Once upon a time, Mom used to make her darling little daughters something she coined Hot Dog Fried Rice. It is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Not until years later than we’d like to admit did we realized that this wasn’t actually a real dish in Chinese nor American culture.
Month: December 2015
Spicy Tofu Meat Magic
First off, please pardon the naming of this dish. There is a real authentic Chinese name for it (香乾肉絲) but unfortunately no perceivable English translation (see Lost In Translation). So for now, we’ll call this Spicy Tofu Meat Magic. Yum!
Lost In Translation
When you’re trying to name a dish for your blog and your mom Asians so hard.
Winning Pork-and-Shrimp Wonton Recipe
This is one of my favorite Chinese dishes to make because a) it’s relatively easy and fun to do with a group, b) once you assemble them, there are multiple ways to serve them (more to come later) and c) look how cute!!!!
Mom and Dad are in a Beef Noodle Soup War
…and the clear winner is my belly.
Mom’s version of beef noodle soup: broth is ‘thinner’, but dish is more fully loaded. Whatcha got, dad?!
A tale of three chopsticks
“Two chopsticks are no good for stirring but three chopsticks is like a paddle.” -Tip from mom
#NomsFromMom Quickfire: Clay Pot Rice
Mom invented yet another dish tonight, inspired by this hole-in-the-wall restaurant we went to when we were in Hong Kong earlier this year. Mom did not love the ambience (she refused to touch anything and insisted they turn off their fans), but I guess the memory of the clay pot rice stuck with her.
Here’s what she whipped up tonight – clay pot rice (cooked to crispiness at the bottom) with homemade salted pork, bok choy and leeks. We ate every last bite.
Saucy Sauce Wonton Recipe
I’ve shown you how to make/fold wontons and how to cook them in a soup. Now it’s time to show you how to prepare them my favorite way. This type of wonton is served ‘dry’ (aka not in a soup) with a sesame paste concoction. The direct Chinese translation of what our family calls this? Saucy sauce wontons. So let’s go with that.
No, YOU don’t need a recipe for wontons
“You don’t need a recipe for wontons.”
– Mom, and the reason we need this blog
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