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Recipes That You Can Make: From Restaurant-Quality To Easy 5-Ingredient Recipes
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items I'm always tinkering in the kitchen - making dishes with beloved, nostalgic flavours until it's just right. These are all my tried and true recipes and the stories of how they came to be!
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Recipes: Vietnamese Homestyle Dishes
Recipes: Make It Just Like The Restaurants
Recipes: Ridiculously Easy To Make
Recipes: Vietnamese Homestyle Dishes
This is what home tastes like. Every Asian household has a special caramelized pork recipe, and this is what I grew up with: Thit Kho, pork belly lovingly braised in coconut water. This dish is best enjoyed with copious amounts of rice, and trust me,...
Thịt Kho Trứng (Caramel Braised Pork with Eggs) - meetandeats
This soup is a result of attempting to satisfy a nostalgic home-style Vietnamese soup that my dad would make growing up (minus the fish). For the protein, it’d instead be pork spare ribs, but I’m using frozen fish for this recipe. With every meal at ...
Vietnamese Tomato & Fish Soup
This is Vietnamese comfort food in a bowl. If you’re looking for ways to use your watermelon rind, look no further! And if you’re asking if Watermelon Rind is even safe to eat, it absolutely is, and is especially good for you as it’s nutrient-rich in...
Vietnamese Watermelon Rind & Shrimp Soup - meetandeats
Meet my favourite Vietnamese appetizer that I never order. Cha gio comes in either a rice paper wrapper, or more commonly a yellow egg wrapper. The rice paper wrapper is far superior in my books. With a fry, you get that chew, and light crisp, and al...
Crispy Rice Paper Rolls (Cha Gio) - meetandeats
Baking Grilled Pork on Noodles (Thịt Heo Nướng) Alice 0 Comment If there’s any excuse to eat copious amounts of fish sauce dip, I’ll be there. Vermicelli rice noodles are just a vehicle for it. The star ingredient to a good vermicelli bowl is a well ...
Grilled Pork on Noodles (Thịt Heo Nướng) - meetandeats
Be prepared for one of the richest broths you can meet: Bò kho, aka Vietnamese Beef Stew! Perfect for soaking up a warm Vietnamese baguette, noodle or even fluffy jasmine rice. But I’ll always reach for a banh mi! The beef in this dish is very versat...
Bò Kho (Vietnamese Beef Stew)
Growing up, the dinner table would comprise of multiple Vietnamese dishes: one to two mains and one large sharing bowl of soup to finish. We would have our personal serving bowls filled with rice and a plate to lean our chopsticks & spoon. This f...
Fuzzy Melon Soup with Pork & Shrimp (Canh Bi Dao) - meetandeats
Recipes: Make It Just Like The Restaurants
Anytime there’s seafood in the freezer, I’m ready to pull this Chinese fried shrimp recipe out to fry them all! This same recipe works with shrimp, squid and fish. Literally the perfect crunch and seasoning, seasoning that you will want to sprinkle o...
Addictive Chinese Fried Shrimp
The flavours in this chow mein recipe comes close to one of my favourites. The best chow mein I’ve tasted is from Sam’s Congee or that one Soy Bean place in Heritage Court (now a memory). The portion size from both restaurants are very small. And not...
Vegetable Chow Mein Noodles (No Wok Needed!)
Another childhood favourite! Sizzling Vietnamese crepes, aka Banh Xeo. The best crepes are crispy on the outside, and accompanied with loads of fresh vegetables. These crepes are filled with pork belly, shrimp, bean sprouts and, at times, mung bean, ...
The Crispiest Vietnamese Crepe (Bánh Xèo)
My mom would make so many Vietnamese dishes at home from scratch. Her mental catalogue of recipes mind is endless. As I lived with my dad for most of my upbringing, this style of Vietnamese dishes would be totally foreign to me. Often times at the di...
Bun Cha Hanoi (Vietnamese Patties & Pork in Fish Sauce)
This Khao Soi recipe tastes as close to the real deal and can rival your favourite Thai takeout spot. Make it with your desired protein – beef, tofu or chicken, either would go well with this dish! All you need is the khao soi paste, and a bunch of p...
Khao Soi (Northern Thai Coconut Curry Noodle) - meetandeats
Spending hours by an oven is not my preference. My most used function on the oven is the broil mode – and I’m a pro. Set oven to broil on low, timer for 5 minutes, and you have the perfect day-two fries and wings from last night’s dinner! When came t...
Mini Porchetta Roll Sandwich
Recipes: Ridiculously Easy To Make
I had my fingers crossed for this recipe. I had ripe sweet mangos, and so badly wanted mango & sticky rice. The one major ingredient that I was missing was the sticky rice! Using a newer ingredient to my pantry, this was subbed for long-grain bla...
Easy Rice & Mango Dessert (with Long-grain Black Rice) - meetandeats
I would walk nearly a kilometre during the winter in -20 weather for a taste of these freshly grilled Korean rice cake skewers at Yonge & Finch. It’d be a rough walk, but I knew it’d be worth it every time. One order for $1.50, and worth every pe...
5-Ingredient Spicy Korean Rice Cake
The only time that I eat Mac & Cheese is when it’s served as a side with a delicious BBQ spread at a restaurant. More often than not, the Mac & Cheese is not cheesy or creamy enough for me. To make those dreams come true, I’m looking to tick ...
Creamy, Cheesy Shrimp Mac & Cheese
I had no idea how ridiculously easy pulled pork is to make. It also makes me wonder why I’ve tried so many mediocre ones in my life! This pulled pork recipe, can easily be made into carnitas with a fry over a pan. The balance of salty, sweet and citr...
Easy Instant Pot Pulled Pork (Or Carnitas!)
Homemade siu mai is my new fave snack. This is incredibly easy to make, it’s ridiculous. I often make it over my 1-hour lunches, for me, it only takes 20-25 minutes to make from start to finish! Growing up in Sydney, I remember that this dish was cal...
Make Siu Mai in 30 Minutes