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Spicy Chinese Cold Beef

Spicy Chinese Cold Beef

Appetizers, Beef, Salads

This quick spicy Chinese cold beef recipe (Liáng niúròu 凉牛肉) is slippery-coated, blanched, and mixed with chili sauce. It’s a healthy source of low carbohydrate protein, vitamins A and C, iron, and potassium. Blanching in water reduces the overall fat content, and is mostly monounsaturated fats.

lard

How to Make Lard at Home

Authentic Ingredients for Chinese Recipes, Cooking Oil or Lard, How-to

Lard is made from the fat of pigs, by cooking it down slowly. It is simple to make. High grade lard is preferred by pastry chefs,

Chinese KFC fried chicken wings

Chinese Fried Chicken Wings

Appetizers, Chinese Modern Cuisine, Poultry, Snacks

KFC is popular in China, but is seasoned for Chinese palates. With a hint of soy sauce, ginger, green onion and white pepper, this simple KFC-style Chinese Fried Chicken Wings recipe will be a hit at your next party.

Happy Lunar New Year 2024 from My Chinese Home Kitchen

Happy Lunar New Year 2024

News from My Chinese Home Kitchen

From our family to yours, we wish you a happy lunar new year 2024. We hope your reunion dinner is filled with warmth and good cheer.

Chinese Steamed Eggplant with Garlic Sauce

Chinese Steamed Eggplant with Garlic Sauce

Home Cooking, Mains & Sides, Vegetables

This healthy, vegetarian eggplant recipe is simple and quick to make. Chinese steamed eggplant with garlic sauce uses very little oil, and is loaded with flavor.

Chinese breakfast egg pancakes

Chinese Breakfast Egg Pancakes

Egg, Home Cooking, Mains & Sides

Enjoy this simple, inexpensive, and easy Chinese breakfast egg pancake recipe for a quick and nutritious start to your day. A batch can feed a small family for a few dollars.

Chinese Chicken Soup

Homemade Chinese Chicken Soup

Eat Healthy on Budget, Home Cooking, Poultry, Soups & Stews

Last week we wrote about making Chinese chicken stock in large quantities. This week, Jing shares how many homes in China make a simple, flavorful, healthy chicken soup in smaller quantities for a single meal.

Chinese Chicken Stock

Chinese Chicken Stock

Chinese Cooking Techniques, Eat Healthy on Budget, Home Cooking, Poultry, Soups & Stews

Chicken stock is a basic ingredient in many recipes. However, Western stocks do not work well in Chinese recipes. Authentic Chinese chicken stock has a distinct difference in flavor from its Western cousin. Making your own stock is healthy, economical, and simple.

Tofu Soup with vegetables and egg, family style

Tofu Soup with Vegetables and Egg, Family Style

Home Cooking, Soups & Stews, Tofu

Tofu soup with vegetables and egg is a simple Chinese family dish, very warming on a cold night. Dried shrimp give added flavor and omega-3 fatty acids. This is a very healthy soup and easy to cook.

Dried Shrimp, a common ingredient in many Asian cuisines

Dried Shrimp

Authentic Ingredients for Chinese Recipes, Specialty Items

Dried shrimp is a common ingredient in Asian and Cajun cuisines. Drying shrimp used to be a major industry in Louisiana, and several family-owned Gulf shrimp companies offer quality, healthy, and sustainable dried shrimp for sale.

My Chinese Home Kitchen Top 10 Recipes

Top 10 Chinese Recipes in 2023

Recipes

Our most popular recipes for 2023.