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Steamed Pork Patty with Salted Duck Eggs (咸蛋蒸肉饼)
A Steamed Pork Patty with Salted Duck Eggs is classic Cantonese comfort food. My mom used to make it whenever she made a homemade batch of salted duck eggs, or if she could find uncooked ones at the...
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Pork Belly with Pickled Mustard Greens (酸菜卤肉饭)
This Chinese braised Pork Belly with Pickled Mustard Greens (酸菜卤肉饭) is savory, tangy, and perfect over rice. This is the time of year to make it, so grab a package of sour pickled mustard greens, some...
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Thai Fried Rice
Thai Fried Rice (Khao Pad or Khao Phat) doesn’t need much introduction. It’s simple, delicious food at its finest. Every time I order it, I savor the subtle differences to our family’s Chinese fried...
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Ho Fun Noodle Soup with Char Siu
This Cantonese ho fun noodle soup with char siu is a tasty, simple recipe that makes a great lunch or quick weeknight dinner. It’s great if you have leftover char siu or pre-made char siu from a roast...
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Braised Ground Pork & Potatoes
A hearty meal of braised ground pork, potato, and Chinese flavors is our unique take on “meat and potatoes”! This easy and simple formula is one I turn to again and again when I want to exert minimal...
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Stuffed Bitter Melon
This stuffed bitter melon recipe in black bean sauce is a classic Cantonese dish that highlights a produce item in abundance right now in Chinese groceries and backyard gardens: bitter melon! While...
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Winter Melon Soup with Pork Ribs
Winter melon soup is a popular home-cooked Chinese dish when winter melons are in season (late summer through fall). It’s also probably the most popular application of winter melon in China. Winter...
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Siu Mai
This siu mai recipe, made with pork and shrimp, can stand up to any siu mai from any dim sum restaurant! They’ll transport you to those big dim sum halls of old, filled with push carts, the smell of...
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Pork and Chive Dumplings
This pork and chive dumpling recipe is truly restaurant-worthy. While we posted a recipe from our cousin (who grew up in Beijing) back in 2014, we have since come up with a new version that we think is...
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Braised Pork Chops, Shanghai-style (葱烤排骨)
Braised Pork Chops Shanghai-style, 葱烤排骨 (cōng kǎo páigǔ), are one of the pinnacles of Shanghainese home cooking. Pork chops are pounded, dredged in egg, briefly shallow-fried, and then braised in a...
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Air Fryer Char Siu
This air fryer char siu recipe (char siu is Chinese BBQ Pork!) is a game changer for those of you who have embraced air fryers in your kitchens. They are quick to heat, cook food fast, and can make...
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Red Braised Pulled Pork
This red-braised pulled pork has all the delicious flavor of a traditional Chinese red braised or hóngshāo pork belly, but it’s much easier to make. Here, we’re using accessible pork shoulder or pork...
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Pork Belly with 40 Cloves of Garlic
This recipe for braised pork with 40 cloves of garlic is a Chinese-inspired riff on the classic French dish. The garlic is meltingly sweet, and when combined with pork belly and steamed rice, it is...
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Pork Egg Foo Young
Roast pork egg foo young is one of the most delicious egg foo young variations! I cooked countless egg foo young patties in my parents’ Chinese restaurant in the 80s and early 90s, so if you’re looking...
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