Tag: chinese
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Fresh Bamboo Shoots with Pork
We’ve cooked with fresh bamboo shoots several times now and Hungry Bear created this easy sauté with ground pork. It’s a simple dish that really highlights the freshness and crunchy texture of the bamboo shoots.
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Star Anise Peanuts
https://sundaynitedinner.com/images/pictobrowser.swf <!– Hungry Bear is always searching for good Chinese food cookbooks and her latest find is The Seventh Daughter by Cecilia Chiang. One of the dishes that caught her eye were these star anise peanuts. They are a good alternative to salted peanuts or honey roasted peanuts. Hungry Bear made this simple snack a…
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Zha Ziang Mian (Chinese Spaghetti)
https://sundaynitedinner.com/images/pictobrowser.swf <!– Zha ziang mian, aka Chinese spaghetti, is one of Hungry Bear’s favorite comfort dishes. It has everything she likes… sweet, salty, spicy and carbs! The rich meaty sauce is nicely contrasted by the cool refreshing vegetable garnish. It’s a popular item in Northern China and legend has it that Marco Polo got his…
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Mapo Tofu
We’ve been really bad about taking pictures of our Sunday nite dinners lately. Sometimes we just want to eat and not deal with the photography, especially when dinner is not at our place. It’s a pain in the butt to lug around the DSLR and tripod to our friends place and figure out the lighting…
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Chinese White Cut Chicken (Bái Qie Ji)
https://sundaynitedinner.com/images/pictobrowser.swf <!– Chinese white cut chicken (bái qie ji) is a classic New Year’s dish and an everyday comfort item for most Chinese home cooks. It’s just a poached chicken served with a scallion-ginger sauce. While it may seem plain and simple, it takes some practice to master the cooking method and produce a juicy…
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Easy Vegetarian Fried Rice
Hungry Bear wanted to use the rice and whipped together this vegetarian fried rice using canned wheat gluten and snow cabbage & bamboo shoots. The fried rice is super easy to make. The canned goods have enough seasonings that no soy sauce is used. And there’s only a little salt to season the eggs.
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Roasted Five-Spice Pork Tenderloin
We made the roasted five-spice pork tenderloin by modifying a recipe from Susanna Foo. The main changes were adding an habanero pepper and increasing the quantity of Chinese five-spice. The tenderloin was moist and flavorful.
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Garlic Beef with Asparagus and Shiitakes
She whipped up garlic beef with asparagus and shiitake mushrooms. The key to any stir-fry with thin slices of beef is not to over cook the meat. Hungry Bear made it perfectly as it remained tender and moist. The stir-fry was really flavorful from the oyster sauce, soy, garlic and shiitakes.
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Sunday Nite Dinner Roundup
Over the last few months, we’ve had many great Sunday nite dinners. Sometimes I took pictures and other times I just wanted to eat and not bother with documenting the meal. Who wants to carry around camera equipment, a tripod and a lighting rig all the time?
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Fried Rice with Chinese Sausage and Broccoli
The beauty of fried rice is the endless variations that can be made from leftovers or random ingredients in the fridge. In my head, I have a basic shrimp fried rice recipe my mom taught me, but I can’t recall the last time I made it. Instead, each time we make fried rice, it’s a…
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