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By a guy in a kitchen with a phone. An ongoing work in progress.
Category: Vegetable
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An Experimental Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
Blanche your vegetables before you stir fry to improve texture and increase batch sizes. A technique akin to reverse searing steaks, or parboiling potatoes for fries.
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Shiitake Mushroom and Zucchini Saute
Fresh shiitakes add meatiness without meat. This quick and easy shiitake and zucchini sauté can stand on its own, as well as being a side dish for a larger meal.
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Japanese-inspired Vegetable Stir Fry with Sous Vide chicken
Anything goes with this vegetable variety pack! Assemble a mixture of colours and textures to make vegetables exciting again. Served with an argument in favour of cooking chicken sous vide from frozen, not thawed.
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Simple 5-ingredient Bok Choy Soup
Besides stir fries, Bok choy is also wonderful for soup. Learn to make this weeknight pork and Boy choy broth with just 5 ingredients.
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Wood Ear Mushroom and Cucumber Salad
Make this cool, refreshing and summery salad to go with your meals. The crisp texture and wavy shape of wood ear mushrooms compliment a flavourful dressing.
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Batch Prep Edamame – a Protein and Fiber Rich Snack
Edamame are young soybeans, which can be enjoyed as a snack or used as an ingredient. They’re surprisingly easy to prep – here’s a guide, from home cook to home cook.
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Okra Ohitashi – Japanese Okra Salad
A quick and simple side dish. Chilled, blanched okra infused with a dashi-based broth make for a refreshing treat.
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Chilled Spinach Salad – a Korean Inspired Side Dish
This cooked salad of blanched and chilled spinach in a very simple dressing makes for an alternative to traditional salads as a side dish.
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Dashi Daikon Radishes – a Sweet and Savoury Side Dish
Daikon radishes become sweet, tender and savoury when simmered in a dashi-based broth. A fresh counterpoint to any meal that can be served hot or cold.
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Dashi Marinated Eggplants – Refreshingly Savoury
A dinner out with my mother opened my eyes to the world of soaking vegetables in dashi, and considerably expanded my side dish game.
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Beef Blanching Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cast iron Chicken Curry Dashi Date Night Dried shrimp Eggs Fish and seafood Fish sauce Garlic Ginger Glass noodles Gochujang Honey Miso Napa cabbage Old Bay Onion Oven Pasta Peppers Pickle Pork Potatoes Salmon Sesame oil Shiitake mushrooms Shrimp Soup Sous Vide Spicy Steaming Stewing Stir fry String beans Sweet potatoes Teriyaki Tomatoes Yogurt Zucchini
