Recipes!

my local chinese-american spot took a nosedive, so i've started making one of my favorite dishes of theirs at home. normally i think this would be served with shrimp and char sui, but i've been using ground pork as it's easier and more economical.

singapore noodles

rice stick / vermicelli - about half a pack
meat (ground pork or ground chicken) 0.5 to 1 pound
1 med. onion
1 med. carrot
veggies
bean sprouts
green onion, sliced thin
2-3 eggs
3 tbsp mae ploy yellow curry paste
2 tbsp water
pinch sugar
soy sauce to taste

brown meat, set aside
sautee onion, carrot, other veg
remove veg or push aside, fry eggs
boil noodles in water for roughly one minute
mix curry paste with sugar and warm water, add to pan along with meat and noodles
use a spatula or metal utensil to break up noodles into 1-2 inch length
season with soy sauce to taste
fold in sprouts and green onion

You're making me hungry.

Turned the family and friends on to a meatless sabzi the other night. it stands on its own and doesn't really require a protein, i feel like. also, it's really SO simple once all the herbs are prepped (i still hand chop and forgo the food processor). side of saffron rice was also nice

awesome. i've made it a bunch of times lately, got some limoo omani from the persian grocer in my neighborhood which are much more fragrant than the ones i'd been using but the dish tastes the same.

i love this recipe from Yeung Man, making his amazing chili oil took longer than expected but once you have that prepared, the noodle dish takes 5 mins. super fast and easy, perfectly balanced flavors between the smoky chili oil and the paprika and maple syrup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uOLXNgZYqg

my current most valuable ingredient is coconut milk. It's transforming qualities on bodged curries, especially when I've not got the spice blend quite right is magical.

yep, 100% ^

I've done a couple of Yeung Man Cooking recipes, the one I keep going back to is his very simple one-pot rice and lentils one. love his minimalist AMSR style. But still haven't attempted his legendary chilli oil yet.

Those peanut butter noodles look great.

they are!

xp oh, nice. i've only done the chili oil and the peanut noodles, but i'm very impressed with him so far. i was reluctant to sacrifice an entire bottle of grapeseed oil but his chili oil was worth it and seems like it will taste amazing on basically everything.

the peanut noodles one is the kind of recipe where all the flavors are perfectly balanced and you don't need to tweak anything.