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…

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…

Roasted Chicken, Broccoli and Cheese Enchiladas

11/7/2016: We received the ingredients and recipe for this dish from Blue Apron today. It was supposed to be a vegetable enchiladas dish, but I added roasted and diced chicken breast to the filling to please the meat eaters in my family – they said it was a delicious meal! Here’s my interpretation of the recipe: Ingredients:…

Steamed Three Kinds of Eggs

8/8/2016: This dish is popular appetizer or side dish  and really easy to make. The three kinds of eggs are  regular chicken egg, salted duck egg and preserved egg (we call it Pi-Dan 皮蛋 in Chinese). You could find the last two kinds of eggs in Chinese supermarket. Both usually are ready to use. The…

Pork Chop and Steamed Three Kinds of Eggs

8/8/2016: Here is my lunch picture that has rice topped with pork chop, red onion and green bean sprouts. On the side is collard greens topped with steamed three kinds of eggs. The three kinds of eggs are regular chicken eggs, salted duck eggs and preserved eggs. Please check the dish if you want to…

Beef Chuck Tender Steak

8/5/2016: This is one of favorite dishes of my family and easy to prepare. Cut the beef about 2″ x 2″ size, Cook them in the water with ginger, scallions  and anise seed until the beef getting tender (about one hour).  Take out the anise seeds first before adding dark soy sauce, five spices powder…

Sesame Paste Noodles with Cucumber and Steak at side with Radish

8/2/2016: My family love to eat noodles, especially my brother who could have noodles for lunch and dinner. In special occasion, we would made this sesame paste noodles. Here is how we make the sesame paste for the noodles as below: Cook (1) cup of white sesame seeds mixed with 1/2 cup vegetable oil in…

Stir-fried Chicken Noodle with Vegetable

7/29/2016: I always like to check whatever I have in the refrigerator before planning what I will cook for dinner. It’s more fun to surprise myself and my family member if they are having dinner with me. For example, I found two pieces chicken breast that my daughter-in-law bought the other day. I also found…

Beef Loin Tenderloin Steak

7/8/2016: It’s Friday and happened to be a day off for my hard working brother. So my sister and I invited him to have a special dinner with us in my sister’s house. Here is a simple Chinese way to cook beef loin tenderloin steak that I have learned from a friend. I thought it’s…

Pan-Fried Dumplings

7/7/2016: My siblings and I grow up with this dish. Everybody learned how to make dumplings since we were kids. Not only holiday, but any weekend as long as mom said that we were going to have some dumplings as dinner, we would gather around the dinning table as soon as mom has the dough…

Pan-fried Ribbon Fish

7/5/2016: Pan-fried Ribbon Fish was a regular dish on the dinning table when I grow up and still love to eat it from time to time now. As soon as I bought the fish home, I cut them and sprinkle with salt and pepper, then bag them in refrigerator or freezer if I don’t cook…