A warm dish of fragrant sticky rice infused with the savory goodness of Chinese sausage, dried shrimp, and dried shiitake mushrooms. Top with crunchy fried shallots for texture and scallion oil for an aromatic finish.
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Master the art of cooking rice like Asian kids! This step-by-step guide covers the finger method, also known as the first knuckle method, the hand method, and a precise alternative for the right rice-to-water ratio to get perfectly cooked white rice. Stove-top instructions included. Let's cook perfect rice together!
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A delicious and comforting dish, Vietnamese chicken porridge is typically made for someone who is sick, someone who can’t chew (the elderly), someone who is learning to eat solid foods (babies), or simply for someone who wants good food to warm the belly on a cold winter day.
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Once considered “poor man’s rice”, this humble dish has evolved into a popular Vietnamese dish. Cơm Tấm is a rice dish that will make you question why you ever bothered trying other foods in the first place.
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Xoi Gac is a semi-sweet dish made from steamed glutinous rice that has been tossed in coconut milk and naturally colored orange-red from the gac fruit. The color red is symbolic of good fortune in Vietnamese culture, which is why Xoi Gac is mainly served during special occasions such as Lunar New Year, engagements, and weddings.
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Bánh Tét is Vietnamese savory glutinous rice cakes filled with pork belly and mung beans, wrapped in banana leaves. It’s the quintessential Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tét) food. You better have these around for Tét or else you fail as a Vietnamese adult.
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Quick and easy SPAM fried rice. It’s amazingly delicious that both kids and adults will enjoy. Loaded with veggies, crispy fried cubes of SPAM, fluffy bits of scrambled eggs, and simply flavored with oyster sauce, this recipe only takes a few minutes to put together. Save yourself a trip to the restaurant and have an amazing and simple dinner at home.
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Making fried rice is every Asian kid’s right of passage. It’s one of the foods that we fall in love with as a kid, and one of the foods that we are first taught to cook. It’s delicious, filling, and can be quickly whipped together with leftover ingredients. In this recipe, I’m making shrimp fried rice, using large 21/25 size shrimp.
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Life can get busy with work, school, and running a house. The last thing you want to think about is what to eat. My go-to choice for something quick, delicious, and filling is fried rice. Fried rice is typically made with a wok and stove-top. But if you don’t have access to those, you’re still in luck. You can still make delicious fried rice in a rice cooker!
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