Steamed chicken is probably one of the easiest dishes to make and so delicious when topping with spring onion ginger oil. This is simple, efficient and I promise nothing complicated here. This chicken dish can be served in hot or cold, not to mention that fragrant spring onion and ginger oil sauce is definitely a…
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Silky Steamed Eggs with Clams 蛤蜊蒸蛋
Steaming is one of the easiest and time-efficient cooking methods for sure and today I have cooked another steamed dish which is so easy to achieve for quick lunch! I followed the recipe from e.g.kitchen to make this super soft, custard-looking steamed eggs with clams; it’s SO SMOOTH with briny taste of clams. The ratio…
Crispy Sesame Tofu Katsu 酥脆芝麻豆腐排
I’ve made sesame tofu cubes quite a few times (see recipe here) and I really love how it turned out with crispy outside and soft inside. Then this time I would like to put on more efforts to make Sesame Tofu Katsu. Firstly I press my tofu block, freeze, defrost, then press again. It does…
Taiwanese Rice Noodles Soup 台式米粉湯
Probably not the best known, but Taiwanese Rice Noodles Soup (台式米粉湯) is another significant Taiwanese dish which is supper common in Taiwan from breakfast shops to local night markets. This is also a common home dish that every Taiwanese family would have their own recipe. Taiwanese rice noodles soup could be very simple with fewer…
Gyudon / Japanese Beef Bowl 日式牛丼飯
Gyudon is a Japanese dish of thinly sliced beef cooked in sweet sauce mixture to serve over the rice. I’ve ordered Gyudon quite often when eating at Japanese restaurant as this was something I wouldn’t cook at home. The reason is I can’t get thinly sliced beef from supermarkets, don’t like the quality of frozen…
Drunken Chicken / Shaoxing Wine Marinated Chicken 醉雞
In Taiwanese culture, Chicken is a symbolic dish for Lunar New Year as it symbolises to bring the prosperity of family. This comes from the Taiwanese phrase ’Jia-Ke-Khi-Ke’’(呷雞起家) as the Taiwanese pronunciation of chicken -‘Ke’ – has the same sound as ‘’home’’. Usually the whole chicken is the most popular, but ‘’Drunken Chicken’’ 醉雞, a…
Taiwanese Ma You Ji / Sesame Oil Chicken Stew 麻油雞
You might already hear about Taiwanese San Bei Ji (Three Cup Chicken) and today I want to introduce another Taiwanese iconic dish – Ma You Ji, literally Sesame Oil chicken Stew. In Taiwan, this dish is not only a winter warmer but also a common traditional postpartum or post-surgery meal to help heal the body….
Mapo Tofu 麻婆豆腐 (無肉版本)
Mapo tofu is a classic Sichuan style dish with spicy, salty, a little bit numbing and aromatic flavour, this is also one of my favourite Sichuanese dishes that I would cook once in a while at home to enjoy with rice. Authentic mapo tofu usually comes with pork mince, but I find pork mince here…
Speedy Kimchi Jjigae / Kimchi Stew 韓式泡菜鍋(快速版)
Kimchi Jjigae (or Kimchi Stew) is my quick fix for chili weather especially when I have a jar of kimchi in the fridge. I originally followed an easy recipe by Chef Paek Jong-Won (His YouTube link here) but then I’ve made it my way with ingredients that I can easily get from the UK’s supermarkets….
Taiwanese Fan Tuan Rice Roll 台式早餐飯糰
Breakfast food in Taiwan is diverse with so many options that you can choose, from traditional ones to western fusion, there are way too many to introduce one by one. And speaking of my favourie Taiwanese breakfast, Fan Tuan飯糰, known as Rice Roll or Rice Ball, is definitely on my top 3 list. Fan Tuan…