Potently flavorful and fragrant, this is a central ingredient in many Chinese dishes and will work absolute MIRACLES for the foods you add it to! Made from scratch with an unrivaled depth of flavor that will "wow" your taste buds, look no further for the BEST hoisin sauce … Continue reading →
BEST Sweet and Sour Sauce
Look no further for what is consistently ranked the BEST sweet and sour sauce recipe on the web! There are so many ways to enjoy this popular and versatile sauce (see blog post for ideas) and it takes just 5 ingredients and only 5 minutes of prep/cook time. This homemade … Continue reading →
Shanghai Noodles (Cu Chao Mian)
These Chinese fried noodles feature thinly sliced pork, cabbage, garlic, ginger, green onions, and a sauce that will make your mouth water! This Shanghai Noodles recipe is Chinese street food at its best. Quick and easy to make, it's perfect for a weeknight … Continue reading →
Mongolian Chicken
This BEST Mongolian Chicken recipe is ready to serve in 15 minutes and rivals your favorite takeout or restaurant for freshness and flavor! Tender chicken is drenched in a sweet and savory sauce with crisp green onions and served over steamed rice or egg noodles. It's … Continue reading →
Sweet and Sour Meatball Kabobs
The perfect balance of sweet and tangy, these savory Sweet and Sour Meatball Kabobs pack in a lot of healthy veggies and are as visually pretty as they are delicious! The skewers can be assembled well in advance and then thrown on the grill as soon as you're ready to … Continue reading →
General Tso’s Chicken
This General Tso's Chicken recipe features perfectly crispy coated chicken is tossed in a deliciously sweet and spicy sauce and served with steamed rice. Ready in less than 30 minutes and better than the takeout version, for spicy food lovers General Tso's Chicken is … Continue reading →
Chinese Beef and Broccoli
This delicious Chinese Beef and Broccoli recipe comes together in just minutes. Perfect for busy weeknights and WAY better than Chinese takeout, this is sure to become a favorite in your home! One of the most popular Chinese takeout dishes, this features succulent … Continue reading →
Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
Look no further for the BEST Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken recipe! Hands off, fuss free, 10 minutes of prep time, and you'll come home to a delicious, ready meal! It's after making meals like this that I ask myself why I don't utilize my slow cooker more often.  I … Continue reading →
Mongolian Beef
Tender, juicy strips of stir-fried beef in a luxuriously flavorful sauce! Few Chinese dishes are as irresistibly delicious as Mongolian Beef. This Mongolian Beef recipe takes the flavor over the top, is quick and easy to make (ready to serve in 15-20 minutes!), and rivals … Continue reading →
Baked Tofu
This baked tofu recipe transforms that soft, squishy mass into the most delightfully crispy-chewy nuggets that take all of 5 minutes of prep time and can be used as a substitute in virtually any dish that calls for meat! As an omnivore I like meat but I don't eat a … Continue reading →
Asian Salad Dressing
This versatile Asian Salad Dressing recipe comes together in 5 minutes and is absolutely delicious on leafy green salads, steamed veggies, drizzled over beef, pork, chicken, seafood and noodles, or mixed in cabbage and carrots for a fabulous Asian coleslaw! Whenever … Continue reading →
Asian Wheat Berry Salad
This Asian Wheat Berry Salad recipe is easy to make, features a vibrant rainbow of colors and textures, and is absolutely delicious! A perfect make-ahead salad. I know what you may be thinking. "Wheat berries.  Ummm.  Boring." But I'm telling you what, it's … Continue reading →
BEST Char Siu Sauce
BEST Char Siu Sauce Recipe Whip up a batch of this delicious and versatile sauce in less than 10 minutes and then use it on your pork, chicken, seafood, rice, noodles, in your stir-fries, and more! The flavors are bold and vibrant and will make your taste buds … Continue reading →
Ultimate Orange Chicken
Tender, crispy chicken smothered in a deliciously fresh, sweet and tangy orange sauce, This Chinese Orange Chicken recipe rivals your favorite takeout! This Chinese Orange Chicken is tender, chewy, crispy, citrusy, sweet, tangy and spicy all in one! What is Orange … Continue reading →
Sesame Chicken
This Sesame Chicken recipe rivals your favorite Chinese takeout or restaurant version. Deliciously crispy breaded chicken is tossed in an exquisitely sweet-savory sauce that will "wow" your taste buds and have you coming back for seconds! Sesame Chicken Recipe Chinese … Continue reading →
Orange Beef
Tender beef in a delicious spicy-sweet orange sauce, this Orange Beef recipe is quick and easy to make, is bursting with flavor and aroma, and is sure to be a smash hit! Orange Beef Recipe You don't have to order takeout any more to enjoy Orange Beef. This Orange Beef … Continue reading →
Authentic Hot and Sour Soup
This thoroughly authentic Chinese Hot and Sour Soup recipe is carefully crafted, jam-packed with flavor, rivals your very favorite restaurant version, and is sure to WOW your dinner guests! Good restaurant Chinese hot and sour soup has a very distinct flavor that can … Continue reading →
Authentic Chinese Five Spice
Chinese Five Spice is thought to have been the result of the Chinese's attempt at creating the ultimate "wonder powder." And all we can say is: Mission accomplished! Sweet, spicy, robust and vibrant, a small dash of this goes a long way to adding life and incredible … Continue reading →
BEST Sweet Chili Sauce
This homemade sweet chili sauce recipe is guaranteed to become a favorite staple in your home! It's versatile, is quick and easy to make, is free of additives, and tastes WAY better than the store-bought stuff! As with most everything, nothing beats homemade and … Continue reading →
Kung Pao Chicken
Authentic and thoroughly delicious, this Kung Pao Chicken rivals your favorite takeout or restaurant version and is super quick to make! And get ready to brace yourself because this dish packs a PUNCH! Kung Pao Chicken originated in the Szechuan province of China and … Continue reading →
Wonton Soup
One of the most popular of all Chinese soups, with its rich and aromatic broth and its plump, flavor-packed wontons, this wonton soup is a guaranteed showstopper! I've partnered with Aneto to bring you this post. Wonton Soup is like the chicken noodle soup of … Continue reading →
BEST Sweet and Sour Chicken
Battered and fried chicken pieces are simmered in a delicious sweet and sour sauce with bell peppers, green onions and pineapple.  Easy to make and thoroughly delicious! Originating in China and popular throughout many parts of the world, sweet and sour chicken is a … Continue reading →
Authentic Chinese Plum Sauce
Chinese plum sauce is a smooth sweet and tart sauce infused with traditional Chinese spices and boasts a deliciously complex flavor profile that will mesmerize your taste buds! It's wonderfully versatile as a dipping sauce, stir-fry sauce, basting sauce or glaze as well as … Continue reading →
Slow Cooker Chinese Fried Rice
Fuss-free, hands-off, one-pot, now you can enjoy a Chinese take-out favorite and let your slow cooker do everything for you - try our Slow Cooker "Fried" Rice recipe! Chinese fried rice has always been a favorite of mine, but it's a long process to get it right, to … Continue reading →
BEST Chinese Black Bean Sauce
This authentic black bean sauce recipe holds the grand secret to making some of the best Chinese food on the planet! It will work absolute flavor miracles for your Chinese dishes! For those of you who know what Chinese black bean sauce is, you already know the … Continue reading →
Chinese Chicken Fried Quinoa
I love cooking with a variety of grains and quinoa is one that I particularly enjoy experimenting with. Â Not because it's my favorite tasting grain, but because it's the healthiest grain on the planet, the only grain that is a complete protein. Â I like to use quinoa in … Continue reading →
Goat Cheese, Spinach and Bacon Wontons
If you don't like goat cheese, no problem - use cream cheese instead. Â Either way, these crispy bundles of goodness are simply irresistible! They are dangerous though, I have to warn you. Â These are one of those foods that are hard to stop eating. Â You pop one in your … Continue reading →
Beef Stir-fry with Snow Peas and Mushrooms
Who doesn't enjoy a good stir-fry? One of the things I about Chinese food, aside from the fact that it's delicious, is that it's generally so doggone quick to make. Â Really the only time involved is the prep work - the chopping. Â The actual cooking takes less than 5 … Continue reading →
Mu Shu Pork Wraps
Thank you to Campbell’s Dinner Sauces for sponsoring this post! Mu Shu Pork originated in northern China and first became popular in the U.S. in the 1960's.  It quickly became popular and is now a staple in Chinese American cuisine.  There are many variations of this … Continue reading →
Shanghai Burgers
Sometimes there just are no words. Like this time. Yum. Aw, I can do better than that. Â Let's try this again... Scrumptiously, delectably, exquisitely, deliciously, lusciously, scandalously, daringly, tantalizingly ...YUM! There, that's better. We all have … Continue reading →
Red Robin Banzai Burger Copycat Recipe
To quote a friend, "Sometimes you just need a great burger." Â I couldn't agree more. … Continue reading →
Ginger Scallion Noodles
Ginger Scallion Noodles. Â Ready in less than 15 minutes + can be made ahead of time + tastes delicious = Yes, please! … Continue reading →
Ultimate Chicken Chow Mein
Good food is therapeutic. Â It adds spice to life, offers comfort for the "blah's", provides warmth on a cold evening, coolth on a hot day...and helps unravel and unfrazzle you after having spent two hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the cursed I-5 headed south of Seattle … Continue reading →
Sichuan Chicken and Cashew Noodles
Here is a dish I threw together a few years ago and it's been a family favorite since. Â It's quick and easy to assemble. Â It's also a perfect dish for using up leftover chicken. Â A delicious blend of Asian flavors, tender chicken, and crunchy cashews makes for a … Continue reading →
Chinese Honey-Glazed Beef and Walnuts
Fengmi Niulijirou Hetaoren. Â Repeat 3 times in a row as fast as you can. Â That's Chinese for "Chinese honey-glazed beef and walnuts." Â Sweet and sticky beef with crunchy glazed walnuts - Â like eating candy. Â SO good. Â This dish comes from the Northern region of China. The … Continue reading →