This noodle dish is ‘dry fried’, means the sauce is ‘sizzled up’ by the wok’s high heat or in Chinese, it is call ‘wok-chi’.
Tag: Asian recipe
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.
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
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?
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.
Egg fried rice with turmeric, cumin, soy sauce and sesame oil, recipe of Auntie Wong
Egg fried rice with turmeric, cumin, soy sauce and sesame oil
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.
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.
Fried duck eggs, with green shallot and dark soy sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Simple and easy fried duck egg.
Deep fried cactus flowers (曇花) , with Chinese five-spice and fried green shallot
Deep fried cactus flowers with Chinese five-spice, tossed with sliced green shallot.
Oyster mushrooms with bok choy (FODMAP friendly)
Sautéed oyster mushrooms and bok choy with ginger and oyster sauce.
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
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.
Stir fried potato, carrot and fennel, with coriander, turmeric, sesame oil and sesame seeds (FODMAP friendly)
Stir fried potato, carrot and fennel, with coriander, turmeric, sesame oil and sesame seeds.
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.
Asian style ox tail soup with cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and pepper
An aromatic Asian oxtail broth with vegetables, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg , cloves and pepper, gently cook for 5 hours. Delicious with a bowl of hot rice.
Aromatic cinnamon, lemon and ginger tea (FODMAP friendly)
An aromatic cinnamon, lemon and ginger infused drink, gentle and comforting.
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
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.
Cantonese sweet tea buns, memories of my friend OuYang
When I was a little kid these buns were sold in little shops on nearly every street in GuangZhou. We had them mostly for breakfast. The bread was also great for a picnic lunch during school excursions.
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.
Creamy and spicy tomato and capsicum soup with and coconut milk (FODMAP friendly)
A vegan soup with roasted tomatoes, red capsicums and coconut milk.
Homemade noodles, memories of a peasant family at a noodle shop
Homemade ‘kansui’ noodles with dark soy sauce and sesame oil.
Fresh cactus flower soup 曇花汤
A simple soup to show our appreciation of these beautiful cactus flowers – fresh and delicious.
Hairy gourd salad with XO sauce 节瓜凉拌
Hairy gourd is a very popular vegetable in Southern China, easy to grow with plenty of subtropical rains. The gourd is normally cooked in a soup or a stew with a tender and soft texture.
Spiced lamb meat balls with pumpkin, carrot and rice vermicelli (FODMAP Friendly)
Homemade lamb meat balls with capsicum, carrot, green shallot, coriander, rice vermicelli, cumin, turmeric and paprika.
Seaweed and egg soup 紫菜蛋湯 (FODMAP friendly)
A simple and healthy soup with seaweed and egg, flavored with green shallot, sesame oil and black pepper.
Steamed pork and fennel dumplings (豬肉韭菜餃子)
Tasty dumplings with pork, fennel, corn and carrot, flavored with pepper, ginger, sesame oil and green shallot.
South sea meat and bone soup (bak kut teh,肉骨茶)
Aromatic Singapore meat and bone soup – Chinese herb flavor.
Seaweed rolls of alfalfa, carrot, capsicum, rocket and sesame seeds (FODMAP friendly)
Easy hand rolls of rice, alfalfa, carrot, capsicum, rocket, BBQ sauce and sesame seeds.
Steamed sweet glutinous rice cake ‘nian gao’ (年糕) with coconut milk and ginger
Chinese new year – steamed sweet glutinous rice cake with coconut milk, ginger and maple syrup, spiced with cardamom, coated with peanuts sesame seed and coconut.
Kale with orange and sesame (FODMAP friendly)
Kale dressed with sesame seeds, orange zest, orange pieces, lemon juice and sesame oil.
Sweet and sour pork with pineapple, chili, cumin and tamarind paste (FODMAP friendly)
Pork belly marinated with soy sauce, turmeric, cumin, chili and and tamarind paste, stir fried with pineapple and capsicum.
Century egg and smoked ham congee
Comfort food – slow cooked rice porridge with preserved duck eggs and smoked ham.
Winter melon broth with dried shrimps *** memories of a lone factory by a calm river
Winter melon broth with diced bacon, dried shrimps and mung bean vermicelli.
Sushi terrine with spiced pumpkin, carrot and capsicum (FODMAP friendly)
The sushi terrine with short grain rice, sauté pumpkin with cumin, sauté carrot with turmeric, and sauté capsicum with garam masala. Sesame seeds were added for extra flavor. The ingredients are layered in a terrine pan, and wrapped with seaweed sheets.
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
Pan fried fish and potato cake with Asian slaw (FODMAP friendly)
Fish cake made potato, spinach, and capsicum, flavored with fish sauce and sesame oil. Served with a refreshing Asian coleslaw with cabbage, carrot, mint and coriander.
Coconut rice pudding with caramelized banana
Coconut and banana rice pudding, spiced with cinnamon and clove, topped with caramelized banana.
Grilled ginger pork with wine sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Grilled pork marinated with ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, served with wine sauce.
Glutinous rice balls with beef and potato, spiced with cumin and turmeric (FODMAP friendly)
Steamed then pan-fried glutinous rice balls with beef, potato, coriander, cumin, turmeric and oyster sauce .
American ginseng soup with goji berries and pork ribs
American ginseng soup with goji berries, longan fruit and pork ribs. An energy tonic.
Egg and seaweed rolls (FODMAP friendly)
Seaweed roll of eggs, green bean and carrot.
Beef and rice rissoles (FODMAP friendly)
Sometime we crave for a tasty meal that is also gentle on our tummies. Rissoles are simple to make, satisfying and may offer many varieties.
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
Green bean noodles (粉皮) with sichuan spicied pork
Traditional green bean noodles with pork mince spiced with two soy bean pastes – chili and sweet.
Brown rice congee with salted pork and peanuts (FODMAP Friendly)
For a Chinese southerner, what food can be more warm and comforting than a hot bowl of pork congee (粥)? The humble congee is the
Cloud ear fungus, celery, capsicum, peanut and mung bean vermicelli salad
Refreshing Asian ‘liangban’ salad with black fungus, capsicum, celery, mung bean vermicelli and peanuts, served with a soy sauce, sesame oil and balsamic vinegar dressing.
Spiced lamb and pumpkin puffs
These puffs was bursting with the beautiful lamb and pumpkin, looked so delicious and tasty so good. Ingredients 200g lamb, diced 50g leek, sliced 1/2
Chicken fried rice with ginger, garlic, coconut, kaffir lime leave, turmeric and lemomgrass
Chicken fried rice with ginger, garlic coconut, kaffir lime leaves, turmeric and lemongrass
Creamy seafood chowder with a hint of turmeric
Seafood chowder
Homemade plain steamed buns ‘man tou’ (馒头)
This is a heart warming plain steamed bun that is soft and fluffy when served warm or at room temperature. Great for sandwiching spicy twice
Spicy lamb in a Chinese bun sandwich
Spicy lamb with chili soy bean paste and leek, served in a Chinese steamed bun.
Asian inspired Christmas stuffing
I saw some lovely quails at the butcher the day before Christmas. I could smell the aroma of quails baking in my oven with an
Rice cake with potato, cheddar cheese, rosemary and coconut milk (FODMAP friendly)
Ingredients 300g mashed potato 300g rice flour 100g cheddar cheese 1/2 cup coconut milk (from can) 1/2 cup lactose free milk 2 eggs sprig of
Asian spiced chicken drumsticks (FODMAP friendly)
Growing up in Southern China, chicken drumsticks were the most desirable parts of a chicken. This is because the meat on the drumsticks is juicy
Rice flour pancake with eggs, zucchini and coconut milk (FODMAP friendly)
Asian style pancake with egg, rice flour, zucchini, capsicum coconut milk and a dash of fish 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 Pork belly with dry salted Chinese mustard greens (梅菜扣肉)
Steamed pork belly with preserved Chinese vegetables (dry mustard greens).
Rice paper roll with chicken, quinoa, pumpkin, carrot, capsicum and lettuce (FODMAP Friendly)
Rice paper roll of quinoa, pumpkin, capsicum, carrot and lettuce.
Chinese traditional steamed minced pork 蒸肉餅
Traditional Chinese steamed ground pork with Chinese mushrooms, shallot, ginger, wine, soy sauce and sesame oil.
Mango pudding with coconut and kumquat
The Kumquat plant is bearing fruit in the garden – super juicy and adds lots of flavor to a mango & coconut pudding.
Hot and sour soup 酸辣湯
When I first arrived in Australia in late 1980s, I studied full time & worked part time in an upmarket Chinese restaurant serving northern style
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.
Cucumber rolls with lamb, capsicum and eggs (FODMAP friendly)
These gorgeous little rolls are so easy to make – scramble a egg with a pinch of salt; pan fry some lamb and red capsicum
Bean sprout salad with spicy instant radish kimchi
Asian bean sprout salad with homemade instant radish kimchi and sesame oil.
