Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
This Sesame Tuna with Wasabi Mayo Sandwich is light, healthy, and absolutely delicious! It has tuna steak cooked in sesame oil and served with wasabi mayonnaise and an Asian slaw on tender rolls. If you need sandwich ideas for tuna steak, this is what you’re looking for! This post has been refreshed and abbreviated since its original publication on July 12, 2015 to contain only …
Homemade chicken sausage, pickled carrots and daikon, and cilantro wrapped in lettuce leaves. Serve with soy-oyster dipping sauce. Great as an appetizer or a light and healthy summer meal. I served these chicken lettuce wraps to my husband twice this past week. To my delight, he loved them and gave them two thumbs up. He is my biggest blog supporter and critic, so it makes …
Take-out fried rice can be a hit or miss. This flavorful homemade Pork Fried Rice is loaded with an abundance of pork and eggs. It satisfies every time! Have you ever been as underwhelmed with your take-out fried rice as I have? Have you had one that may have looked so tasty that you couldn’t wait to dig in, but your excitement turned into disappointment when …
This Thai Coconut Soup is simple yet flavorful. Coconut milk, chicken, mushrooms, ginger, lemongrass, lime juice, sugar, and fish sauce work in unison to provide subtle yet sophisticated flavors. So, I worked on this recipe to the point where I am finally confident in sharing it with the rest of the world. One of my daycare parents asked if I would make a Thai Coconut …
Add flavor, crunch, and texture to any dish with Pickled Carrots and Daikon. This is a Vietnamese condiment that goes well with almost everything. I use it on bánh mì and many other Vietnamese dishes. Pickled carrots and daikon is a popular Vietnamese condiment that adds crunch, tanginess, and a punch of color to banh mi and many other dishes. It is fabulous with my …
Vietnamese Fried Shrimp Banh Mi is sure to make you fall in love! This lightly battered and fried shrimp sandwich served with pickled carrots & daikon, sweet mayonnaise, cucumber, and cilantro is out of this world! One of the best sandwiches on earth is banh mi, otherwise known as a Vietnamese sandwich. It is a sub. As with any other subs, it can be made …
Grilled Lemongrass Shrimp are marinated in an aromatic lemongrass rub. They are so simple but so good. Serve as an appetizer or a main course. I love lemongrass! It has a lemony-citrusy and, some say, gingery flavor. To me, it is wonderfully distinctive and pairs well with many types of meat—pork, chicken, beef, or seafood. In this post, I am using it as a marinade …
Looking for a dinner idea for a new Asian recipe? These quail egg stuffed pork meatballs served with rice noodles are just what you need! Serve with a sweet, salty, garlicky dipping sauce and fresh condiments for a meal that is full of flavor and texture. Quail egg is not an ingredient I typically use. In fact, it is something I have never used. But …
This Bacon Egg and Sweet Sausage Fried Rice has sweet and salty notes. Bacon, egg, and sweet Chinese sausage provides great flavor. So much better than takeout! As you can see by the name, this is going to be an indulgent meal for the health conscious. Some things are not worth the calories and fat, but others are, like this fried rice. Sometimes you have …
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