T.K. – tkcooking

Braised Pork Belly or Butt Country Style Ribs

7/25/2023: It has been a quiet while before adding another dish here since I have been back and forth between California and Texas this year. Here is a easy to make, also very delicious dish to go well either with rice or noodles that my son’s friends and my grandkids just love it. Ingredients: Instruction:

Angel Hair Noodles with Chicken Wings and Shrimps on Top

11/4/2022: I came back to San Antonio, TX from Cupertino, CA in December 2021. Mainly took over my house that my daughter and son-in-law left behind and needs to be remodeled. It surely keep me busy all these time and it’s not done yet. I kept posting my food on Instagram, but ignore this website…

2021 Happy Dragon Boat Festival

6/14/2021: I made 15 zongzi yesterday to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival today. Ingredients: (4) cups sweet rice (1) bag of zongzi wrapping leaves (2) lbs of pork shoulder meat (10) dry shiitake mushroom (30) dry red dates Some scallions, ginger, star anise, sichuan pepper, olive oil Instructions: Wash and soak sweet rice over night Cut…

Milk and Sesame Seeds Bread

3/25/2021: Here is a recipe of bread that I have been used for last six months and happy with the way I put the ingredients together. I usually double the ingredients below and use three 9inx5inx3in baking pans for three loaves of bread that will last two weeks for us. Ingredients: (1) cup of warm…

Sweet and Sour Golden Pompano (金鯧魚）and Tofu

6/15/2020: Fish was a common dish for dinner when I grew up in Taiwan. The market has many choices for fish that you could buy. Golden pompano is a delicious fish regardless of how you cook it. Ingredients: A whole golden pompano, cooking wine, salt, ginger, scallions, sugar, vinegar, tofu, corn starch. Instructions: (1)…

Deep-Fried Dough Stick (Youtiao油條）

4/10/2020: Youtiao, a deep-fried dough stick, was a part of my childhood memory. It’s a common breakfast that we bought from any breakfast store back in Taiwan. They also made the flatbread with sesame seeds on top (燒餅) in the clay oven. The customers would put the youtiao inside the flatbread (燒餅) and eat them…

Eggplant and String Beans

3/28/2020: It has been a while since I posted a recipe here. But I am pleased to see the eggplant color turned out so nice. I also received a message from chinese.home.cooks @Instagram asking me how to keep the purple color of the eggplant, so I am posting my recipe here: Ingredients: eggplant, string beans,…

Steamed Egg or Egg Custard

01/29/2019: It has been a while since I posted last recipe. Time seems just fly by everyday. I can’t believe it’s already February of 2019. You and your family will love this egg dish if you have baby or young kid. My three years old granddaughter and nine months old grandson just love this dish…

How to Make Wonton Soup

07/23/2018: Wonton is easiest to make among all the Chinese food that are made from flour. We usually buy three packages of medium (thickness) wonton wraps. The thin wraps are easy to break during cooking in boiling water. Wonton soup is a simple and delicious meal or snack whenever you want. Ingredients: (3) packages of…

Spring Roll Wrapped Inside the Lettuce

06/10/2018: The size of egg roll from Chinese restaurant is too big for us when we have some other dishes on the table. So the egg roll and spring roll I make are usually much smaller size. Here is a recipe to make spring roll and eat by wrap it with carrot, egg and cucumber…

Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese, Sour Cream and Whip Cream Frosting

7/16/2018: Chocolate cake has been the number one choice from all cakes by my family. Here is a chocolate cake recipe that I tried today and like it very much. Hope you give it a try. Ingredients: (2) cups of all-purpose flour, (2) cups sugar, (3/4 ) cup unsweetened cocoa powder, (1&1/2) teaspoons baking soda,…