Pork belly was on sale and I really wanted to try to make it as most of my attempts have been fatty, oily messes. The meat and fat were good but the skin was hard to the point of being inedible. This one started with my new obsession of trying to better understand curing meat, …
Tag Archives: Bao
Beef Bao with tater tots…
It was one of those days when I thought that the day would allow for a noon dinner prep and life would be good around 6. Well…. one thing led to another and at 3pm I realized I hadn’t even thought about dinner since I bought the ingredients. My super human plan of having an …
Snowy Sunday: Soup dumplings and egg rolls
With it snowing outside, I wanted to push what I could possibly make. I have always wanted to make soup dumplings so today was the day (actually I started it yesterday). And as a backup, some vegetable egg rolls just in case it fails miserably. Also, it gave me a chance to go to the …
Continue reading “Snowy Sunday: Soup dumplings and egg rolls”
Saturday Afternoon Experiment: Fish Bao with slaw
I really wanted milk bread this morning and I was planning on experimenting with miso marinated fish. Since it was an experiment, bought two small pieces of black cod and monk fish to see if either of them could handle a miso marinade, also they were on sale. I usually don’t put the outcome in …
Continue reading “Saturday Afternoon Experiment: Fish Bao with slaw”
My favorite dish: Bao Char Siu
For the past year, I have been trying a figure out how to imitate David Chang’s Bao Char Siu recipe with my own twist. Now that the holiday season is over, no more long stews and back to figuring out how to make good food in short time. After cleaning up from the rabbit stew, …
