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Pork dumpling with cabbage

Tasty and juicy filling wrapped with pleasantly chewy skin, Chinese pork dumpling with Napa cabbage is an absolute classic!  This recipe includes make-from-scratch instructions. It’s safe to say that boiled dumplings with pork and Napa cabbage filling are the most popular variety in Northern China where dumplings are a common dinner option.  I absolutely love the clean taste of this type of dumplings.  With a simple dipping sauce, they make a tasty & healthy all-in-one meal. A tasty & juicy filling Here is a list of ingredients that you need to make the pork and cabbage filling     Minced pork....

What Are Soup Dumplings

Soup Dumplings, or soup dumplings, are a type of steamed dumpling from Shanghai cuisine (Jiangsu province for the greater region).  In China, you will find there are many versions of soup dumplings that come in different flavors and sizes, but the most popular one is Xiao Long Bao.  It features a paper thin wrapper filled with a very mild pork filling and a pocket of fragrant soup, served with a gingery vinegar dipping sauce. Soup Dumplings is a type of dim sum that is traditionally enjoyed as a snack or during a meal as an appetizer or even a main...

Beijing Duck Recipe, and How to Eat It

Beijing duck is also known as Beijing roast duck. It is Beijing's best and most famous dish. With a legendary taste and dining experience, not only tourists but also high-ranking government leaders make it a point to eat Beijing duck in Beijing. Why is Beijing Duck Famous? Beijing duck is called "the first dish to taste in China”. It has a long history: it used to be a royal dish in medieval China and gradually spread to civil society later. Beijing duck was appointed as one of the national dishes for the reception of foreign guests by Premier Zhou Enlai...

spicy beancurd

Bean curd gets a delicious kick of spicy flavor in this dish. Serve it over rice for a delicious weeknight meal. Authentic Szechuan seasonings and spices add amazing flavor to this dish. You can simply reduce the amount of chili peppers to reduce the spice level.  What Is Szechuan Style Bean Curd? Szechuan cuisine is known for its spicy dishes. Szechuan style bean curd is flavored with traditional Szechuan spices like Thai bird chili peppers, dried red chilis, and Sichuan peppercorns. This dish also includes ground pork and additional seasonings. It’s delicious served on rice.  Ingredients You’ll Need silken tofu...

Stir Fried Vermicelli with Pork

Ma Yi Shang Shu, or stir fried vermicelli with pork, is a perfect quick weekday dinner dish that is so flavorful yet easy to put together.  A Sichuan classic, it features tender mung bean vermicelli noodles braised in a savory aromatic sauce with ground pork, spiced up with chili bean paste.  All you need is 20 minutes to put it together – top it on a bowl of steamed rice for a great dinner! Some Chinese dishes have the weirdest names. Such as Husband and Wife Lung Slices (Fu Qi Fei Pian), Saliva Chicken (Chicken in Red Oil), and this...

Spicy Numbing Stir-fry Pot

Ma la xiang guo is definitely a “newer” dish. It doesn’t have hundreds of years of history, but I can tell you, this dish is a legend in the making. Ma la xiang guo is very heavily spiced, but not just by chilies alone. There are tons of spices added, that until now were mostly a delicious delicious mystery to us. Living in Beijing, we couldn’t get enough of this dish––spicy food lovers will rejoice when they taste it! I recently made this dish (minus the fish balls) for a vegan friend, he said that this is the best dish...

Numbing Sichuan-Style Hot Pot

Traditionally, Sichuan hot pot is made with caiziyou (roasted rapeseed oil), which imparts a lovely vegetal, toasty aroma. If you can't find it, you can substitute with peanut oil or another vegetable oil. Though I recommend using dried Sichuan chiles such as chaotian (often called "facing heaven" in English) or er jing tiao for their unparalleled fragrance, they are also more difficult to find in the U.S. The tianjin, or tien tsin, pepper is much more common at Chinese or Asian supermarkets in the U.S. and can definitely do the trick, but in my experience, they are not quite as...

Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings

Garlic and Parmesan are the ultimate dynamic duo. They’re the BFFs of the food world, teaming up to add big flavor to favorites like garlic bread, garlic parmesan french fries, and now, these crispy chicken wings. Whether you’re serving them with a full line up of game day appetizers or enjoying them as a main course for an Italian-style family dinner, these deeply savory Garlic Parmesan Chicken wings will not disappoint! Is it better to bake or fry chicken wings? Baking is better here. Fried wings are great, but you can get them just as crispy in the oven, too....

Chinese Hamburger Roujiamo Recip

Roujiamo is a Chinese hamburger or pancake. This hamburger is stuffed with minced pork with tailored herbal seasoning. The bread has a meaty background with rich seasoned juices. With a bite, you will find Roujiamo is so fantastic that you cannot resist. Ingredients        2 fried pancake        250g pork        soup stock        scallions        ginger slices        amomum tsao-ko        clove        Sichuan pepper        aniseed        tangerine peel        fennel        angelica root        cinnamon        cooking wine        light soy sauce        dark soy sauce        rock sugar        salt Kitchen Tips A few side notes...

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...

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