Over the past few years, smoking turkeys have been the preferred method of cooking the Thanksgiving turkey. The subtle smoke from the fruitwood use penetrates through the turkey and takes the taste of the turkey to the next level. I generally add a few chunks of cherry wood, but applewood works great too.To make the … Continue reading Smoked Turkey
I can’t believe Thanksgiving is in less than a week! I’m excited to reunite with family, relatives, and friends during this holiday season to catch up and get drunnnnnnk. For today’s #tbt post, I’m posting recipes for a few of my essential Thanksgiving side dishes I make each year for Thanksgiving: Roasted Garlic Truffle Mashed … Continue reading Thanksgiving Side Dishes 2021
East Lake Chinese Restaurant is my favorite Chinese restaurant in San Jose serving up the best Cantonese-style dishes. I’ve been wanting to recreate some of my favorite dishes from there and recently the girls picked Sweet and Sour Pork because they love the dish.Sweet and Sour Pork was pretty eazy to make and even though … Continue reading Sweet and Sour Pork
Galbi, Korean Style Beef Short Ribs, is one of the girls' favorite Korean dishes, and a dish that they often order when we eat at Korean restaurants. They love the savory and sweet taste, meaty and tender texture, and the chewy delicious texture around the bone of the beef short ribs. It also smells incredible! … Continue reading Galbi Korean-Style Beef Short Ribs
I love the sound of food cooking on a sizzling plate! I think that is one of the reasons I love eating at Pepper Lunch so much. I recently bought myself a sizzling plate a few months ago from a local restaurant supply store and recreated the always delicious sizzling beef udon at home for … Continue reading Sizzling Beef Udon
One of my favorite family-style meal dishes is Cá Kho Tộ, Vietnamese braised catfish. The braised catfish is savory and sweet from the fish sauce and sugar marinade and simmered to a rich and sticky icky goodness. The fish tastes super flavorful, delicate, and tender and soaks up all the flavors from the marinade. So … Continue reading Vietnamese Braised Catfish (Cá Kho Tộ)
Growing up in a Vietnamese household, family dinner time was really important in my family. No matter how busy my parents were from work, (even when they worked multiple jobs), they always found time to cook up delicious Vietnamese home-cooked meals for my siblings and me. One of my favorite family-style meals included Canh Chua … Continue reading Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup with Catfish (Canh Chua Cá Bông Lau)
We love eating Cháo Trắng, rice porridge at my house. This is one of my favorite humble simple eats as a child and still love it as an adult. My kids love it as well. When the kids and I are sick or we just want something light and simple to eat, we just make … Continue reading Simple Rice Porridge (Cháo Trắng)
Quoc Viet Foods recently hooked me up with Pork Flavored Soup Base. My family and I have been using their other soup bases for years and I was super excited to try it out this new soup base and it surely did not disappoint. Lately, I've been a fan of making Bún Riêu with pork … Continue reading Quick Vietnamese Crab Noodle Soup (Bun Rieu)
After eating horribly during the holidays, back to eating salads and getting back on track with my fitness. Eating healthy and eating salads don't always have to be boring. You can make a healthy and beautiful looking salad and have it taste good too. Like this Vietnamese Style Roasted Salmon Salad! There's a lot of … Continue reading Vietnamese Style Roasted Salmon Salad
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