Recipes
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Pork and Shrimp Dumplings
A nostalgic dumpling that reminds me of my grandma's dumplings, filled with pork, shrimp, carrots and seasoned with homemade mushroom powder.
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Vegetable Steamed Bao and Dumplings
Classic vegetable filling made with bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, tofu, and scallions. A nostalgic flavor combo that reminds me of dim sum houses and grandma's on Sunday.
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Chicken and Corn Dumplings
A midwest dumpling at heart, this one is filled with juicy chicken and savory corn with ginger and garlic for the perfect summer dumpling.
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Steamed Buns with Marinated Chicken Thigh
A savory bun with a secret ingredient. This bun filling has chicken thigh that's marinated making a super juicy and surprisingly light seasonal spring bao.
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Black and Red Bell Pepper Steamed Pork Buns
A colorful riff on the flavors of Taiwanese pork pepper buns, this steamed bun is filled with pork that's seasoned with black pepper and red bell pepper paste and paired with napa cabbage and shittake mushrooms.
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Homemade Stir Fried Rice Cakes (Chao Nian Gao ē幓ē³)
A simple stir fried rice cake dish perfect for throwing in whatever vegetables and meat you in your fridge into a stir fry paired with homemade rice cakes.
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Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Fried Chicken Gua Bao å²å
This dish is a project let me tell you, but it hits all the spots with a soft fluffy bun paired with crunchy, juicy fried chicken that's doused with almond hoisin sauce and paired with bright pickles.
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Simple Sweet and Savory Pickles
A super simple 10 minute pickle with salt, sugar and rice vinegar. A basic family staple that's always in the fridge with cucumbers or really any vegetable that can be pickled.
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Salt & Pepper Taiwanese Fried Chicken
Fried chicken only from gua bao recipe. Crunchy, salty, peppery and delicious. An ode to night markets, this chicken's secret sauce (or batter so to speak) is sweet potato starch.
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Homemade Spring Noodles with Ginger Scallion and Miso
A spring noodle dish made with spinach noodles and coated with a savory sweet miso mirin sauce and topped with scallions, ginger, and garlic.
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Tofu Scallion Dumplings
A vegetarian dumpling filled with seasoned tofu that pays homage to ravioli and ricotta (while still being dairy free) in the form of a dumpling.
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Miso Glazed Pork and Mushroom Skewers
When you have a bunch of leftover dumpling meat and need a creative way to cook it - enter, pork meatball skewers marinated in a miso glaze. Nom.
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Steamed Pork and Roast Carrot Buns (Baozi å å)
A steamed pork bun with a fluffy dough and a savory filling made with ground pork, roasted carrots, ginger, and scallions - a slight riff on a grandma classic.
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Hearty Vegetable Shumai
Serving you a vegetable shumai filled with seasoned rutabaga, a sweet turnip like root vegetable along with scallions, ginger, and garlic in the tiniest of packages.