the most noticeable dish of Indian restaurants in America. But chicken tikka masala is not …
Cooking fried rice is easy, tasty, and with a wide margin of error. So, you may wonder why I write about how to fry rice in great detail in this post. Because there is a catch! Most Asian restaurants prepare it with a high-power stove that generates intense heat, which is essential to produce excellent …
Have you tried Chicken and corn soup, Chinese style, before? My childhood memory evokes a nostalgic feeling whenever I make this soup. It is something that is served in nearly all Chinese restaurants that I know. My mother used to cook this often, constituting the creamy soup directly from a can of cream corn. She …
Ninety years ago, the proprietor of 怡珍茶樓 (Yee Zhen tea house) at the Five Phoenix Village 五鳳鄉 in Guangzhou created Har Gow (shrimp dumpling). He combined the shrimp, bamboo shoots, and pork fat and made a dumpling with the rice flour pastry. He named this delicacy the Five Phoenix dumpling. Later, other chefs improvised the …