Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
Firecracker Chicken Wings are crispy wings tossed in a sweet, spicy, and tangy sauce. This easy chicken wing recipe is a twist on a popular Chinese takeout that is typically made with chicken breast or thighs. If you are looking for a 4th of July recipe, these wings are perfect!! My husband and I are wing lovers. Anytime I make wings, they fly off the …
Mongolian Beef Meatballs with Pineapple have the flavor of a takeout favorite but in meatball form. Added pineapple provides a sweet freshness that contrasts nicely with the sweet and savory sauce. These meatballs are fantastic as an appetizer or as a rice bowl. Mongolian beef is a fixture in Chinese restaurants. It consists of thinly sliced and tenderized beef (usually flank) seared until crispy then …
Ready to enjoy a new fabulous way to eat hot dogs? Let’s make Hot Dog Egg Rolls! They consist of hot dogs, cream cheese, and pickled jalapeños wrapped in egg roll wrappers and then deep fried until crispy and golden. They are easy to make and great for lunch or as party food! My husband and I attended a food truck festival several years back …
Need a simple, easy side dish or main course? Ramen Noodles with Peanut Sauce is the answer. It’s flavorful and peanut buttery and it cooks in no time! This ramen noodle dish is great for a busy weeknight. What’s more, it’s super flavorful with peanut butter and hoisin sauce as the base ingredients. The sauce is creamy and peanut buttery with notes of saltiness, sweetness, …
Vietnamese Shrimp Salad (Goi Tom) is a fresh and herbaceous Asian-style slaw with fantastic texture and crunch. It’s served with a sweet, salty, and tangy dressing. Serve this healthy salad as an appetizer, side, or main dish! Vietnamese shrimp salad is a glorious amalgamation of crispy shredded cabbage and carrots, tender poached shrimp, fragrant herbs, and crunchy peanuts. It’s served with nuoc cham, a fish …
Completely transform excess Thanksgiving turkey with these Leftover Turkey Salsa Verde Egg Rolls. Egg roll wrappers are filled with cream cheese, salsa verde, turkey, roasted red peppers, and jalapeños. They are then deep-fried until golden and crispy. I just don’t know where the year has gone. I can’t believe we are one week away from Thanksgiving! Like many other households, my family will be enjoying …
You’re not going to miss Chinese takeout once you have Paul’s Shrimp with Lobster Sauce! It consists of ground pork and tender shrimp in a savory brown sauce. It is quick and easy to make. Serve with white rice for a filling and satisfying meal. I was gifted a wok by Orodemark for the creation of this post. All opinions expressed are my own. As …
“Don’t knock it ‘till you try it” is my advice when it comes to Chicken Chow Mein Sandwich. It consists of chicken in brown gravy served over crispy chow mein noodles and sandwiched in between a hamburger bun. You’ve got to try it! Chow Mein sandwich is a regional classic in parts of southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. You might look at this sandwich and …
This Pork Bánh Mì Burger consists of a hoisin ground pork patty on a brioche bun with honey Sriracha mayo. It’s garnished with pickled carrots and daikon, cucumber slices, bean sprouts, and greens. This sandwich is packed with flavor, freshness, and crunch. When your picky-as-a-two-year-old husband can’t gush enough over a sandwich, you know you have a winner. This twist on the Vietnamese bánh mì …
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