Category Archives: Chinese Food Recipes

Nut and Sesame Seed Stuffed Pancakes

My daughter’s best friend in preschool is Korean and their playdates were my first foray into the delicious world of Korean food. One particular snack I found fascinating was hotteok, a brown sugar and peanut filled pancake brought to Korea by Chinese immigrants in the early 1900s. The dough is exceptionally soft and chewy, which

Spicy Chicken and Rice Soup

Photo by kimbaddd Serves 6 Author Notes Not like I get takeout Chinese all the time, but when I do, it usually leaves me with 2 containers of white rice that typically go in the trash. I so hate wasting food, it drives me crazy! Recently we had takeout for dinner with a friend of

Pineapple Buns

Every Chinese bakery must have a pineapple bun in their case. Despite the name, the bun has no pineapple—it’s a soft milk-bread bun with a sweet, buttery, crackly cookie-like top that, after it’s baked, resembles pineapple skin. The simple, iconic treat has a loyal following: Everyone loves a good pineapple bun. When I was younger

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Ingredients:10 ounces refrigerated fresh spaghetti noodles⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced2 dried red Chinese chiles or chiles de arbol, seeded and sliced into rings2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice1 tablespoon fish sauce.38 teaspoon kosher salt2 tablespoons chopped fresh Thai basil1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley1 tablespoon fried garlic (optional)

Baby Back Ribs with Black Beans and Scallions

Andrew Zimmern’s Kitchen AdventuresFor years, I ate these ribs all over China, Thailand and the Indo-Malay-Singaporean triangle. This is the tastiest, saltiest, sweetest, spiciest, most amazing rib recipe for stovetop cookery that I know of. Barbecue is cooking with smoke, grilling is cooking over a fire source, and for most of us in the US

Umami Cold Noodles

Makes about 6 cups Author Notes Pasta salads can be considered comfort foods. This one may knock you a bit out of the comfort zone, into the Umami Zone. The flavors are so appealing that you may already have found a new level of comfort there. My favorite Japanese-style cold noodles are made with soba

Sweet Walnuts

This traditional sweet is believed to have originated in Sichuan, where walnut trees from Persia were first planted in China. As with many Chinese foods, the walnut is imbued with symbolic meaning: it is believed to benefit the mind because the shelled nut looks like a brain lobe. Brain food or not, the walnut was

Rainbow Trout Udon

How To Make rainbow trout udon 1Boil water on stove. Enough to cover the udon. 2While pot of water is boiling, put vegetable oil in pan (2 tbsp) and get the pan to heat up on medium heat. 3Place rainbow trout fillet on pan and add teriyaki sauce, sliced green onion, mushrooms. Douse garlic powder