food & things with Christy Wang
Steamer basket meals are back!! This is a riff on a pretty classic chinese braised chicken and shiitake dish except like… steamed and all-in-one with the veggies. Most of these meals will feed me and @designhangry. For rehydrating dried shiitakes — if I know I’m …
My mom used to make this a couple of times a year and I would always look forward to it!! Though she’d tell me that I couldn’t eat too much because glutinous rice is harder for the stomach to digest and I’d get a stomach …
Say the title of the blog post 10 times fast. jk. My friend Jessie made steamed fish tofu and bok choy, so naturally I had to do the same. I love this because it’s basically the steamed fish with scallion hong shao sauce (sweet soy …
Cabbage and peanut sauce are a duo that’s just meant to be!! I first made this at an Airbnb a few months ago because these were the ingredients I could conjure up together from the pantry, and I loved it! You can either pan sear …
Chive boxes (韭菜盒子 Jiu Cai He Zi) are filled with egg, chive, and mung bean vermicelli. They’re another childhood favorite of mine and something that I would always look for on the menu when we went out to eat. Since they’re not always easy to …
The pasta gives me slightly puttanesca vibes in the use of pantry staples, aliums, and umami-rich protein, but like.. Chinese. It relies on three Chinese pantry staples: lap cheong, tobandjan, and dried shiitake. Lap cheong aka xiang tsang is a cured, slightly sweet and savory …