a culinary genealogy
Below, view all our posts in chronological order, starting with the most recent. To browse recipes by category, course, or collection, visit our Recipe Index. Also be sure to check out our How-To section and Chinese Ingredients Glossary.
Make this quick and easy Chinese Noodle Soup recipe with pantry ingredients, water, and a few items from the fridge. Grab an egg, tomato, and some pre-washed spinach. From the pantry, you just need dried noodles and some seasonings, and you’ll have a fast mid-week dinner, a quick lunch while working at home, or a
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Today we’re going to teach you how to make fried rice just like Chinese restaurants, with an easy fried rice formula! You can make restaurant-style fried rice out of almost anything if you use the right ratios of rice, protein, vegetables, and seasonings. We’ve posted over 30 fried rice recipes across The Woks of Life,
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This baked kimchi rice with cheese is surprisingly easy to make (with just 10 ingredients), vegetarian (if you use a vegan kimchi), and so tasty and satisfying! If you’ve never tried this combination, you’ll be shocked at how well the tangy spicy kimchi goes with creamy melted cheese. Kimchi & Cheese: A Winning Combination We
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This taro stir-fry with scallion oil is so simple, with just 8 ingredients. It takes less than 30 minutes to make, but despite its simplicity, it’s surprisingly delicious! If you aren’t from Zhejiang Province, this is probably the first time you’re seeing it, but I encourage you to try it and enjoy a taste of
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This is an easy homemade tea recipe that doesn’t require tea bags, is caffeine-free, and uses ingredients that you may already have in your pantry and spice cabinet! It tastes like a fancy designer tea blend with a subtle sweetness, but doesn’t cost an arm and a leg either. While this recipe may not fit
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I make this winter vegetable soup recipe nearly weekly. Everyone who’s tasted it is amazed that I basically only use water and vegetables to make it. I’m even surprised at how all the ingredients come together so beautifully and easily. It’s amazing! Let this healthy, vegetarian and vegan, nourishing vegetable soup warm you up through
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This colorful, aromatic Thai Vegetable Curry recipe may be vegetarian, but it doesn’t skimp on flavor. Creamy coconut milk and Thai red curry paste create the perfect base for tender eggplant, crisp vegetables, and fragrant Thai basil. The beauty of this dish is its versatility. You can easily adjust the spice level by using less
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Steamed Pork Ribs with Fermented Red Bean Curd is the perfect make-ahead Chinese dish for a busy weeknight. Marinate the ribs the night before, and put them in the refrigerator. When you get home from work, place them into the steamer, fire up the rice cooker, blanch some green veggies, and you have a super-delicious
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This Hakka taro roll is a little-known recipe that you may only see around Lunar New Year. Julienned taro and a bit of ground meat are mixed with dried mushrooms, dried shrimp, Chinese sausage, and peanuts. The mixture gets rolled in tofu skin to hold it together, steamed, and pan-fried until crispy. While it’s a
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This Chinese Garlic Shrimp Clay Pot recipe is impressive, very delicious, and surprisingly easy to make. It is a great candidate for Chinese New Year dinner, not just because it symbolizes wealth and happiness “rolling in,” but also because you can prepare the entire dish in advance! This also makes it a wonderful makeahead weeknight
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Braised eggs with noodles is a dish that you won’t necessarily find anywhere else. It’s more of a concept than a dish! You braise scrambled eggs in a sauce with vegetables and aromatics, and the savory mixture gets served over noodles. It’s a low-cost breakfast, lunch, or dinner option that has your protein, veggies, and
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Help! How do I cook a family-style Chinese meal—with multiple dishes—in just one wok and get everything on the table piping hot at the same time? This is one of the questions that we see at The Woks of Life most often—especially around this time, with Chinese New Year and more family gatherings on the
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These beautiful, tender linzer cookies with raspberry jam filling are perfectly sweet (i.e. not TOO sweet) and particularly enjoyable during the holiday season. You’ll have friends and family waiting in the wings while you assemble them! No wonder they’re our new Christmas tradition! The Perfect Holiday Cookie For the past few years, we’ve all looked
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This simple tofu soup recipe gets sweetness from napa cabbage and richness from a few eggs. It is deliciously warm and comforting, and incredibly easy to make. With just 11 ingredients—most of which you probably already have in your kitchen (stock, water, white pepper, sesame oil, salt), you can make a tasty tofu soup that’s
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Taro is an Asian ingredient that also happens to be one of our favorites to cook with! It has a deliciously buttery flavor and smooth texture, and it’s as versatile as a potato. In this article, we’ll talk about what taro is, how to cook it, and our favorite recipes that use it. What Is
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This Air Fryer Tofu recipe makes for tasty jagged seasoned chunks that—no joke—taste like chicken nuggets! The texture and flavor combination is absolutely addictive! I know we just did a whole roundup on the individual and irreplaceable virtues of tofu…but for much of my life before age 18 and arguably much of my life after
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Jasmine rice is our go-to white rice for serving with Chinese dishes and making fried rice. In this post, we’ll answer all your questions about rice measuring, the “finger trick” every Asian kid knows, and the rice cooker we all own. And of course, we’ll teach you how to cook jasmine rice perfectly every time,
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In this highly adaptable, easy recipe, we’ll teach you how to make perfect scrambled eggs. They’re fluffy and delicious, uniform in silky perfection, and most excellent with toast. If you’ve seen any viral egg scrambling videos on the internet—this recipe is how you achieve that beautiful, fluffy, tender and wobbly egg texture at home! The
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