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Chinese broccoli – How to cook in 3 simple steps

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 …

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Chinese lemon chicken – How to make in 3 simple steps

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 …

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How to Make Orange Cake (The complete guide)

I started baking the orange cake as a hobby a decade ago, eventually becoming a favorite item on the menu in our restaurant. I am happy to share how to make my delightful orange cakes, derived from the pound cake, with only pure orange juice and zest. It is a no-frills recipe emphasizing the technique …

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Vietnamese pork chops – How to prepare in 30 minutes

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 …

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Thai Basil Chicken Recipe – How to cook (step-by-step instruction)

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 …

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Salt Baked Chicken recipe (盐焗鸡) – The step-by-step guide

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 …

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Char Kuey Teow recipe – How to cook the authentic Penang fried noodles (炒粿条)

Char Kuey Teow is now world famous. Siam Road Char Kuey Teow of Penang has ranked 14th on the World Street Food Top 50 list at the World Street Food Congress 2017 in Manila held from May 31 to June 4. It was described as the classic traveling food cart on four wheels. Mr. Tan …

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Pad see ew recipe (ผัดซีอิ๊ว) – How to cook authentic Thai stir-fried noodles

Pad see ew is the perennial street food for the Thais. It is one dish that is easy to prepare, as only a few ingredients are required, and the cooking is simple. It is so popular that it is served in every Thai restaurant and street vendor. See Ew is phonetically similar to the word …

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How to make the best banana cake (The step-by-step complete guide)

Imagine the amount of bananas in the banana cake is a quarter of the weight of the cake! A lot of bananas! That is precisely how to describe our banana cake, no essence, one hundred percent pure Barangan banana, fully ripe and sweet. Don’t skip this recipe if you like to eat bananas or love …

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How to make Gyoza 餃子(ぎょうざ) in 4 simple steps

Gyoza is unique. Why? Because gyoza requires both pan-frying and steaming techniques to cook. There is only a handful of food prepared in this way. It may sound tricky, but this article will bust the myth of how difficult it is and show you how to make it by breaking it down into four simple …

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