Served With Rice
The food diary of a time-poor salaryman. Nutrition conscious, and meal prep friendly.
Tag: Stir fry
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Low Carb Duck and Shiitake Lettuce Cups
A bit of inspiration and planning is all it takes to breathe new life into stale leftovers. This dinner punches above its weight class in flavour, while remaining light on the calories.
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A Simple Weeknight Pepper Beef Rice Bowl
Here’s a one-skillet meal that’s loaded with veggies, with enough leftovers to take care of lunch the next day as well. A Chinese take on a Japanese-Chinese classic.
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Typhoon Shelter Cuttlefish – Attention Garlic Lovers!
Based on the famous Typhoon Shelter Crab of Hong Kong, here’s a more beginner friendly recipe that gives you a taste of history.
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Old Bay Shrimp and Rice (on a budget)
Shrimp and Old Bay is a match made in heaven. Add butter and garlic for a very good time. This is the first time I cooked with Old Bay – here is how it went!
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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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Shrimp and Egg Stir Fry with Special Soy Sauce
Here’s a meal prep friendly stir fry that doesn’t need high heat! Let me show you how to make this calorie-conscious meal along with an all-purpose dipping sauce, plus a bonus section on how to grow your own scallions.
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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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Quick and Easy Tomato and Eggs Stir Fry – The Power of Sweet and Sour
Sweet, sour, savoury and saucy. This simple and comforting home-style stir fry is a quick and easy dinner that goes perfectly with a steaming bowl of rice.
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Edamame, Pork and Pickled Snow Cabbage Stir Fry
The sharp, tangy flavour of pickled snow cabbage compliments the subtle nuttiness of edamame in this Chinese recipe for pork and beans, which makes for a quick and simple dinner.
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Pad Krapao Moo – Thai Basil is magic with pork
The exciting aroma of Thai basil, the convenience of ground pork and string beans, and the savoury touch of fish sauce come together in this Thai stir fry to push the limits of home-cooked “fast food” to bring for lunch to work.
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Beef Blanching Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cast iron Cheese Chicken Dashi Date Night Dried shrimp Eggs Fish and seafood Fish sauce Garlic Ginger Glass noodles Gochujang Honey Lettuce 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
