Blog Tag - Chinese Cooking

How to Make Dry-Pot Cauliflower (干锅菜花)
Dry pot (gānguō) dishes appear frequently on the menus of Hunan, Sichuan, and homestyle cuisine restaurants. Exceedingly versatile, gānguō dishes can...
Spice Trails: Stock Your Pantry With this Adaptable Chili Oil
Like many amateur cooks, I’m understandably wary of large containers of hot oil so until recently I hadn’t ever given much thought to making my own...
A Quick Guide to Some of the Different Types of Chinese Vinegar
Ever been in a Chinese supermarket surrounded by shelves of Chinese vinegar and had no idea what the differences are or which one to buy? Well, don't...
Upgrade Your Snack Game with a Batch of Chinese Tea Eggs
I love eggs in all their forms but there is a special place in my heart for that most portable of Chinese breakfast foods: the tea egg. A humble tea...
Chinese Cookbook: Learn How to Make Chinese Spicy Garlic Stir-Fried Eggplant
Despite having "fish fragrance" in its name, there's no addition of fish whatsoever in stir-fried spicy garlic eggplant (鱼香茄子 yú xiāng qiézi). And...
Try Something Different this Lantern Festival with this Peanut Butter Tangyuan Recipe
汤圆 Tāngyuán – glutinous rice dumplings generally made with a sweet and slightly savory black sesame filling – are a staple at most Chinese dinner...
Wokipedia: Q is For...
In Wokipedia, we introduce aspects of Chinese gastronomy, one letter at a time. This time, 'Q' gets the treatment. … qì 汽Qi, or steam, is one of the...
Rock Out With Your Wok Out at These 5 Beijing Cooking Classes
Cooking classes are a great way to learn a new skill, get to know a cuisine better, or even just meet new people. As you might imagine, for a country...
In Conversation with Carolyn Phillips, Author of new Cookbook All Under Heaven
I have been following food writer, scholar, and illustrator Carolyn Phillips' excellent blog "Madame Huang's Kitchen" for years so it was with much...
Comfort Food Outside of Your Comfort Zone, and a “Recipe” for Congee
It’s funny how breakfast is often the meal that offers the most comforting taste of home. When I first moved to China, I abandoned western food at...
Seasonal Eats: Make Spring Rolls at Home
Clemence Jiang of beijingkids guides us through how to make the perfect spring snack – spring rolls. It's all in the name, folks! Spring is never...
Wokipedia: Four Chinese Food Words That Start With S
  “Wokipedia” is a regular magazine column in which we introduce aspects of Chinese gastronomy, one letter at a time. ...si 丝: This word, or...