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Breakfast

  • Toasted Sesame Oil and Honey Buckwheat Cake

  • Olympic Village Chocolate Muffin

  • 100% Whole Wheat Banana Cottage Cheese Bread

  • Colossal Carrot Cake Cinnamon Roll

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Instant Pot Recipes

  • Malbi Sapi Palembang (Palembang Beef Stew)

  • Nasi Minyak/Nasi Samin Palembang (Ghee Spiced Rice)

  • Red-Braised Pork Ribs

  • Nasi Liwet Sunda ( Indonesian Aromatic Spiced Coconut Rice)

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Dim Sum / Yum Cha

  • Pork and Shrimp Dumplings (Shu mai/Siu Mai)

  • BBQ Pork Bolo Bao

  • Easy Rice Paper Cheung Fun

  • Rice Paper Steamed Pork Dumplings

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Steamed Buns

  • Pork and Leek Baozi/Steamed Buns

  • Chinese Thousand-Layer Steamed Cake/Bread /千层糕

  • Steamed Pumpkin Bao Buns (with Jicama/Yam Bean Filling)

  • Red Dates/Jujube Brown Sugar Steamed Buns/Baozi

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Appetizer/Snack/Street Food

  • Sourdough Discard Rotisserie Chicken Empanada

  • Sesame and Soy Sauce Roasted Almonds

  • Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes (Banh Xeo)

  • Golden Bak Kwa Coin (BBQ Pork Jerky Coin)

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One Pot/Pan

  • Instant Pot Creamy Curry Wild Rice Soup (DF and GF)

  • Instant Pot Lu Rou Fan (Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly Rice)

  • How To Cook Simple Oden and Mala Oden (Fish Cake Stew)

  • Instant Pot Spiral Baked Ham with Char Siu Glaze

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Noodles

  • Easy Sesame Peanut Tossed Noodle

  • Crispy Chow Mein Noodle

  • Easy Spaghetti Chow Mein

  • Sweet Chili Chuka Soba Noodles with Salmon

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Rice & Grains

  • Easy Sesame and Seaweed Rice Pilaf

  • Nasi Minyak/Nasi Samin Palembang (Ghee Spiced Rice)

  • Nasi Liwet Sunda ( Indonesian Aromatic Spiced Coconut Rice)

  • Easy Rice Pilaf with Caramelized Onion

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Burgers, Sandwich, Wraps

  • Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes (Banh Xeo)

  • Peking Duck Pancakes (Spring Pancakes/ Mandarin Pancakes/ Chun Bing)

  • Easy Sesame Fish Kimchi Taco

  • Epic Sourdough Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich

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Soups & Stews

  • Homemade Prawn/Shrimp Ball Soup

  • Cucumber Garlic Gazpacho

  • Savory Tang Yuan Soup

  • Instant Pot Creamy Curry Wild Rice Soup (DF and GF)

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Eggs

  • Osmanthus Eggs (Gui Hua Dan / Kwai Fa Chi)

  • Easy Steamed Egg with Minced Pork

  • Easy Taiwanese Dan Bing (Egg Crepe Roll)

  • How To Make Really Good Seafood Egg Foo Young with Gravy

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Poultry

  • Easy Chinese BBQ Turkey Hand Pies

  • Ayam Penyet Cabe Ijo

  • Easy Peking Duck

  • Easy Roasted Five-Spice Cornish Hen (Air-fryer or Oven Method)

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Pork

  • Stir-fried Pork with Wood Ear Mushrooms and Celery

  • Stir-fried Pork with Cucumber

  • Dendeng Babi Goreng (Indonesian Sweet Pork Jerky)

  • Golden Bak Kwa Coin (BBQ Pork Jerky Coin)

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Beef & Other Red Meats

  • Daging Sapi Cabe Ijo (Braised Beef With Green Sambal)

  • Korean-Hawaiian Meat Jun

  • Malbi Sapi Palembang (Palembang Beef Stew)

  • Thai Red Curry Flank Steak

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Seafood

  • Miso Honey Glazed Salmon with Asparagus

  • Asian Seafood Chowder

  • Ikan Bakar Colo Colo

  • Cereal Butter Prawn (Mai Pian Xia)

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Tofu & Tempeh

  • Crispy Tofu and Snow Peas with Peanut Sesame Sauce

  • Easy Sichuan Mapo Tofu

  • Braised Tofu with Ground Meat (Mun Tahu)

  • Tahu Telur / Tauhu Telur (Indonesian Tofu and Eggs Salad)

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Sides

  • No-Cook Crunchy Snap Pea Salad with Chili Crisp

  • Easy Russian Salad (Olivier Salad)

  • Gulai Nangka Padang / Gulai Cubadak (Young Jackfruit Curry)

  • Goi Ga Bap Cai (Vietnamese Chicken and Cabbage Salad)

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Condiments

  • All-purpose Cilantro Avocado Dressing

  • Easy Peach Jam (without pectin)

  • How To Make Pistachio Paste

  • Easy Homemade Meyer Lemon Curd

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Beverage

  • Air Mata Kucing (Luo Han Guo and Longan Drink)

  • Milo Jelly Sago Dessert/Drink

  • How To Soak Pang Da Hai and Make Pang Da Hai Tea

  • Easy Creamy Homemade Chinese Soy Milk (Instant Pot)

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vegan

  • Crispy Tofu and Snow Peas with Peanut Sesame Sauce

  • Peking Duck Pancakes (Spring Pancakes/ Mandarin Pancakes/ Chun Bing)

  • Dou Hua /Tau Foo Fah (Soybean Pudding-using agar agar or gelatin)

  • Steamed Banana Huat Kueh / Kuih (No Yeast, No Eggs)

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KUEH/KUIH

  • Kuih Cara Berlauk (Oven-method)

  • Chinese Savory Black-eyed Beans Cake (五香眉豆糕)

  • Taro Ang Ku Kueh (Steamed Taro Tortoise Cake)

  • Steamed Pumpkin/Squash Coconut Kueh

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Asian Bread

  • Frangipane Milk Bread/Shokupan

  • Honey Yogurt Shokupan

  • Spicy Tuna Buns (Asian Bakery Style)

  • BBQ Pork Bolo Bao

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Sourdough

  • How To Make Perfectly Puffed Pita Bread at Home

  • Sourdough Discard Rotisserie Chicken Empanada

  • Sourdough Discard Gyeran Ppang (Korean Egg Bread)

  • Flaky and Buttery Sourdough Discard Pie Crust

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Asian Sweets & Desserts

  • Banana Chocolate Chip Mochi Muffin

  • Hong Kong Egg Waffles (Gai Daan Jai)

  • Black Sesame Frangipane Blondie

  • Matcha Caramel Blondies

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How To

  • How to Make Kataifi Dough (a.k.a. Shredded Filo Pastry) at Home

  • How To Make Perfectly Puffed Pita Bread at Home

  • How To Make Pistachio Paste

  • How To Make Easy Quick Puff Pastry

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Chinese Confinement Recipes

  • How To Make Ginger Milk Curd/Pudding

  • How To Make Nourishing Chicken Essence (Instant Pot Version)

  • Pig Stomach Soup with White Peppercorns (Instant Pot or Stove-top)

  • Easy Stir-fried Pumpkin with Dried Shrimp

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