[Malaysian Recipes] Hainanese Chicken Rice

I wrote a post on Hainanese chicken rice sometime last year, though without the detailed recipe. Before I go on, let me just say that this recipe was provided courtesy of Mr G. If there's one thing he loves to cook and can cook well, it's chicken rice. The only part I play in the whole cooking process is preparing the chilli sauce and supervising the food styling. I'm only too happy to let him hold the reins on this one as he has cooked this umpteen times for the last few years, and has become quite an expert at it.

[Vietnamese Recipes] Crispy Roasted Chicken (Ga Roti)

Vietnamese roasted chicken (Ga Roti) is tender, flavorful, soy-marinated chicken, usually served with steamed rice, lettuce, pickled daikon and carrot, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers.

[Chinese Recipes] Boneless Spare Ribs

These Chinese Boneless Spare Ribs are ridiculously easy to make! You can make these spare ribs three ways – the oven, air fryer and crock pot!

[Indian Recipes] Vegan Aloo Palak (Indian Spinach & Potato Curry)

If you intend to get into cooking Indian food – the critical spices (outside of cumin & coriander) are garam masala & cardamom. If your local market does not carry the spices you need – and there is no local Indian spice source (ethnic markets are THE BEST resource for cheap spices) – buy them on Amazon. This recipe calls for fenugreek (or kasuri methi) but I read that celery seeds are a decent substitute. If you can’t find either – blow it off.

[Japanese Recipes] Carrot Ginger Miso Soup

This brightly orange color carrot ginger soup is creamy thanks to the addition of Japanese miso paste. Kombu (dried kelp) dashi makes this soup full of umami.

[Korean Recipes] Bibimbap With Homemade Bibimbap Sauce

While I am not new to Korean cooking, I initially found preparing bibimbap to be quite intimidating and even a little stressful. As I was learning to make this dish, I discovered that there are dozens of tasty components to choose from for bibimbap, and what you put in it really depends on what you have, what you like, or what you feel like eating on a particular day.

[Thailand Recipes] Green Papaya Salad

This light and refreshing Thai green papaya salad (som tam) taste just like the one you tasted at one of the restaurants in Thailand. Check out my post for lots of tips and tricks to make this in the most authentic way in your kitchen (can be easily made vegan and gluten-free).

[Malaysian Recipes] Kari Ayam – Curry Chicken

Malaysian curry chicken or kari ayam is what happens when India goes traveling. Familiar spices slammed up against the flavours of south east Asia. Just. Good. Eating.

[Chinese Recipes] Beef Onion Stir-Fry

This beef onion stir-fry is one of those recipes that doesn’t require much more than the ingredients in the name—beef…and onions!