Nov. 22, 2009 12:00 pm
Updated: Nov. 22, 2009 10:29 pm
I am sure everyone is busy this time of year. It has been a hectic
week: school work, my tutoring job, and some sad news about my favorite
Szechuan restaurant in Seattle. I found out the restaurant had a fire
that was set by an arsonist when I went over to order some food to go
last night. All I
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Ingredients
Preparation
Fish-pre stir fried
Pickle Chili Pepper Fish finished
Nov. 16, 2009 9:44 pm
Updated: Nov. 23, 2009 7:28 pm
The dish is going to take you a little bit more time, but
I promise that you and your guests will love this dish. It is a
traditional Chinese homemade dish and you don't usually see it in a
restaurant. This is my homemade stuffed tofu!Ingredients:1 lb pork loin 2 bag Tofu puffs3 green onions1 T C
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Steps of mixing the stuffing. You may skip using the Chinese pickled cabbages!
Putting in the stuffing; precook the tofu
Szechuan black bean sauce; making the sauce; mixing the tofu with the sauce
Tofu puffs and pork loin.
Nov. 15, 2009 1:06 pm
Updated: Nov. 20, 2009 10:13 pm
People reading my blog may have been wondering if I am from an area in
China where people eat a lot of spicy food. I am actually from Southern
China where Dim Sum was originated and the food is usually light in
taste. I am the only one in my family who likes spicy food, and I went
to college in
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Tofu with chive spears Ingredients
Cut the Firm tofu into thin slices
Tofu after precooked
Tofu with chive spears finished
Nov. 11, 2009 9:37 pm
Updated: Nov. 19, 2009 9:01 pm
The dish I made on Halloween weekend--Ma La Ji Ding. "Ma"
means "numb", "La" means "spicy", "Ji Ding" means "Chicken cubes". Some
of you may know that Szechuan food has a unique flavor which can make
your tongue a bit numb after you eat the food. Some people are crazy
about this sensation, some
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1) Cut the chicken into bite size cubes, and mix them with marinade well. Marinate them for at least
Chicken fried; dry chili pepper cut into half; pepper corn
Leave about 1/4 cup of oil in the frying pan. Heat it up. Put in peppercorn and dry chili pepper
Ma La Ji Ding Finished
Nov. 8, 2009 7:31 pm
Updated: Nov. 10, 2009 5:08 pm
According to the Chinese calendar, Saturday 11/6 was the day when we
are supposed to have some special herbal slow cooked food for the
winter. We called it "Jin Bu", and this day was supposed to be the
first day of winter according to lunar calendar. Tradition herbal slow
cooked food includes: g
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Green Onion Lamb--ingredients
Green Onion Lamb--ingredients--garlic
Green Onion Lamb finished
Nov. 8, 2009 2:44 pm
Updated: Nov. 10, 2009 8:10 am
What is chicken powder? This is the most common question people would ask when they read my blog or recipes. It is actually a chicken broth but in powder form. Sometimes they even come in cubes. For me, they are a great substitution of MSG. As we all know that, Asian cooking especially in…
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Chicken powder
Chicken broth in cube form
Nov. 6, 2009 5:53 pm
Updated: Nov. 14, 2009 6:33 am
Sometimes we eat
foods which fit with a certain season. Summer is over in Seattle
apparently, and I am missing summer for sure. The dish I am going to
show you today is actually a perfect summer dish. But I still make it
from time to time, as it is simple and a good appetizer. It is lotus
root
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Steps of making lotus root salad
Lotus root salad Ingredients
Nov. 6, 2009 8:31 am
Updated: Nov. 23, 2009 10:31 pm
I
am a crazy busy nursing student who LOVES to cook and I have been writing a cooking blog on another blog site for more than two months, although I felt that my recipes have not been shared than I wanted them to be. That's why I am here. I have many more
other interests besides…
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