I love cooking quick and simple Asian recipes, and one of those recipes is Filipino shrimp pancit. Pancit refers to noodles, and is derived from the Chinese Hokkien word “pian i sit”, which translates to “convenient food”. Chinese immigrants settling in the Philippines introduced noodles into the Filipino…
I recreated one of my favorite soups I enjoyed as a kid, and that is lotus root soup! The soup tastes similar to the lotus root soup served at Chinese restaurants during their lunch special hours. So I’m super excited that my lotus root soup…
Kai Palo, a Chinese influenced dish, is an amazingly fragrant Thai stew comprised of pork belly and eggs as well as a combination of herbs and spices. Most commonly made with pork belly, kai palo can be made with chicken as well. I switch between…
Pad prik king is a common dish found in Thai Restaurants in the U.S. It is a stir-fry dish consisting of red curry paste, green beans, lime leaves, and meat. In Thai, the word “king” in pad prik king translates to ginger; but interestingly enough,…
My larb Thai Chicken recipe is a simple and delicious Thai recipe! Larb is a Thai meat salad, consisting of cilantro, crushed red pepper, lime or lemon juice and fish sauce. Larb meat can be chopped, minced or sliced. It is also a popular Lao…
Start your own luau with homemade Kalua Chicken. Kalua Chicken is a variation of the dish Kalua Pork. Kalua refers to the traditional Hawaiian method of cooking in an underground oven or imu. Inside the pit, the meat is cooked on top of rocks heated…