https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/ a culinary genealogy Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:54:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:34:08 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85466 This Wonton Egg Drop Soup brings back memories of our family’s restaurant days. Why you may have only had it in a Chinese restaurant, it’s so simple to make at home. Just boil your favorite frozen wontons and ladle over this quick, perfectly golden egg drop soup for a delicious and fast meal any time ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/feed/ 8 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-dumplings/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2025 21:44:20 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85111 These Chinese chicken dumplings are simple to make, juicy, and flavorful. While pork is the most common dumpling filling you’ll find in China, chicken dumplings are also delicious—as long as you keep a few important tips in mind. We have everything you need to know—and a video—in this post! Amping Up the Flavor in a ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-dumplings/feed/ 15 https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=84587 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 ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/feed/ 12 https://thewoksoflife.com/seaweed-with-peanuts/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/seaweed-with-peanuts/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2024 06:16:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=82087 Seaweed with Peanuts, Ningbo-Style is a delicious recipe that can be served as an appetizer, snack, or side dish with a meal of pao fan (rice porridge).  If you’ve ever had packaged seaweed peanuts, you know the combination is irresistible! The peanuts and green sea moss both have a delicious umami and are a match ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/seaweed-with-peanuts/feed/ 29 https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-chicken-wings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-chicken-wings/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2024 06:15:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=81362 This recipe for pan-fried chicken wings is one of those deceptively simple preparations with an insanely high reward to effort ratio. Just 3 ingredients and a few minutes of prep is all it takes for irresistible, tasty wings that you can serve as a meal or party appetizer!   This is also a great recipe for ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-chicken-wings/feed/ 27 https://thewoksoflife.com/spaghetti-squash-salad-scallion-oil/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/spaghetti-squash-salad-scallion-oil/#comments Mon, 20 May 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=79454 This Spaghetti Squash Salad with Scallion Oil can serve as an appetizer or a unique side dish. Serve it cold or at room temperature. It goes well with a Chinese spread or even a weeknight piece of chicken and side of grains and greens! I’m really excited to share this recipe with you all. This ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/spaghetti-squash-salad-scallion-oil/feed/ 18 https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:28:36 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=13948 These Chinese chicken dumplings have ground chicken and fresh & dried shiitake mushrooms for a deep, meaty flavor that will become a new favorite! Note: This recipe was originally published on April 2, 2016. We have since updated it with higher resolution images, clearer instructions, metric measurements, and nutrition information. The recipe itself is the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/feed/ 131 https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:28:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75916 Today we’re talking about how to make pan-fried wontons. Because while wontons are primarily meant to be used in soups, you can also pan-fry them—if you would rather have some crispy potsticker-y vibes!  The method is the same as pan-frying a dumpling, so if you already have experience with that, just take this post as ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/feed/ 26 https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:11:16 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=7514 This pork and chive dumpling recipe is truly restaurant-worthy. While we posted a recipe from our cousin (who grew up in Beijing) back in 2014, we have since come up with a new version that we think is the ultimate pork and chive dumpling recipe!  Don’t worry, if you want the old version of the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/feed/ 195 https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:53:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74661 This siu mai recipe, made with pork and shrimp, can stand up to any siu mai from a Chinese dim sum restaurant! They’ll transport you to those big dim sum halls of old, filled with push carts, the smell of warm aromatic steam, and the din of dozens of families enjoying a weekend brunch together.  ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/feed/ 52