Salt Baked Chicken
Origins of Salt Baked Chicken This is the real deal, true blue recipe for Salt Baked Chicken. As for the origin of the dish, there are a few folk tales out there that people will tell you, but I like this one the best: As the story goes, a reliable salt merchant was gifted with a live chicken after a job well done. Due to the many days it would take for him to journey home, he decided to dress the chicken and wrap it with salt to preserve its freshness. But while traveling, he could not resist, and decided...
Red Cooked Pork
Today, we come to you with Hong Shao Rou, our grandma’s version. She makes it with tofu and hard-boiled eggs, which she explains is the “real Shanghai style. ” Again, Hong Shao Rou is a famous dish from mainland China, consisting of braised pork belly. We’ve had it so many ways growing up. Sometimes Grandma puts bamboo shoots in there, sometimes it’s a different kind of tofu. But this one, with the tofu puffs, is definitely one of my favorites. These pillows of golden tofu absorb all the sauce like a sponge, which makes for some serious awesomeness on a...