Make your own crunchy roasted peanuts, with your favorite seasoning, in less than 10 minutes! We love these peanuts as a snack (perfect with a cold beer), to sprinkle on top of Chinese congee, or to even toss in a salad. Make them spicy (add dried chili flakes), sweet...
Chinese soups can be heavy, filling and fiery, such as Chinese Hot & Sour Soup, or light, clean and cleansing, like this Chinese Daikon Soup. These kinds of everyday soups are simple to make, require just a handful of ingredients (in this case,...
This Miso Salmon recipe makes an easy, no fuss, full-flavored dish to pair with rice, quinoa or even on top of mashed potatoes. The marinade and sauce for this Miso Salmon dish is made of 3 easy-to-find Japanese ingredients available at most supermarkets: Miso, Mirin,...
This Chinese recipe features some of the best dried and preserved Chinese ingredients: dried shrimp, Chinese sausage and dried mushrooms. Traditionally, this dish is made with white rice or sticky, glutinous rice. But we're using brown rice to create a hearty,...
This recipe was developed for Nissin. Noodle soup packages are an important part of my pantry, they serve as a base for many types of Asian meals when I don't have the time to make stock from scratch. With ramen noodle soup as a base, you can make Korean...
Of the dozens of new Asian cookbooks that have come out this year, two are stand-outs and sure to be award-winning for 2015. One of them is Preserving the Japanese Way by my friend, Nancy Hachisu (we'll feature that book in another article), and the other...
I'm using the Nissin RAOH Umami Tonkotsu Ramen to make a Korean-influenced Kimchi Ramen. Only 15-minutes to restaurant-quality ramen at home. It's a deep, fiery, and utterly delicious! Why This Kimchi Ramen Is So Good Uses intant noodles to creat restaurant quality...
photo credit: Julie Wampler from Dinner for Two Cookbook This is my type of hangover food. Kimchi is Korean spicy, pickled vegetables. While there are hundreds of variations of kimchi (and every older generation has their own family recipe), the most popular...
Back in the early 90's after a period of college dorm-life, I longed for my own kitchen and imagined hosting elegant dinner parties for my friends. My roommate and I found an affordable apartment within scooter-distance of the campus and I set off to...
These Potsticker Dumplings are easier to make than you think, and they taste so better than the store-bought ones! Crispy on the outside and juicy in the middle, with an addictive dipping sauce! Why This Potsticker Dumplings Recipe Is So Good Perfect potstickers from...
Photo credit: Marvin Gapultos, The Adobo Road Cookbook In this Chicken Adobo Recipe, you'll learn: Classic Filipino Chicken Adobo recipe from The Adobo Road Cookbook Simple 6-ingredient recipe Prep time is only 5 minutes What is Adobo? In Filipino cooking, "Adobo" is...
Americans are obsessed with grilling, and here to help master the backyard grill is New Orleans chef, David Guas, award-winning cookbook author, restaurant chef and host of Travel Channel's high-heat, high-stakes grilling competition show, "American Grilled." His new...
Earlier this year, I discovered a new NON-GMO vegetable hybrid - the "Kalette" / "Kale Sprouts" / "Lollipop Kale", which is a cross between Brussels sprouts and kale. I found it first at Johnny Seeds, while shopping for vegetable seeds. We planted the kalette...
This Korean BBQ Baby Back Ribs recipe serves up thinly sliced bone-in beef short ribs slathered in a delicious honey and soy sauce. Easy to make and so good! Why These Korean BBQ Baby Back Ribs Are So Good Ribs slathered with Korean BBQ flavors: sweet,...
Thinly sliced, perfectly seared steak tops a Thai salad of crunchy cabbage, fresh bean sprouts and fragrant basil and mint herbs. Follow this recipe and dinner can be ready in 20 minutes! Salad as a main dish is combines so many textures and flavor profiles:...
Authentic Japanese ramen recipe using the Pressure Cooker! Instant Pot Ramen Noodle Soup is pascked with flavors and textures. Below are recipes for Ramen with pork hock vs. Ramen with spareribs. Why This Instant Pot Ramen Is So Good A quick version of the...
You'll learn: To create the perfect Vietnamese coffee ice cream, use a mix of evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream. Coffee of your choice, either caffeinated or decaf. Vanilla extract or pure vanilla bean completes the flavor profile. Vietnamese...
What is Sous Vide? Sous Vide (pronounced "soo veed") is a method of cooking that allows you to create foods that are perfectly cooked, at an exact temperature in a water bath. That means the most perfect steaks, impossibly tender, yet juicy brisket, and velvety smooth...
Sushi lovers, unite! Sushi rice bowls, or chirashi-don, let us enjoy those classic, clean Japanese flavors without the fuss of rolling or hand-shaping rice. If your supermarket carries sushi-grade fish, you're halfway to making a sushi rice bowl your yuppie neighbors...
What you'll learn: Savory-sweet, smoky and intensely flavorful Chinese sausage (lap cheong) pairs well with roasted Brussels sprouts. Only 5 ingredients, less than 20 minute recipe Cooks in one pan, all in the oven What is Chinese Sausage? Chinese sausage is unlike...
