Chinese

  • Smashed Cucumber with Soy Sauce, RiceWine Vinegar and Sesame Dressing

    This little salads simplicity belies it’s depth of flavour. Who knew cucumbers could taste so amazing? The dressing is a perfect combination with the cucumber, but other dressings will work just as well with smashed cucumber. Like a simple red vinaigrette, or what a bout a honey, mustard and lemon…

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  • Chinese Steamed Pork & Prawn Dumplings

    I love everything dumpling, be it steamed, fried or in a noodle soup, there’s just nothing not to like! My favourite go-to dumping filling is pork & prawn, flavoured with lemon grass, spring onion, garlic, white pepper, ginger, shaoxing wine, soy sauce and a teaspoon of cornflour and some chicken…

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  • Grilled Bimi with Crispy Chili Oil

    Grilled Bimi with Crispy Chili Oil is such a great vegetable dish, this is definitely one of my favourite ways to prepare vegetables. Are you looking for a tasty vegetable side dish? Then look no further! I also like steaming and stir frying, but there’s something about the charred flavour…

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  • Jiaozi – Chinese Dumplings

    I made these lovely little parcels for Chinese New Years. I’ve made dumplings quite often and always struggled a bit with the folding, in the end I just tended to scrunch up the top and leave it at that. That’s fine as well, they will still taste great. But this…

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  • Crispy Smoked Tofu & Stir Fried Vegetables with Black Bean Sauce and Soba Noodles

    Sometimes I come across ingredients at the (super)market without actually knowing in advance what I’m going to make with it, like this smoked tofu for example. I’ve only recently started cooking with tofu because I always found it a bit bland and having a weird texture. But when it’s crispy…

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  • Kung Pao Chicken Wings

    And the winner is….. Kung Pao Chicken Wings! Last week I asked for your favourite chicken wing recipe and there were so many good ones, it took me a few days to choose. In the end I went for these spicy sweet flavour bombs: Kung Pao Chicken wings. Man oh…

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