Pandan leaf chicken is one of the best specialty chicken dishes in Thai restaurants. The chicken is moist, tender, infused with a refreshing pandan aroma, and encased in leaf packets. The Thai people wrap the marinated boneless chicken meat inside a large piece of pandan leaf and deep-fry it. The amazing aroma of the leaves is infused into …
A plate of Chinese Steamed Eggs (蒸水蛋) garnished with chopped spring onions and drizzled with a few drops of light soy sauce is irresistible and can send you halfway to paradise. The truth is that the simple appearance of Chinese steamed eggs is deceiving. It requires a pair of skillful hands to cook up a …
In my last post, I mentioned that I am planning to write a cookbook. I have my first two easy Asian recipes drafted and post them here finally. Before I reveal the recipes, let me show you what content I want to include, how I look for the easy Asian recipes and the layout I want …
Sweet soy sauce beef is a unique beef stew waiting for you to discover and let the myriad of spices tantalize your taste buds. That is called daging masak hitam manis, or sweet soy sauce beef stew. OK. That sounds interesting. But what is so impressive that makes all the difference from the familiar beef …
Who doesn’t likes Vietnamese pho? In the Vietnamese culinary repertoire, pho is the quintessential food. Actually, it’s the national dish of Vietnam. So what is pho? Pho is one of the modern elements of Vietnamese cuisine with relatively short history. It is an amalgamation of local Vietnamese ingredients and French culinary techniques resulting from French …
Beef stir fry with ginger and scallion is one of the Chinese dishes I am fond of since young. The sliced beef is succulent, tender and fragrant and full of ginger and scallion flavor. It is easy easy to prepare, which takes you less than ten minutes to stir fry. It is so good that …
The all-purpose Asian stir-fry sauce prepared with various ingredients in the right proportion is the key to the wonderful flavor of stir-frying dishes. In this article, I will discuss the various seasoning ingredients used to constitute different stir-fry sauces for most Chinese cuisine. Before I begin, I want to point out that some components of …
Asian Noodles For Stir-frying There are many types of Asian noodles available. Some of them are dry noodles, much like the Japanese instance noodle. Some are wet and is normally sold in wet market or supermarket with a relatively short shelf life. Some are so dry that it needs to soak for two hours before …
Sweet And Sour Sauce (Ku Lou sauce) 咕噜酱 In this section, I would like to show you how to prepare a simple yet delicious sauce called Sweet And Sour Sauce (Ku Lou sauce). Ingredients: Tomato sauce 420g Chilli sauce 270g Plum sauce 250g Sugar 170g Lemon juice 60g Salt 25g Method of preparation Mix all …
The purpose of marinating the meat Marinating meat is one of the Chinese cuisine’s most common yet important steps. Essentially, marinate means to add a certain flavor to the meat to: 1. Flavor the meat– The flavor of the herbs, spices, and seasonings in the marinade penetrates the interior of the meat. This step is …