Served With Rice
The food diary of a time-poor salaryman. Nutrition conscious, and meal prep friendly.
Category: Special occasion
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Oven Baked Barbecue Chicken Legs and Better Home Fries
Chicken leg quarters are a budget friendly cut of meat that tastes great when glazed with several layers of homemade barbecue sauce.
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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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Oven Baked Barbecue Pork Ribs and Duck Fat Fries
A tiny apartment kitchen is no obstacle to lip-smacking barbecue if you have a bottle of liquid smoke and a can-do attitude. A mostly make ahead meal that is perfect for hosting guests.
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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.
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Cozy Autumn Pumpkin and Seafood Soup
A new stick blender and a change in the season was the perfect opportunity to make this hearty and filling soup. Except, some things didn’t go as planned …
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Shrimp and Guacamole on Crackers, and an exercise in plating
Pretty food tastes better, and there’s a lot of things an amateur can do to upgrade the presentation of a home-cooked meal.
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10 Beginner Tips for making Zongzi (Dragon Boat Festival)
These savoury dumplings are traditionally made in June to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. Here are tips, do’s and don’ts to improve your zongzi-making game.
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Pork Loin Chops and Duck Fat Fries
Decadent date night duck fat fries need a lean protein to balance things out. Sous vide pork chops come out perfectly juicy every time. Serve with a simple salad to complete the picture.
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Radish Cake for the Lunar New Year
Make this treat with daikon radishes for the Lunar New Year! Eat your vegetables while having fun in this savoury analogue to carrot cake and banana bread.
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Homemade Umeshu – a family recipe for Japanese plum wine
Umeshu is a Japanese plum liqueur that is great for sipping in the winter. It’s cheap and easy to make yourself, with this treasured family recipe.
My spirit animal is a dinosaur
I guess it would be an Oryzasaurus
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