by Jaden | Jul 27, 2008 | Appetizers/Bites, Asian, Chinese New Year, Pork, Recipes, Seafood
What you’ll learn: How to properly pleat potsticker dumplings How to fry potstickers in batches How to squeeze out water from cabbage (if you’d like to include them in your recipe) so you wouldn’t have soggy dumplings In college, my friends and I...
by Jaden | Jul 24, 2008 | Asian, Chinese New Year, Main Course, Recipes, Sides
Ancient Chinese Stir Fry Secrets (at home) Restaurant kitchens have extremely high powered stoves, flames that jump so high that your eyebrows will singe just standing in the doorway. At home, especially with electric stovetops, we just can’t get that...
by Jaden | Jun 18, 2008 | Appetizers/Bites, Asian, Chinese New Year, Recipes, Sauces/Condiments, Seafood
This recipe for Sesame Shrimp with Honey Mustard Sauce is from the legendary Cecilia Chang 江孫芸, best known for her Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, called the Mandarin Restaurant. Through her restaurant, she introduced America to authentic regional...
by Jaden | May 27, 2008 | Appetizers/Bites, Asian, Chinese New Year, Recipes
Tat-tat-taaaat-tat-tat-taaaat-tat! That, my friends, is the beautiful sing-song sound of Chef Martin Yan’s cleaver as he chops bok choy. In fact, everything about Martin is musical, from the lyrical harmony of his Chinese accent (yes, it’s real – I...
by Jaden | May 14, 2008 | Asian, Chinese New Year, Cooking Tips, Main Course, Recipes, Rice/Noodles
The Chinese culture is filled with food traditions and symbolisms, so much in fact that I could never keep up and remember them all. During the entire 6 days surrounding my wedding, I deferred to my mother to tell me what to eat to please the Gods of...
by Jaden | Nov 12, 2007 | Appetizers/Bites, Asian, Chinese New Year, Main Course, Recipes
Are you ready to dive into a dim sum classic that’s bound to become a family favorite? Let me introduce you to the Chinese Steamed Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce, or as it’s lovingly called in Cantonese, ‘pai kuat.’ This recipe is a nostalgic...