Recipes

Sticky, spicy, and ready in 30 minutes — this 3-ingredient Sibeiho Sambal Shrimp is the only kind of recipe we love to cook with. Low effort, high flavor, every single time.

here is a word in Chinese for leeks: 蒜. It sounds almost identical to 算 — the word for counting, for arithmetic. Mom's logic was that eating them would improve my arithmetic. It didn't work. Then a Paris bistro braised them under some fish — and everything changed. Five ingredients. One casserole dish. The oven does the rest. Read the...

In the summers I lived in Shanghai, I would look forward to the cold sesame, peanut-y dressed cold dumplings that pop onto the menu when the weather warms.  This recipe is an homage to all the dumpling makers in my French Concession neighborhood who kept their traditions alive and fed the community with their hand wrapped dumplings.  Ingredients: Frozen dumplings...

  Sambal Goreng Tempeh is a staple we love to eat at the Nasi Padang places back in Singapore. This stir fry consists of green beans, tempeh and tofu in a lightly spiced but highly aromatic mix.  When we discovered locally PDX made Squirrel & Crow Soy Free Tempeh, we were intrigued. Since we served this in our version of Sambal Goreng...

Full of flavor and easy as 1-2-3 chicken dinner.