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…
Scallion Oil Noodles, Cong You Ban Mian (葱油拌面), is an old shanghai style noodle recipe. Cong you (葱油) means scallion oil. Ban (拌) means to stir or mix. So this dish means…
Today we are making Yu Xiang Qie Zi 鱼香茄子(Fish Fragrant Eggplant). It may not sound that appetizing because of the translation but it is actually a chili garlic eggplant dish that is…
Today we will be using a Kitchenaid to make noodles from scratch. I know, making noodles by using a pasta maker is pretty basic but there are lots of tips here and…
To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, I am going to show you how to make the classic Cantonese style salted egg yolk and lotus paste moon cake (蛋黄莲蓉月饼). It is my all-time favorite,…
Today we are making Moo Goo Gai Pian (蘑菇鸡片). The name of this dish literally means mushroom and chicken. In this recipe, mushroom already contains plenty of nature MSG. I didn’t use…