Cantonese tomato beef is one of those dishes that make me nostalgic for Hong Kong. They can be found on the menus of western-style cafés all over the city, next to other east-west classics such as wok-fried spaghetti and macaroni with canned meat in Chinese chicken broth. While it’s also a fast dish that families [...]
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Black Pepper Beef Stir-fry
Back when I made black pepper beef in Beijing, flank steak was surprisingly difficult to find. Sure, black pepper beef is more of a Cantonese stir-fry, and the Chinese eat pork way more than beef, but somehow I just didn’t expect to have to buy all my flank steak at a gourmet market for expats. [...]
Korean Braised Short Ribs (Kalbi Jjim)
Slow-cooking meat in a nice enamelled cast iron Dutch oven is a pretty sublime experience. I’ve done my fair share of braising in metal pots, woks, Crock-Pots, and even sauté pans, but really, nothing compares to the ease of searing and stewing everything in the same pot, and one that needs minimal heat to stay [...]
Mongolian Beef
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how the names of Chinese foods vary so much between China and the US. One example is lemon chicken. In Southern China, lemon chicken usually means a whole bone-in chicken, steamed, chopped up, and served with a light lemon sauce. In the US, you’d get perfect cubes or [...]
Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Cowboy Supper – California’s Native BBQ
With all due respect to Memphis and Kansas City, Californians know the nation’s best barbecue may be in their own backyard. I’ve spent enough time in the Central Coast to know that no occasion is too small for Santa Maria-style barbecue. Fundraisers, Quinceañeras, and Saturdays are all reasons to fire up the 50-gallon oil drum [...]
Sichuan Boiled Beef in Fiery Sauce
I made this for dinner early last week. By the time Jacob and I were halfway done, we were already sniffling, with sweat beads ready to form. Even in the pantheon of Sichuan cuisine, this is one helluva spicy dish. Shuizhu niurou (水煮牛肉) is translated literally into English as “water-boiled beef”, a rather benign name [...]
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