Holy crap, I made a stir fry dish that didn’t suck (not including fried rice)!!! Five or six years ago, while simultaneously being so excited and so overwhelmed at IKEA, I stumbled upon a wok. FOR $5! So crazy! I had to buy it. I was so excited about my new smart purchase that I [...]
Archive for the ‘Asian’ Category
Chicken Chow Mein
Posted in Asian, Chicken, Vegetables on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Chicken “steak”
Posted in Asian, Chicken on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is this Filipino dish I absolutely love (beefsteak) but since I gave up beef years ago (personal reasons), I haven’t had it since and that kinda sucks. Fortunately, I found some thinly sliced chicken breasts in Chinatown. I mean RICE PAPER thin. I marinated the chicken for a day by the way: Soy sauce [...]
Ginger and Scallion Lobster
Posted in Asian, Seafood on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a staple at Chinese restaurants and it’s incredibly easy (and much cheaper) to make at home. Diced ginger Diced scallions Minced garlic Seafood broth (I used chicken broth) Salt & pepper So technically, you’re supposed to coat the lobster with flour and fry it a bit in some oil. I forgot to do [...]
Spicy chicken with vermicelli noodles
Posted in Asian, Cheap, Chicken on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I cheated. I bought marinated chicken from an Asian market this past weekend. I HATE using anything prepackaged so I’m not too sure why I caved in and bought this chicken. I was craving something similar to what I’ve had at Korean fast food places and I figured it shouldn’t be too difficult to make [...]
Mapo tofu
Posted in Asian on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I bought this block of extra firm tofu but wasn’t too sure what to do with it, so I decided to dig into my ASIAN roots and make some mapo tofu. Lately I’ve been steering away from ready-made sauces and really testing my ability to cook by making all my own sauces. The mapo tofu [...]
Thai Green Curry
Posted in Asian, Stew on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thai green curry is perhaps one of the easiest SE Asian dishes to put together, especially if you have ready-made curry paste. I use the Mae Ploy curry paste, which you can find at your nearest Asian market. They sell it at Whole Foods, too, but I’m not sure if it’s the same brand. Another [...]
