A delicious recipe for stir-fried noodles with peanut sauce Who would have thought that peanuts could truly transform a bowl of noodles into a dish full of flavors? Mix them with soy sauce, tomatoes, curry, and honey for a simple yet hearty meal ready in 10 minutes if you’ve already […]
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Pineapple Chicken
Craving something tropical for dinner? Try pineapple chicken with tender sautéed chicken thighs, juicy chunks of fresh pineapple and crisp red bell peppers. You can have this delicious dish on the table in under 30 minutes. I’m always on the lookout for easy chicken dinners that everyone will enjoy, and […]
Easy Mango Chicken
Prepare for a burst of Chinese cuisine flavors with this mango and bell pepper chicken recipe. This vibrant dish pairs tender chicken, crisp bell peppers, and succulent mango, all coated in a sweet-and-sour sauce that will thrill your taste buds. A marinade of light soy sauce, cornstarch, and grated ginger […]
Pineapple Fried Rice
Pineapple fried rice comes from Thailand, though you will find versions everywhere. Many recipes add only a token splash of soy sauce in the name of being “healthy”. This recipe stays true to Thai cooking and will whisk you back to mellow evenings in a beach hut in Thailand, toes […]
Chow Mein – Chinese Stir-Fried Noodles
Chow mein is a step up from the classic stir-fried vegetable noodles: more veggies, a little more sugar, and a lot more flavor. It is also the perfect catch-all recipe – use it to empty your fridge of leftover vegetables. But what is chow mein? Chow mein is a traditional […]
Beef Yaki Udon
Udon, these deliciously thick Japanese noodles never disappoint. You can cook udon in all possible ways, beef udon is just one of them. In any case, if there’s fat and soy sauce, their magic will do the rest: in short, the dish is impossible to mess up. By the way, […]
Takeout-Style Vegetable Noodles
I don’t know a single Chinese restaurant that doesn’t serve vegetable noodles, and for good reason – they’re delicious. What bothers me is that restaurants still manage to oversimplify a dish that is already very simple. The result is bland, low-quality noodles where all you taste is soy sauce. Chinese […]
Street-Food Style Stir-Fried Noodles
Stir-fried noodles are a cornerstone of Asian and Chinese cuisine. For millennia, cooks have prepared noodles in countless ways. Here is my street-food style stir-fried noodle recipe. Why call it street food? Street food is defined by lightning-fast cooking and plenty of fat. Although almost any stir-fried noodle dish could […]
Stir-fried noodles with beef, garlic and cabbage
Here we are again with a Chinese-inspired recipe. It combines the savoriness of oyster sauce with a dash of pepper, and best of all, it is quick to make. Back when I was a student it was one of my go-to lunches (along with Thai pad see ew). The speed, […]