Category: Make Ahead
Homemade Rice cake
I’m a lover of rice cake. I think it’s influenced by my grandma. She loved anything chewy and she loved rice cake. While I can find rice cake at my local Asian Grocery store or Korean supermarket, there is something so satisfying making it at home. I feel a sense of accomplishment making…
Modified Hainanese Chicken Rice
Growing up my mom would cook a lot of Chinese food that she grew up eating, which is mostly Northern China food. It wasn’t until I moved away to college that I became exposed to other Asian food from different countries. During my second to fourth year in university, I lived with a…
Beijing Fried Bean Sauce Noodles (炸酱面)
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…
Homemade Red Bean Paste (using a rice cooker)
I had been on vacation in UK the last two weeks. It was a much needed break. Now that I’m back, I want to start off with an easy recipe that is a staple for many East Asian desserts. I like making Asian desserts because it’s less sweet for me and it doesn’t…