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 does require some time to braise (but it’s still simple to make)….
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 simple so we don’t need to bring a lot of extra for…
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 the recipe had changed and now they are completely different. The Chinese…
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 (gamjatang). It was the highlight of my week. When cooked on stove…
Pork wontons is one of my favourite meals when I’m feeling lazy and don’t want to cook. The great thing about it is that I can freeze ahead of time and just take it out when I want to eat. The wontons are filled with ground pork and spices, and this recipe is something I’ve been making since I was young with my mom. Pork…
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 along with veggies. Once I moved out, I missed some of the…