When it comes to dinner on a weeknight, I often have about 10 different ideas in my head at a given time. Should I roast a chicken or make a quick pasta? A tried-and-true recipe like fried rice or go for something I just bookmarked on Pinterest? Vegetarian or an all-out pork fest? Usually my [...]
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Teriyaki Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms
Have you ever had Chinese-style baked stuffed mushrooms? When I was growing up, it was a popular appetizer at Chinese and tiki restaurants my family frequented. Usually filled with a sesame-accented pork filling that became caramelized in the oven, these bite-sized morsels were hard to resist. With February designated as National Snack Food month, I [...]
Chinese Walnut Chicken
Happy Chinese New Year! The holiday has sort of snuck up on me, actually. I’ve spent the past two months in such a whirlwind of book promotion and other events, including speaking on a panel at the Roger Smith Cookbook Conference this past weekend, that February 10th was here before I knew it. Other than [...]
Country Captain
Regular readers of this blog may know that I make braised chicken as often as I can. Fortunately most cuisines around the world — including some of my favorites like Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino — have at least one or two braised chicken dishes that have starring roles. Today we’ll look at Country Captain, a southern braised [...]
Brandied Chicken and Mushrooms in Oyster Sauce
Happy 2013! I just came back from a nice long trip to Boston to visit family for the holidays. I have to admit: it’s been very nice to take a break from blogging for a short while. Having been a blogger for so long (5 years!), I sometimes have a lot of trouble separating it [...]
Vinegar-Glazed Chicken
If you’re a big fan of tangy chicken, give this vinegar-glazed chicken a try. I first made this Hunan dish about a year ago from Grace Young’s Stir-frying to the Sky’s Edge and found it positively addictive. I still come back to it again and again for its wonderful combination of smoky, tart, and spicy flavors. [...]
Sweet and Sour Chicken
My cookbook is officially released next week! And it makes me wonder: where did the time go? It seems like just yesterday I handed in my final manuscript, and now all of a sudden December 11th is just around the corner. There are still interviews to schedule, books to ship off, and a book launch [...]
Beer-Braised Chicken with Sriracha
This beer-braised chicken with Sriracha is my Asian take on a French classic, coq à la bière. In Alsace, chicken and onions gets braised in a nutty brown ale until meltingly tender; I decided to apply the same cooking methods for this dish. Adding Sriracha hot sauce, hoisin sauce, and sesame oil enhances the mild [...]
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