Tag: Chinese-inspired
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Stir-fried Potatoes with pork and cabbage
This recipe is very loosely inspired by northern Chinese Hunan province recipes for spicy potatoes. I think it was end of winter, but I just wanted hot potatoes and cabbage with pork, and this dish definitely fit the bill. Finding the right meat was harder than I thought it would be — pork was the…
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Hoisin Sauce – Gluten-free with Soy-free option
Hoisin sauce was just another well-loved condiment no longer within my grasp until I found a recipe and modified it to be safe for me. If you have a soy allergy (I don’t) try this with Mary Kate’s Soy-Free, gluten-free “Tamari Sauce” and let us know how it worked out for you. Hoisin Sauce – Gluten-free with…
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Crispy Duck
Crispy Duck 1 whole fresh duck (or some duck legs or breasts if you don’t want to deal with a whole duck) 1 Tablespoon of sea salt 2 teaspoons of Chinese Five Spice a pair of good kitchen shears roasting pan that can fit a rack in the bottom oven safe cookie rack that fits…
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Plum Sauce
I have another canning inspired recipe for you. I made and canned plum sauce because I wasn’t able to find a safe commercial version for me, and because I eat a lot of Asian and Asian inspired food. Since I’ll be using this as a condiment for some of the dishes that are coming up,…
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Pork Peking Ravioli (aka Potsticker, Wonton, Gyoza, etc.)
Before the food allergy apocalypse hit, one of the things I really liked to do was to make my own Peking Ravioli (aka Potsticker, Wonton, Gyoza, etc.) or whatever you want to call your basic Asian style dumpling. Apparently you only call them Peking Ravioli if you live in the Northeast because that was what Joyce…
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Year of the Snake Stir Fry
For the many years where the only allergen I needed to avoid was dairy, Asian restaurants of most types were a saving grace. With the exception of Indian cuisine, which uses cream and butter, most cuisines of the Asian continent use little to no dairy. Now that there are more allergens in my arsenal, it’s…
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Garlic & Ginger Bok Choi
Bok choi is a vegetable which is high in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and calcium, and often used in Asian cooking. For those of us who are dairy-free, vegetables high in calcium are a good thing. A relative of the turnip, bok choy has a light sweet flavor, and it’s low in calories. I developed…