Orange Chicken with Fried Rice
Growing up I despised what I knew as Chinese food. What we always got was greasy, over breaded, over sauced American take-out Chinese food. It was terrible. This aversion became a fairly serious problem for me when I was first invited over to my future mother-in-law’s house for dinner. She is from Taiwan and was going to make us home-cooked Chinese food for dinner. I was distraught. I hated Chinese food, but I did not want...
Five Spice Roasted Chicken Thighs with Peanut Rice Noodles
I don’t pretend to be an expert on Asian cooking. Far from it. However, I know what I like, and I know what tastes good, and this chicken and noodle dish certainly does taste good! The chicken and the noodles could stand alone as separate dishes, but I adore the spiced chicken with the peanut noodles. The noodles are important. Certainly you could substitute whatever you have available, but the rice vermicelli has two...
Pot Stickers with Pork Filling – Daring Cooks June 2009
I decided, because I don’t have enough to do, that I would join The Daring Kitchen. I know. I know. This month’s Daring Cooks Challenge is by Jen from Use Real Butter who challenged us all to make homemade pot sticker wrappers. Overall, it was not terribly difficult, but it did take a little time to roll and fill the dumplings. Of course, if you have friends and family willing to help, an assembly line makes...
Char Siu Bao – Chinese Pork Steam Buns
When my husband was little his mother, who is from Taiwan, would take him along on her shopping expeditions to Chinatown in his hometown of Chicago. As a treat, she would buy him char siu bao, or Chinese BBQ pork steamed buns. I believe food can create memories, and passing a Chinese bakery one day a few years ago we saw some of these pale buns in the case and he was five again, shopping with his mom and munching on buns. Of...
