Many of you loved the easy mapo tofu recipe I first posted in March 2008. Since then, I’ve taught the dish many times in cooking classes, which allowed me to revise it here and streamlined the process. After all these years, it’s still a crowd-pleaser. Make it for one of those nights when you want [...]
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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. [...]
Kimchi Scallion Noodles, and Launch Party Recap
What a week! I had forgotten how good it feels to finally sit down. Not only are we smack dab in the middle of a frantic holiday season, my cookbook was officially released on Tuesday! And in the days leading up to the book release party in Brooklyn, I was scrambling hard to get everything [...]
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 [...]
Pork Belly and Kimchi Stir-fry
Along with butter, ketchup, and chili sauce, one of the key items I have in my fridge at all times is a jar of kimchi. This addiction started a few years ago. I had been a casual fan for a while, eating it periodically in Korean restaurants. But after a one-week trip to Seoul in [...]
Kung Pao Shrimp
When I teach cooking classes, one of the questions students ask most frequently is what is my favorite dish to cook again and again. Talk about hard questions! I’m constantly testing so many new recipes for this blog and other projects that I don’t get to go back to old favorites as often as I [...]
Sriracha Garlic Wings
It’s hard to get enough of chicken wings, especially in the summer, and especially when there’s some major sporting event on. For as long as I can remember I’ve followed the Olympics religiously. Swimming, track, gymnastics, tennis, diving, you name it. I’ll follow prelims as well as finals and ooh and aah over all the [...]
Shrimp with Spicy Garlic Sauce
Happy Friday! Many of you seem to have tried and loved this shrimp with spicy garlic sauce recipe that I first posted in September 2010. As a nod to this recipe becoming one of Appetite for China’s most popular ones on Pinterest, here is an updated photo and recipe. This easy recipe takes about 5 [...]
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