Kimchi Pancake

Kimchi Pancake

Love me a kimchi pancake, except for when I eat too many and become too full to move. Sos. Ingredients: 1 cup kimchi (roughly chopped) 1 egg 1/4 tsp sugar greens from one scallion, thinly sliced 1/4 tsp salt 1 tbsp corn starch 2 spoonfuls 

Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow)

Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow)

Thai basil chicken (Pad Krapow) is so flavorful and easy to whip up. In these quarantine times – frozen chicken breast, green beans, and birds eye chilis are your best friend. This recipe feeds 2 Christy’s.. use your best judgment on if that’s one or 

Chopped Cheese Rice Cakes

Chopped Cheese Rice Cakes

What is a Chopped Cheese? From the always trusty Wikipedia: “Chopped Cheese, also known as “a chop cheese”, is a type of sandwich originating from New York City. Found in bodegas throughout the Bronx and Harlem, it is made on a grill with ground beef, 

Braised Oxtail

Braised Oxtail

I’ve always found oxtail really intimidating to cook – something about the way it looks.. I think. However, once I started cooking oxtail, I realized that it’s really not that hard at all and it was aalll in my head. Ingredients: 2 pounds oxtail 2 

Cai Fan (菜饭) – Rice with greens and Chinese sausage

Cai Fan (菜饭) – Rice with greens and Chinese sausage

I have memories of my mom making this in our old house in our trusty rice cooker, usually during the winter. She would tell me things like “winter bok choy is the tastiest” and “Canadian sausage is the best”. While I didn’t manage to find 

Braised Pork with Rice, Lu Rou Fan (滷肉饭)

Braised Pork with Rice, Lu Rou Fan (滷肉饭)

I’ve recently started to crave braised pork with rice, lu rou fan (滷肉饭) often. Even though I didn’t grow up eating this dish at home, it still tastes homey. I, in particular, find myself craving this when hungover — file under: weird hangover cravings. While