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Recipes: Stir-Fry

Kung Pao Tofu Recipe

July 20, 2018 By Andrea Nguyen 7 Comments

“Can you make kung pao chicken with tofu?” the customer asked the Chinese waiter. No, kung pao chicken is made with chicken, the waiter said in a huff. The waiter was likely tired of hearing requests for protein substitutes. But perhaps if the customer asked for kung pao tofu or gong bao dou fu (“gong…

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Filed Under: Recipes: All, Recipes: Chinese, Recipes: Gluten-Free Adaptable, Recipes: Main Course, Recipes: Stir-Fry, Recipes: Tofu, Recipes: Vegan, Recipes: Vegetarian Tagged With: gong bao dou fu, history of kung pao chicken, meatless kung pao, vegetarian kung pao recipe

Lobster Tail, Lily Bulb, and Ginger Stir-Fry Recipe

February 21, 2018 By Andrea Nguyen 2 Comments

It had been many years since my family celebrated Tet together but for this year, Lunar New Year fell on Friday and the long President’s Day weekend. My dad has been dealing with some health issues so my husband and I drove about 7 hours to spend the weekend with my parents. I also volunteered…

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Filed Under: Recipes: All, Recipes: Fish and Seafood, Recipes: Gluten-Free, Recipes: Gluten-Free Adaptable, Recipes: Stir-Fry, Uncategorized Tagged With: cantonese lobster, lobster stir-fry, stir-fried lobster

Indian Green Bean and Coconut Stir-Fry Recipe

August 2, 2017 By Andrea Nguyen 3 Comments

“I now understand Jack and the Beanstalk,” my husband said, looking out at our bushy green bean plants in the garden. I expanded our growing space this year with galvanized steel beds so we’re growing triple the amount of green beans as we have in the past. I typically plant French filet beans but for…

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Filed Under: Recipes: All, Recipes: Indian, Recipes: Stir-Fry, Recipes: Vegan, Recipes: Vegetable Sides and Pickles, Recipes: Vegetarian Tagged With: green beans and coconut, huli recipe, Huralikayi Palya, indian green beans, sambar, sambar recipe, south indian cooking, south indian green beans

Clams with Fermented Tofu and Chile

June 9, 2016 By Andrea Nguyen Leave a Comment

This great recipe came about by mistake. I’d mistakenly thought that I had a key ingredient – bean sauce, for a recipe in Grace Young’s terrific Chinese cookbook, Breath of a Wok. But I went ahead and made the recipe and it turned out really really well. The reason was fermented tofu (fu ru). The…

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Filed Under: Asian Ingredients, Asian Tofu, Recipes: All, Recipes: Chinese, Recipes: Fast and Easy, Recipes: Gluten-Free, Recipes: Low-meat, Recipes: Stir-Fry Tagged With: Chinese stir-fry, clams, clams in bean sauce, Stir-fried clams

Stir-Fried Beef with Black Pepper Recipe

April 7, 2016 By Andrea Nguyen Leave a Comment

Many cookbooks are produced to be timely and of-the-moment. They inspire people to dive into trendy dishes or a celebrity’s personal recipe collection. In the publishing world, those are categorized as “frontlist” works that sell well upon release. Then there are “backlist” cookbooks that are crafted to stick around for years and sell steadily. Some…

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Filed Under: Cookbooks, Cooking Tips & Tools, Recipes: All, Recipes: Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat, Recipes: Gluten-Free Adaptable, Recipes: Main Course, Recipes: Stir-Fry Tagged With: beef, Beef stir-fry, beef stirfry, black pepper, Cantonese beef and black pepper, Chinese restaurant, Chinese stirfry, Kian Lam Kho, phoenix claws and jade trees

Kung Pao Tofu Recipe (Gong Bao Dou Fu)

November 11, 2015 By Andrea Nguyen 3 Comments

  I cannot remember when I last ordered kung pao anything at a restaurant. I gave up on it because the restaurant-style sauce was either super sweet or indistinct and there were often few peanuts. Peanuts are cheap and I’ve not known why some restaurants skimp or skip it. I love the peanuts in kung…

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Filed Under: Asian Tofu, Recipes: All, Recipes: Chinese, Recipes: Gluten-Free, Recipes: Gluten-Free Adaptable, Recipes: Main Course, Recipes: Stir-Fry, Recipes: Vegan, Recipes: Vegetarian Tagged With: bean curd, koong bow, kung pao, mapo, meatless, stirfry, tofu, vegetarian

Cilantro Peppercorn Pesto and 5 Ways to Use it

July 22, 2015 By Andrea Nguyen 1 Comment

I made a peanut noodle salad for a potluck luncheon last Saturday and ended up with about a pound leftover cilantro. There were a lot of stems with little root portions attached and immediately, my mind went to something Thai. In particular, this spicy mixture which I’ve been making since the early 1990s. The original…

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Filed Under: Cooking Tips & Tools, Recipes: All, Recipes: Appetizer and Snack, Recipes: Basic Sauces, Stocks and Garnishes, Recipes: Dairy-free, Recipes: Fast and Easy, Recipes: Gluten-Free, Recipes: Grilled, Recipes: Main Course, Recipes: Stir-Fry, Recipes: Thai, Recipes: Vegan, Recipes: Vegetable Sides and Pickles, Recipes: Vegetarian Tagged With: cilantro, pesto, recipe

Why My Family Doesn’t Eat Brussels Sprouts but I Do (+ 4 recipes)

November 25, 2014 By Andrea Nguyen Leave a Comment

About fifteen years ago, after moving to Santa Cruz in the Monterey Bay where there were acres upon acres of Brussels sprouts, I decided to surprise my family at the holidays with a ‘new’ vegetable. We never had them when I was growing up and my husband introduced me to them one fall long ago….

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Filed Under: Recipes: Fast and Easy, Recipes: Gluten-Free, Recipes: Stir-Fry, Recipes: Vegan, Recipes: Vegetable Sides and Pickles, Recipes: Vegetarian

Thai Stir-fried Chicken with Basil Recipe

July 1, 2014 By Andrea Nguyen Leave a Comment

I spotted what looked like the last bunch of lemon basil at the farmers’s market and knew that it had my name on it. There was none at the Hmong stall, where I usually find it alongside holy basil and Thai basil. This lonesome bunch was at Coke Farms, owned by 70 or 80 somethings…

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Filed Under: Recipes: All, Recipes: Chicken, Duck, Eggs, Recipes: Gluten-Free Adaptable, Recipes: Main Course, Recipes: Stir-Fry, Recipes: Thai Tagged With: andy ricker, easy thai recipe, pok pok, pok pok cookbook, pok pok recipe, simple thai recipe, thai chicken and mint, thai chicken basil recipe, thai recipe, Thai stir-fry

9 Recipes for Wok Workouts

November 7, 2013 By Andrea Nguyen 10 Comments

Following on the heels of the post on my path toward getting a nonstick wok, I thought about the various ways you can use a wok. It’s such a versatile piece of cookware suitable for stir-frying, pan-frying, deep-frying, steaming, boiling, smoking, and roasting. (I think I forgot one because I’ve been told that are eight…

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Filed Under: Cooking Tips & Tools, Recipes: All, Recipes: Appetizer and Snack, Recipes: Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat, Recipes: Deep-Fried, Recipes: Fast and Easy, Recipes: Gluten-Free, Recipes: Gluten-Free Adaptable, Recipes: Main Course, Recipes: Noodles, Recipes: One-Dish Meals, Recipes: Stir-Fry, Recipes: Vegan, Recipes: Vegetable Sides and Pickles Tagged With: Asian food, asian recipes, deep-fry, how to break in a wok, recipes, stir-fry recipes, thai, vietnamese, wok, wok cooking, wok recipes

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