胡辣汤 (Hu La Tang) is the most popular breakfast in He Nan province. Tang means soup, Hu is the first character of peppercorns in Chinese, and La means hot or spicy. This…
Today we are making Ji Dan Guan Bing (鸡蛋灌饼). Jidan means egg, and Bing means pancakes or flatbread. In this recipe, it is more like a pita. Guan is a verb that…
Today, we are making ground pork stir fry with long beans. My family makes this dish often. It is so basic and easy that I didn’t even think about making a video…
Today, we are making Hong Shao Rou (红烧肉). Rou means meat; in this recipe, it often refers to pork belly. Hong Shao means red braise. It is a Chinese cooking method that…
Today, we are making a recipe from my childhood memory, 猪肉蛋卷. Zhurou means pork, and Danjuan means eggroll. Unlike the deep-fried egg, the wrapper is not made with flour, it is made…
Today we are making a classic dish from Northeastern Chinese cuisine – 猪肉白菜炖粉条. The name pretty much explains everything: Zhurou (猪肉) means pork, Baicai (白菜) is daikon cabbage, and Fentiao (粉条) means…
Today we are making Wan Zhou Kao Yu (万州烤鱼). Wan Zhou is a district in Chongqing, Sichuan province, where this dish is originally from. Kao Yu means grilled fish. The district is…
Da Pan Ji is a because it means a big plate of chicken. The chicken is stir-fried first, then stewed with potato pieces and served on top of noodles. It was created…
This Xinjiang style Uighur Naan, which is a flatbread that looks like a pizza without sauce. The edge is thick, and the middle is thinner. It is usually topped with sesame and…