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Category Archives: Meat
Bacon with wood ear mushrooms and tofu (培根双鲜)
This dish was an outstanding success. The tastes blended really well together and the textures were wonderfully complimentary. Wood ear mushrooms (木耳, mùěr), which are usually sold dried and need to be soaked in warm water before using, have an earthy … Continue reading
Posted in Meat, Mushrooms, Pork, Recipes, Stir-fry, Tofu, Vegetables
Tagged Asia, Asian food, bacon, China, chinese food, mushrooms, pork, tofu
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Simple chili beef with peanuts
Here is another simple recipe. Thinly cut beef is quickly stir-fired with aromatics and then given some heat with dried chiles. Peanuts and soy sauce contribute some wonderful depth of flavor. The whole recipe is fast, simple, nourishing, and delicious. You … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Meat, Recipes, Stir-fry
Tagged Asia, Asian food, beef, chili, China, chinese food, stir-fry
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Another cumin beef recipe (孜然牛肉)
The first cumin beef recipe I posted called for thin slices of beef to be twice-cooked; first, briefly fried in about an inch of oil then drained and stir-fried with other ingredients. This recipe uses bite-sized chunks rather than slices, and … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Meat, Recipes, Stir-fry
Tagged Asia, Asian food, beef, China, Chinese, chinese food, cumin, cumin beef
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Fragrant chicken soup with tomato and lime (柠香蕃茄鸡)
This soup recipe, which I’m calling fragrant chicken soup with tomato and lime (柠香蕃茄鸡), is delicious. It’s also quite simple, because it creates its own stock. Pre-made soup stocks are wonderful things. I use them often and I’d never discourage … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken, Recipes, Soup, Tomatoes
Tagged Asia, Asian food, chicken, chicken soup, China, chinese food, Vietnamese chicken soup
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Seafood hotpot (海鲜火锅)
This is the first Chinese hotpot dish on TastyAsia, but it certainly won’t be the last. That’s because the variations on hotpot are limited only by your imagination and what’s available at your local markets. Chinese hotpot has three main … Continue reading
Posted in Bok choy, Crab, Fish and seafood, Hotpot, Meat, Pork, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged Asia, Asian food, China, Chinese, chinese food, Crab, fish tofu, hot pot, hotpot
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Grilled beef tenderloin (烤牛腰部嫩肉)
In modern Beijing, people are more likely to eat at a barbecue shop than to grill meat at home. This is mostly because Chinese kitchens aren’t set up for grilling: many people live in tall new apartment towers that don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Grilling, Meat, Recipes
Tagged Asia, Asian food, beef, China, chinese food, Chinese grill, grill, tenderloin
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Xinjiang spicy chicken (新疆麻辣鸡)
Braising is a technique used throughout China, in which you first sear food in dry heat and then finish it with a longer boil or simmer. It is ideal for helping tougher cuts of meat turn out tender and juicy. … Continue reading
Posted in Braising, Chicken, Meat, Potatoes, Recipes
Tagged Asia, Asian food, big plate chicken, braised, braised chicken, chicken, China, chinese food, Xinjiang, Xinjiang spices, Xinjiang spicy chicken
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Chicken with bok choy
There really is a pleasant kind of “down the rabbit hole” feeling when trying to translate the names for Chinese vegetables into English. Speakers of American English will recognize the leaves in this dish as bok choy, sometimes called Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Bok choy, Chicken, Meat, Recipes, Stir-fry, Vegetables
Tagged Asia, Asian food, bok choy, chicken, chicken and bok choy, chile oil, chili oil, China, chinese food, Lao Gan Ma, Lao Gan Ma black bean chili oil, laoganma
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