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Serves 4 as a one-dish meal (If beef is not your meat, feel free to substitute boneless, skinless chicken thigh or pork shoulder.) Beef: 1 1/4 pounds well-marbled tri-tip (bottom sirloin) steak, well trimmed (about 1 pound after trimming) 2 large cloves garlic, minced and crushed to a paste 1 small shallot, finely chopped (about [...]
Ingredients: 1 lb Mackerel fish 8 cups water 5 pieces assam keping (peeled tamarind) 1 pack dried laksa noodles Spice Paste: 12 dried red chilies (seeded) 5 fresh red chilies (seeded) 8 small shallots 2 teaspoons belacan 1 stalk lemon grass (use only the white part, about 6 inches) Tamarind Juice: Tamarind (about golf ball [...]
Ingredients: 1 lb fresh noodles 4 tablespoons olive oil 3 cloves garlic (pounded) 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons garlic powder 2 1/2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder 2 1/2 teaspoons oyster sauce 5 teaspoons grated parmesan cheese Method: Rince the noodles with cold water and set aside. Heat up a pot of water and let [...]
While I’ve cooked with Chinese fermented black beans for years, I didn’t realized how versatile they were until I had about 2 pounds of them on hand, leftover from working on the Asian Market Shopper mobile app and the Asian Tofu cookbook. The little beans are not the same as what you cook up for a pot of cuban [...]
Ingredients 2 portobello mushroom caps, sliced 2 teaspoons olive oil salt and pepper to taste 1 carrot, sliced into sticks 1 daikon (white) radish, sliced into sticks 1 cup rice vinegar 1/2 cup fresh lime juice 1/2 cup cold water 1/2 cup chilled lime juice 2 teaspoons soy sauce 1 teaspoon nuoc mam (Vietnamese fish [...]
Ingredients 5 pounds beef knuckle, with meat 2 pounds beef oxtail 1 white (daikon) radish, sliced 2 onions, chopped 2 ounces whole star anise pods 1/2 cinnamon stick 2 whole cloves 1 teaspoon black peppercorns 1 slice fresh ginger root 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon fish sauce 1 1/2 pounds dried [...]
Ingredients 4 cups water 1/2 cup dark roast ground coffee beans 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk 16 ice cubes Directions Brew coffee with water using your preferred method to make brewed coffee. Spoon 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk into each of 4 coffee cups. Pour 1 cup of fresh hot coffee into each cup, [...]
During summer, choose the sweetest corn available and remove the fibrous silk as you cut the corn, or you’ll be flossing with it. When out of season, frozen corn is a worthy stand-in. Dried shrimp is sold at Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai markets. In a pinch, use Mexican ground dried shrimp sold in plastic packages [...]
Serves 6 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 pound large or jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined 1/4 pound boneless skinless chicken breast or boneless pork chop, or ¾ to 1 cup matchstick-cut gio (Vietnamese silky sausage) 1 medium pomelo 1 carrot, peeled and cut into fine shreds ¼ cup mint leaves, chopped 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro, leafy [...]
Serves 4 to 6 Dressing 1 or 2 Thai or serrano chiles, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/2 teaspoon plus 1 teaspoon sugar 1 pinch salt 2 1/2 to 3 tablespoons fish sauce 5 to 6 tablespoons unseasoned Japanese rice vinegar 1 (1 1/4 to 1 1/3 pound) head green cabbage, about 1 pound, quartered [...]