Notes about Recipes in this book

• Summer noodle salad with ginger garlic dressing

  • ejsimpson on May 19, 2019

    I added thinly sliced/julienned red pepper to this. I did not have soba noodles but had somen noodles and fresh Chinese egg noodles that were vermicelli sized. Both worked beautifully. The secret to this was letting it sit so that the flavors develop. My whole family loved this!

• Broiled salmon collars

  • SheilaS on August 04, 2024

    This is a great recipe for salmon collars and offers 3 different sauce options to brush on the collars before broiling. They're a little messy to eat but such a treat!

• Carrot coconut soup

  • peaceoutdesign on April 27, 2024

    Simple and easy. I added a bit more coconut milk and 1t of cider vinegar. I topped with toasted pepitos tossed in ground za'atar

• Roasted miso maple potatoes

  • peaceoutdesign on December 30, 2021

    Good and Easy. I used store-bought Asian fried onions

  • Kduncan on April 08, 2019

    Great recipe, really good flavor on the potatoes. Really easy to make. The mix of soy sauce, miso, and maple syrup was very good.

  • hbakke on June 03, 2024

    We loved these potatoes. Will repeat. The sauce was so flavorful.

• Cranberry sweet and sour sauce

  • peaceoutdesign on December 26, 2021

    Easy and better than traditional sweet and sour.

  • Kduncan on April 19, 2019

    Good flavor, very easy to cook. Used on Cranberry Pork Recipe.

• Toasted salt and peppercorns

  • peaceoutdesign on December 30, 2021

    Great simple seasoning.

• Beef and broccoli

  • peaceoutdesign on December 30, 2021

    This was good, I didn't garnish with the lemon zest and I think that it might have needed it. The marinade didn't seem to add much but the sauce was delish.

• Dim sum turnip cakes with bacon and mushrooms

  • peaceoutdesign on December 28, 2021

    In the recipe, it doesn't say anything about adding or reserving any liquid. The end mix should be more of a batter as per the attached recipe, I drained the radish and then to the mix added 1 cup of liquid, which in my case was the soaking liquid for dried shitakes. I served with the cranberry sweet and sour but next time would choose a more savory/spicy sauce. The texture is a bit goey even when fried and I think that this is because of the rice flour and corn starch combo. Everyone loved them regardless. I would like to try a traditional version with Chinese sausage and dried shrimp. For additional info https://thewoksoflife.com/turnip-cake-lo-bak-go/#recipe

• Yu xiang eggplant with cranberries and almonds

  • peaceoutdesign on May 03, 2023

    This was very vinegary but I think that the solution would be to reduce it more after it reaches a simmer. My eggplant was unusually thick-skinned and that had a bad impact. Loved the cranberries and nuts

  • lizbot2000 on February 17, 2019

    I love dried cranberries, so I had to try this. It was great and very easy to make. I'm planning to make lunch boxes for the week out of this, some rice, some air fried tofu, and some stir fried greens.

• Sweet potato, feta, and brown butter dumplings

  • peaceoutdesign on December 30, 2021

    Interesting and does sort of taste like Butternut squash ravioli. Although they were good I think that a more traditional potsticker is better.

• The kimchi dog

  • kitchen_chick on May 24, 2020

    I recommend using thin hot dogs. We used fat hot dogs, and the end results was too thick to roll up like a burrito! Still, very tasty.

  • mjes on September 01, 2021

    This is a great way to use hot dogs - in some ways familiar, in others surprising. Put another way it allows one to throw a hot dog party that satisfies all tastes by offering standard and unusual buns and condiments.

• Charred cabbage salad

  • kitchen_chick on March 25, 2020

    We can’t eat cheese so I substituted a vegan fake-parm that I chopped and ran through a mini-food processor to crumble it. While not the same flavor as blue-cheese it does add a salty-unami note, and that worked for us non-cheese eaters.

• Sesame ssam jang brisket lettuce wraps

  • kitchen_chick on August 01, 2020

    This is fabulous and easy. What you need is time as it takes 3-4 hours to cook. Most of the listed ingredients are for optional dipping sauces and pickles. All you need for cooking the meat is doenjang (or miso), sesame oil, gochujang, honey, garlic, Chinese sesame paste (or tahini), beer, onions, and cooking oil. Oh, and the brisket.

• Jjajang lamb noodles

  • lizbot2000 on February 17, 2019

    My last attempt at jjajangmyeon was a horrific failure, so I am very happy to say this was delicious! It took a few dishes, which was a bit of a pain, but overall it wasn't much work for a really nice dish. Next time I think I'll pickle the cucumbers and use more scallions.

  • Kduncan on April 19, 2019

    Though it is a quick and easy recipe, just overall the flavor was pretty basic. Was not that impressed.

• Hot water dough

  • Kduncan on May 14, 2019

    Pretty quick and easy dough, was very good in the scallion pancakes.

• Three sisters dumplings

  • Kduncan on March 30, 2020

    We love these dumplings at the restaurant, but I found that this recipe doesn't hold up as well, maybe I needed more seasoning, or fresh corn instead of frozen. The recipe made too much filling for the 24 wrappers we had, but as it's vegetarian we figure it will hold in the fridge till next week when we make/buy more wrappers to use it up.

• Cumin lamb dumplings with mint yoghurt

  • Kduncan on March 30, 2020

    We loved these dumplings, and they were so easy to make (for dumplings). Great flavor, both the lamb and the cumin really stood out. Delicious.

• Scallion pancakes

  • Kduncan on May 14, 2019

    Great scallion pancake recipe, though the pancakes are large. Dipping sauce is also good in flavor.

• Fried shallots

  • Kduncan on April 19, 2019

    Easy fried shallot recipe, comes out as expected.

• Cranberry sweet and sour stir-fried pork

  • Kduncan on April 19, 2019

    The rice cakes came out really well. I felt that this recipe lacked a vegetable part, but other then that the flavor was great.

• Golden fortune stir-fry

  • Kduncan on October 19, 2020

    We really enjoyed this, the peanut butter sauce with the charred veggies over rice was so simple to make but packed a great punch.

• Rye fried rice with pickled cranberries and honey scallion goat cheese

  • Kduncan on October 20, 2020

    We really enjoyed this, the "fried" rice was nice and crunchy, and the goat cheese "sauce" was really nice with it. Looking forward to making this one again.

• Biang biang noodles with curry yogurt sauce

  • Kduncan on October 20, 2020

    The noodle recipe was really good, and my noodles came out really well. I wasn't a huge fan of the sauce though, and in the future would probably do a different sauce going forward.

• Apple hoisin-glazed pork chops

  • Kduncan on April 08, 2019

    Nothing special, only marinated for 6 hours though. Probably won't make again.

• Soy ginger noodle salad with pickled carrots and tofu

  • BeckyLeJ on September 03, 2019

    This is a very light meal. We used furikake in place of nori, just for more flavor.

• Red curry Frito pie

  • BeckyLeJ on September 03, 2019

    I’m a big fan of Frito pies. This is a great twist and the curry sauce is amazing!

• Lion's head meatballs with stewed eggplant

  • BeckyLeJ on September 03, 2019

    My absolute favorite dish in this cookbook so far, the meatballs are incredibly flavorful and tender. So good!

• Harvest moon curry

  • Jviney on February 08, 2022

    This sauce was a good way to dress up a bowl of veggies and rice. I hate adjusting a recipe the first time I make it, but Covid quarantine, so I had no poblano peppers and subbed jalapeño. Would add more than the 2 Tbsp next time as it was a very mild sauce.

• Traditional-ish pork dumplings

  • Anneherzberg on April 09, 2020

    Used kale and spring onions as the veggies in the filling-delicious!

• Roasted whole fish with summer tomatoes and the Chinese trinity

  • Bessp on August 08, 2024

    I used a side of salmon. Made a very quick and delicious dinner with a glut of summer tomatoes. Surprisingly easy for the depth of flavor, leftovers were great warm and cold.

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