Category: Pork

Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs (糖醋排骨)

Growing up my mom cooked a lot. She cooked a lot of different Chinese dishes. One of those dishes were Sweet and sour pork ribs. It’s a simple and classic Chinese dishes that only utilizes one main ingredient: pork ribs. The sauce is simply sugar and vinegar. The ingredients are simple but it…

Pork Rib Soup (using instant pot)

Pork rib soup is simple to make and only requires 3 ingredients. If you are new to cooking, this soup is a great dish to try. This soup was actually derived from one of my husband’s friend recipe. He would always make this pork rib soup when we went camping. The recipe is…

Beijing Fried Bean Sauce Noodles (ZhaJiangMian)

I spent a part of my childhood in Beijing and my mom is from Beijing. One of the dishes my mom made was fried bean sauce noodles with this fried bean sauce. If you had Jajangmyeon from a Korean Chinese restaurant, it has origin to original Zha Jiang Mian. However over the years…

Instant Pot Gamjatang (Korean Pork Bone and Potato Stew)

Today I’m making a easier version of the classic Gamjatang using my instant pot. When I was in high school, I used to take music and band lessons in Richmond Hill. My parents would always go to a T&T supermarket and they had a stall that would sell Korean Pork Bone potato stew…

Braised Pork Belly (hong shao rou)

Hong shao rou is very popular dish in China. This is also one of my favourite dish my mom used to cook for me. I used to love eating pieces of pork belly with boiled eggs.  It was definitely one of the dishes that will make me eat a whole bowl of rice…