Served With Rice
The food diary of a time-poor salaryman. Nutrition conscious, and meal prep friendly.
Category: Chinese
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A Saucy Cantonese Abalone Stir Fry
Seafood hits different when you treat it right. Stir fry abalone with high heat and finish it with a sticky, savoury sauce for a weeknight dinner treat.
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Cantonese Comfort Food – Water Steamed Eggs
This home-style comfort food classic takes just 5 ingredients. Make a silky smooth egg custard with a clean, savoury taste that goes great with white rice.
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Tofu Stew with Cantonese “Siu Yuk” Roast Pork
Give leftover Cantonese roast pork a second life by stewing it with tofu. Paired with an all-purpose stir fry sauce to make it great to have with rice.
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Cantonese “Siu Yuk” Roast Pork with a Home Oven
Ancient Cantonese barbecue techniques create rich, succulent pork under intensely savoury crispy crackling skin. A special occasion meal from my childhood. Time: 4/5Allow for an overnight marinade, and two hours in the oven. Effort: 4/5Takes some work but so, so worth it. Better than Bacon Cantonese roast pork, or Siu Yuk (燒肉; literally roast-meat) holds…
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Cantonese style “Swiss” Chicken Wing Stew
This chicken wing stew is easy and meal prep friendly, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Switzerland. Read on to learn about a recipe born from colonial Hong Kong.
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3 Ingredient Homemade Lychee Liqueur
Preserve the exotic taste and aroma of the lychee fruit, using this time-tested and treasured family recipe for a sweet and refreshing drink.
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Macro-friendly Bak Kut Teh for Meal Prep
Using a vacuum cooker and some ingredient substitutions, I turn a traditional recipe into an easy, high-protein soup with a lot of peppery punch.
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Chinese Master Stock – “Lo Sui” Braised Beef Shanks
A long, slow simmer in soy sauce and spices turns beef shanks into meaty, gelatinous goodness. Easy to meal prep, and the sauce gets better the more you reuse it.
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Diet-friendly Hong Kong Style Coconut Curry Chicken
Sometimes, a velvety, and aromatic coconut curry is exactly what you need. Balance out the rich sauce with chicken breast to indulge in a lower calorie comfort meal.
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A Study on Zongzi Geometry (Dragon Boat Festival)
Zongzi are savoury dumplings made of glutinous rice, traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. I experimented to see how to shape them just right.
My spirit animal is a dinosaur
I guess it would be an Oryzasaurus
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