Chicken mini drumsticks gently cooked in a ‘lao-sui’ stock with Chinese spices of star anise, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, fennel and Sichuan pepper, then tossed in a hot frying pan with a splash of dark soy sauce.
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Asian or Chinese home-cooked recipes
Grilled beef with Asian salad
A light and easy Asian grilled beef salad, with bean sprout, nuoc cham dressings, mint and coriander.
Poached chicken with shallot oil and oyster sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Whole chicken gently poached and shredded, tossed in sizzling shallot oil, and drizzled with a light oyster sauce.
Grilled chicken with Korean pepper, garlic, ginger and apricot jam
Grilled chicken fillets with Korean pepper, ginger, garlic, apricot jam, fish sauce and dark soy sauce.
Saute prawns with ginger, garlic, chili and wine
Sauté wide-caught prawns with onion, garlic, ginger, chili, soy sauce and a splash of white wine.
stir fried eggs with garlic chive
A tasty stir fry of egg and garlic chive with a drizzle of sesame oil, a popular home cooked meal in Southern China.
Bonito fish with chili bean paste and white wine
Pan fried bonito fish with chili bean paste and white wine, drizzled with a dash lemon juice.
Sautéed mushrooms with bacon, onion, garlic and sesame oil
Stir fry of button mushrooms, bacon, onion, capsicum and garlic
Bacon and cucumber stir fry (FODMAP Friendly)
Crunchy cucumber and crispy bacon – an easy meal in 15 minutes.
Beef with Asian dipping sauce
I grilled some Angus rump steak and served it with an Asian dipping sauce. A lovely meal to share with friends. Here are the easy
Chicken feet and corporate greed
A post collaborated with my son.
Turmeric eggs with chili tomato salsa
Easy Asian style hard boiled eggs, coated in turmeric, top with a tangy chili and tomato salsa.
Sword flower soup (霸王花汤)
Cantonese loves soups . . . soups for spring, summer, autumn and winter. My favorite autumn soup is the sword flower soup, cooked with chicken
Bitter melon with beef and fermented black bean
Bitter melon is an unusual vegetable with bumpy husk and a peculiar peppery taste. Will you appreciate the humble and unique deliciousness it offers?
Grilled chicken with Indian spices
Grilled chicken with cumin, turmeric, garam masala, mustard oil, sesame oil, ginger and garlic; tossed with coconut and sesame seeds.
Chicken giblet with ginger, garlic and cucumber
Stir fry chicken giblet with ginger, garlic, chili, dark soy sauce, sesame oil and cucumber
Chicken liver with oyster sauce
Chicken liver stir fried with ginger, garlic, chili, shallot and oyster sauce.
Pork tongue with leek and dark soy sauce
Pig tongue first blanched with ginger, star anise, clove and cardamom, then stir fried with oyster sauce, chili, and leak.
Snow fungus, goji berries and chicken soup 雪耳枸杞鸡汤 – food to balance calmness and energy
Snow fungus with goji and chicken is one of these well-balanced soups that can rejuvenate your mind and soul.
Chicken ‘siumai’ 燒賣 dumplings
Winter is here, and it rained most days last week. It was very uncomfortable for our rough sleepers. So I made an extra effort to
Shandong shredded chicken, memories of Mr. Chen’s bitterness (FODMAP friendly)
Juicy, spicy, salty and sour shredded chicken, and memories of Mr. Chen who swam to Hong Kong during the culture revolution.
Grilled pork shoulder with tomato sauce, soy sauce, lemon juice, port wine, cumin and turmeric
Pork shoulder marinated with tomato sauce, soy sauce, lemon juice, port wine, cumin and turmeric. Grilled on a gridle.
Cantonese braised beef flank with spices and soy sauce, memories of a hawker stall on the ‘Poetry Road’
Cantonese style braised beef flank or brisket with soy sauce, star anise, cloves, cinnamon, fennel seeds, cardamom and ginger.
Pork hocks poached in a light Asian ‘lao siu’ marinate (鹵水) , served chilled
Pork hocks poached in a light soy sauce marinate with cinnamon, star anise, clove, fennel seeds and cardamom, served with dipping sauce with soy sauce, sesame oil and chili.
Noodles with bacon, leek and carrot
Simple fried noodles with bacon, leek and carrot.
Pan fried tofu with green beans (FODMAP friendly)
Pan fried tofu with green bean and oyster sauce.
Fried duck eggs, with green shallot and dark soy sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Simple and easy fried duck egg.
Chicken and apricot terrine, with ham fat, thyme and bay leaf
Chicken and Apricot terrine, with ham fat, sauté onion, raisin, corn, cumin, cinnamon, thyme and bay leaf.
Oyster mushrooms with bok choy (FODMAP friendly)
Sautéed oyster mushrooms and bok choy with ginger and oyster sauce.
Video: dumpling folding styles
A short video of different dumpling folding styles.
Tomato and egg soup, memories of friendship from the GuangYa Middle School (廣東廣雅中學)
The simplest and delicious soup cooked in 10 minutes. The soup warmed the souls of girls from a boot-camp style boarding school.
Chinese mushrooms, fresh mushrooms and capsicum stir fry with oyster sauce
Chinese mushroom, fresh mushroom and capsicum stir fry, with oyster sauce and sesame oil
Blanched lettuce with oyster sauce 蚝油生菜 (FODMAP friendly)
Can a sausage meal be lovely? Easy one pot meal with sauté onion, sausages, capsicum and peas; spiced with garam masala, turmeric and mustard oil.
Stir fried tofu skin (腐竹) with Chinese mushroom (香菇) and capsicum
Tasty tofu skin stir fry dish with Chinese mushrooms and capsicums.
Asian spiced ratatouille with potato, eggplant, capsicum, zucchini and coriander (FODMAP friendly)
Baked potato, eggplant, capsicum and zucchini, spiced with garam masala, cumin and turmeric.
Eggs with capsicum, oyster sauce and sesame oil (FODMAP friendly)
Stir fried capsicum and egg with oyster sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds and green shallot.
Twice-cooked pork ribs with soy sauce, wine and vinegar (FODMAP friendly)
Home style pork spare ribs with ginger, dark soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, red wine and a hint of cumin.
Sweet, sour and crunchy pickled white radish 甜酸萝卜, and the story of a once-beutifil little girl from Waterloo
Chinese side salad – sweet, sour, crunchy pickled white radish
Bean sprout salad with soy sauce, sesame oil and sesame seeds (FODMAP friendly)
Bean sprout salad with soy sauce, sesame oil, shallot, coriander, sesame seeds.
Braised Chinese mushrooms with oyster sauce, memories of Chinese New Year
A Chinese New Year must-have dish – braised Chinese mushrooms with oyster sauce.
Steamed pork with soy sauce, memories of mum and dad’s love story (FODMAP friendly)
Steamed pork with soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame sees, white wine, shallot and chili
Grandmother’s fried pork cracklings, warm rice with pork fat and soy sauce 豬油豉油撈飯
Pan fried pork cracklings, served with a rick flavored with pork fat and soy sauce
Stir-fred sweet and sour lotus root with capsicum and green shallot 炒酸甜莲藕
Stir fry pickled lotus root with capsicum, green shallot, a dash of soy sauce and sesame oil.
One pot meal – spicy lamb shank soup with vegetables and quinoa (FODMAP friendly)
A tummy friendly lamb shank soup with potato, carrot and quinoa. To spice it up a little, I added clove, bay leaves, cumin, paprika, chili flake and black pepper. I cooked it in a pressure cooker so it was an easy one-pot meal.
One pot meal – lamb shanks and rice, with tomato, ginger, garlic and spices
One pot meal with lamb shanks, rice, onion, garlic, ginger, white wine, tomato and Indian spices.
Chilled seaweed salad with mung bean vermicelli and pickled carrot
Traditional Chinese seaweed salad with vermicelli and pickled carrot – soft, crunchy, salty, sweat and sour. It is aromatic, flavored with dark soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, green shallot (scallion) and coriander.
Blasting of a cattleman’s roast (FODMAP friendly)
Unbelievably delicious – a 2kg cattleman’s roast rubbed with oil, salt, cumin and turmeric; blasted in oven at 240°C/ 460°F before turning off the heat . The roast was cooked for further 2 hours with the remaining heat. Unbelievably delicious.
Braised pork rib with potato, carrot, miso and ginger 味噌排骨(FODMAP friendly)
Pork spare ribs braised with potato, carrot, miso paste, ginger, soy sauce, and sesame oil
Potato salad with chili-pepper infused oil and white balsamic vinegar
Blanched potato flavored with turmeric and Sichuan pepper-chili-garlic-chili infused oil, sesame oil, white balsamic, pickled carrot, sliced wood ear fungus, sliced capsicum, sesame , oil and coriander.
Prawn and pickled green mango salad
A simple salad with mango, and prawns pickled in fish sauce, apple cider vinegar with coriander, green shallot and sesame oil and sesame seeds.
Chilled tofu knots, enoki mushrooms and wood ear fungus salad 冷拌
A delightful ‘liangban’ salad with chewy tofu knots (百页结), tasty enokitake mushrooms (金菇), crunchy wood ears fungus (木耳), and coriander.
Prosperity toss 捞生 for Chinese new year (FODMAP friendly)
In Chinese, ‘yee’ means fish, a symbol of plenty. ‘Sang’ shares the same pronunciation of 升, means uplifting. With a name like that, no wonder ‘yee sang’ is one of the most popular dish for Chinese New Year around Singapore and Malaysia.
Blanched Asian mustard greens 芥菜, memories of the GuangDong GuangYa Middle School
Memories of the GuangDong GuangYa Middle School in the 1980s.
Carrot with maple syrup, coriander and turmeric (FODMAP friendly)
Simple and delicious – pan fried diced carrot coated with rice flour and maple syrup; tossed in sesame seeds, turmeric and coriander.
Grilled pork with lemongrass, ginger and chilli (FODMAP friendly)
Grilled pork marinated in fish sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, ginger and green shallot.
Pan fried pumpkin with a miso sauce
Pan fried pumpkin, served with a sauce with miso and dijon mustard
Beef stir fry with black pepper, butter, onion, ginger and garlic 黑椒牛柳
Asian beef stir fry with butter, black pepper, ginger and garlic.
Grilled beef with ginger, garlic, soy sauce and apricot jam
Grilled beef with ginger, garlic, soy sauce and apricot jam.
Poached salmon in a bonito and kelp broth
Poached salmon in a dashi broth flavored with bonito flakes, kelp (seaweed) and a dash of soy sauce.
Salt and pepper chicken (FODMAP friendly)
Chicken thigh fillet coated with potato starch, deep fried and tossed with black pepper and sea salt flack
Grilled ginger pork with wine sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Grilled pork marinated with ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, served with wine sauce.
Asian paella with miso, wasabi, and Korean pepper
Delicious and easy Asian inspired seafood paella with miso paste, Korean pepper, wasabi and sesame oil.
Chinese north-west style lamb cumin kebabs ‘羊肉串’ ( FODMAP friendly)
Grilled lamb satay with cumin, coriander seeds, sesame seeds, chili flake, Sichuan pepper and sesame oil.
Chinese white-cooked (slow-poached) chicken and a simple chicken stock (FODMAP friendly)
Simple poached chicken recipe – a hearty meal and a chicken stock
Rice paper rolls with tofu, bamboo shoot and bean sprout (FODMAP friendly)
Rice paper rolls filled with tofu, potato, carrot, capsicum, bamboo shoot, bean sprout and green bean, flavored with sesame oil and soy sauce.
Tofu chop suey with okra, eggplant and radish (FODMAP friendly)
A chop suey with pan fried firm tofu, enhanced by vegetables with interesting and gentle textures – okra, eggplant, radish, red capsicum; complimented by ginger, chili and coriander.
Braised beef tendon with soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, wine and Asian spices (FODMAP friendly)
Beef tendon braised with soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, wine and Asian spices.
Grilled baby octopus in Asian marinate
Baby octopus marinated overnight with fish sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, lemon juice, kumquat juice, sliced kaffir lime leave, chili, marmalade and sesame oil, and grill on a griddle. Juicy and tender.
Chicken chop suey of vegetables, egg and peanuts (FODMAP friendly)
Chicken stir fried with capsicum, green bean, tossed with egg and coriander, topped with peanuts.
Pan fried whiting nori roll (FODMAP friendly)
Pan fried whiting roll flavored with ginger and coriander, wrapped in seaweed, served with a light oyster sauce.
Asian style omelet with cabbage and oyster sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Asian style omelet with cabbage, green beans, carrot, oyster sauce and sesame oil.
Chicken and green bean stir fry with Sichuan chili bean paste
Chicken and green bean stir fry with Sichuan chili bean paste.
Chilled beef shank poached in an Asian ‘laosui’ master stock 酱牛腱
Beef shank poached in a ‘lao sui’ master stock, served with a cucumber salad and tangy soy-vinegar dipping sauce.
Egg and ginger soup – grandmother’s cough remedy (FODMAP Friendly)
My grandmother used to make me this egg and ginger soup when I had ‘cool’ coughs – referred to as dry coughs at night when the air is chill. A few bowls of this soup over a few days work like magic.
Stir-fried prawns with eggs and garlic chive (虾仁炒蛋)
Simple, tasty and moist stir-fried prawns with garlic chive and eggs.
Egg and seaweed rolls (FODMAP friendly)
Seaweed roll of eggs, green bean and carrot.
Parmesan eggplant with cayenne pepper and panko
My husband likes most food except for tomatoes and eggplants. So I was determined to try out a few more eggplant dishes – may be
Sambal eggplant with dried shrimp
I love eggplant. The best eggplant dish I ever tasted was a sambal belacan stir fry. Sambal is a delicious chili paste with garlic, ginger
Easy Chineses tripe salad with soy sauce and sesame oil 涼拌蜂窝牛肚
Chilled spicy tripe ‘liangban’ with soy sauce and sesame oil.
Creamy seafood chowder with a hint of turmeric
Seafood chowder
Twice-cooked pork with Sichuan soy bean pastes and leek (Hui Guo Rou 回锅肉)
Chinese twice-cooked pork, first blanched in a brine with spices, then stir-fried with chili soy bean paste, sweet soy bean paste, leek and capsicum.
Chinese tea eggs 茶叶蛋 (FODMAP friendly)
The soy sauce and tea-infused eggs is a popular street snack food across Asia.
Spicy lamb in a Chinese bun sandwich
Spicy lamb with chili soy bean paste and leek, served in a Chinese steamed bun.
Malaysian chicken curry and leek pie
Malaysian chicken curry and leek pie with coconut, lime and karffir lime leaves
Eggs with a spicy, tangy, sweet and salty sauce
There was a fete in my little boy’s school and I made some of these for the Asian food stall. It was a fusion of
Cloud ear fungus, tofu and garlic chive salad
A school mum originally from Dalian., a city from Northern China taught me this dish.
Chicken chop suey with Chinese vegetable, my father’s memories of radish meals during the Great Famine in 1961
Chicken chop suey with sweet-salty radish, Chinese mushroom, lily buds and bamboo shoots.
Poached chicken in Chinese rice wine
Poached chicken with a Chinese rice wine and soy sauce dressing, drizzled with sesame oil and shallot oil.
Stir-fried chicken with Chinese sweet vinegar and Chinese wine
Stir-fried chicken with ginger, Chinese sweet vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and Chinese wine.
Saute fresh clams with spicy XO sauce and wine, and the life story of my uncle from TaiShan 台山
Sautéed fresh clams in shells with XO sauce, wine, shallot, chili and coriander.
Chicken broth with ginger and bok choy (FODMAP friendly)
10-minute chicken and bok choy broth with ginger.
Stir fry of tomato and egg with oyster sauce (番茄炒蛋) (FODMAP friendly)
This is one of my childhood favorite – sweet, sour, juicy and tender.
Pork belly braised with spicy bamboo shoot
Pork belly braised with spicy preserved bamboo shoot, ginger, dark soy sauce and wine.
Slow poached whole chicken with ginger and vinegar sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Gently poached chicken with a dressing of ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and vinegar, top with coriander.
Green beans and eggs, with oyster sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Egg, green beans and capsicum stir fry with oyster sauce.
Asian inspired seafood bisque
Asian inspired seafood bisque with lemon grass, coriander, ginger and turmeric.
Stuffed chili pepper with lamb, with oyster sauce and sesame oil 煎釀辣椒 (FODMAP friendly)
Pan fried chilies stuffed with lamb, with oyster sauce and sesame oil.
Steamed tofu with pork floss (肉松), noodles, soy sauce and vinegar
The silkiness of the tofu enhanced by the tangy soy sauce and vinegar sauce, complimented by the sweetness of the pork floss. Add noodles to
Steamed Pork belly with dry salted Chinese mustard greens (梅菜扣肉)
Steamed pork belly with preserved Chinese vegetables (dry mustard greens).
Stir fry tofu with chili bean paste and oyster sauce, my father’s story about 2 spoonful of cooking oil
Stir fry tofu with fermented chili soy bean paste and oyster sauce.
Steamed blue eye cod, memories of the ‘Yayan Lane’ 雅言里 where we once lived (FODMAP friendly)
Chinese steamed fish with soy sauce, shallot and coriander
Chinese traditional steamed minced pork 蒸肉餅
Traditional Chinese steamed ground pork with Chinese mushrooms, shallot, ginger, wine, soy sauce and sesame oil.
Poached chicken breast with Asian slaw *** memories of the Chinese New Year’s chicken feast
Poached chicken with Asian salad of wombok, pickled carrot, mung bean vermicelli, mint and coriander, serviced with a spicy dressing.
Chicken San Choy Bow
Chicken san choy bow – delicious lettuce wrap with chicken, Chinese mushrooms, bamboo shoot and oyster sauce.
Bok choy with ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and wine- memories of my grandmother’s chicken coop (FODMAP friendly)
Sauté bok choy with ginger and wine.
