Served With Rice
The food diary of a time-poor salaryman. Nutrition conscious, and meal prep friendly.
Category: Quick
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A Simple, Saucy Leek and Beef stir fry
Sweet and slightly charred leeks stir fried with tender slices of beef, then coated in a luscious and savoury sauce. A sure winner for pairing with a steaming bowl of rice.
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Pan Seared Chicken Thighs – a fancy dinner with frugal ingredients
Proper technique and equipment elevates simple chicken thighs into a devastatingly delicious dinner, with some savoury and shatteringly crispy skin.
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Stir Fry Supreme – Chives, cashews and Shrimp
A stir fry based on Chinese chives, shrimp and cashew nuts that dares to claim dominion over all other stir fries. Dare you tango with the King of the Wok?
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Pork and Peppers Stir Fry
A story about the pursuit of Wok Hei, and how a home cook came to be at peace with the limitations of a home kitchen.
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Candied walnuts (with a twist)
Walnuts occupy a special plate in my heart. Make walnuts with a sugary crunch even more exciting by introducing these variations.
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Onsen Tamago – Hot spring eggs with the power of physics
See how to apply physics in the kitchen to make eggs with barely-set egg whites and still-runny yolks. The perfect upgrade for rice bowls, noodles and salads.
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Gyudon – Weeknight Japanese Beef bowl
The true essence of the Japanese beef bowl is the sauce, infused with the flavour of lightly caramelised onions and the meaty goodness of thinly sliced beef, served over steaming rice.
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Pork Bulgogi Bowl – Korean inspired, meal prep friendly
Thinly sliced pork in a savoury gochujang-based sauce makes for a wonderful meal with rice.
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Hairy Cucumber with glass noodles and dried shrimp
Glass noodles are an excellent vehicle for delivering the savouriness of dried shrimp and the sweetness of hairy cucumber in this simple but satisfying dish.
My spirit animal is a dinosaur
I guess it would be an Oryzasaurus
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Beef Blog Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cast iron Cheese Chicken Curry Dashi Date Night Dried scallops Dried shrimp Eggs Fish and seafood Garlic Ginger Glass noodles Gochujang Honey Miso Napa cabbage Old Bay Onion Oven Pasta Peppers Pork Potatoes Salmon Sesame oil Shiitake mushrooms Shrimp Soup Sous Vide Spicy Steaming Stewing Stir fry String beans Sweet potatoes Teriyaki Tomatoes Yogurt Zucchini
