As much as I love to cook, I never have time to plan weekday lunches. After a frazzled morning at the desk, trying to get just one more bit of work done, I am ravenous by 1 or 2pm. My lame attempts at breakfast (usually Wheatables and fruit gummies) do not suffice. I storm out [...]
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Three Cup Chicken
It took me too long to realize. What was missing in my life was a man. Specifically, a poultry butcher. Yes, I learned to carve a whole chicken in culinary school, but bad student that I was, found it too much of a chore. After graduation I rarely brought home whole chickens to dissect. Instead, [...]
Chicharrones de Pollo with Paprika Onions
I spent some part of my childhood living in Puerto Rico, in a small town near Ponce. I was the only Chinese kid in my kindergarten class, and my aunt and uncle ran the only Chinese restaurant in town. It was usually flooded with customers (especially on pay day), possibly because the place also doubled [...]
Spicy Black Bean Chicken
Fermented black beans, while not as ubiquitous in Chinese cooking as soy sauce, are a worthy pantry staple for any Chinese cooking aficionado. These little soybeans, packed and fermented in salt, give a pungent dimension to your stir-fry sauces. You may have encountered them before in Cantonese black bean spare ribs (usually served at dim [...]
Chicken Lollipops
Despite my pledge to eat healthier, I’m still on an Indian-Chinese food kick this week. Following up my fried Gobi Manchurian, I decided to make fried chicken lollipops. A good excuse would be that this is a handy appetizer to know in case I ever host a last-minute party. Since chicken is one of two [...]
Chicken Congee with Goji Berries
Every time I am at a congee shop, I wonder if the congee business might be the most lucrative and relaxing in the restaurant industry. Your main ingredients are rice and water (and stock, but that’s also mostly water), which are dirt cheap. You make one big vat of porridge beforehand. Your menu can be [...]
Orange Sesame Chicken; or, Remembrance of Kosher Chinese Past
While I sometimes complain about Chinese food in the U.S., there are certain foods and restaurants I love and miss. One such place is a tiny kosher restaurant near Boston that serves unabashedly Americanized Chinese food. The food was good in the low-brow indulgent way that Kewpie mayonnaise and powdered Milo on ice cream are [...]
Soy-Braised Chicken
Hello! Are you looking for the soy-braised chicken recipe? It has been updated with new photos and can be found at Chinese Soy Sauce Chicken. Enjoy!
