Recipes by Little Corner of Mine
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Steamed Nian GaoThis is a steamed glutinous rice cake that Chinese eat during the Chinese New Year to bring luck and family togetherness. |
1 vote
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Korean Spicy Chicken/ Dak-GalbiI didn't know what gotten into me, I just felt like having a Korean meal. When I got that planned, I didn't know what I gotten myself into. I made three out of four banchan (side dish) before and everything seem simple on the surface. Only when I started working on it, only did I realize that it was actually quite a lot of work… |
4 votes
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Penne Tuna PastaPenne Tuna PastaHave you tried the pouch tuna? I recently bought some to try because it was on sales and I seriously liked it. No draining required and it was so convenient. It was fairly expensive without the sales so stock up when it goes on sales. Friday noodle/pasta night again and of course I had to think of something to cook.… |
3 votes
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Chinese Style Green Beans & Happy New Year!Chinese Style Green Beans & Happy New Year!This green bean dish can be easily spotted at the Chinese buffet table. In fact, that was how I discovered this cooking method. Below is how I imagine this dish is prepared and I made it for our Thanksgiving dinner. It was very closed to the original except I needed more… |
3 votes
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Pork in Hoisin SauceI had this dish in one of the authentic Chinese restaurant in Memphis 10+ years ago. They prepared it without the carrot, just the pork and fresh scallion and it was simply divine. I tried to recreate it here and it was not bad too. Except my girls won't eat the fresh scallion as predicted. I knew they won't eat it so I added the… |
3 votes
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Whole Wheat Oats Cranberries CookiesI loved cookies! A cookies lover since young and coming from Asia, we were used to the hard and crunchy cookies. I only got introduced to soft or soft and chewy cookies when I came to America. It got some getting used to but frankly I am still not use to the soft cookies. My hubby brought back some cookies from his office and it was… |
2 votes
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Almond Konnayaku JellyI promised my girls to make them some Konnyaku jelly. I always made the konnyaku jelly to bring to friend's house or party and my girls always complaint that they never got to eat it. Poor thing right? So, this time I made it all for them. I have a canned of evaporated milk and I loved almond jelly so decided to make it almond… |
2 votes
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Spicy Korean RadishI saw this dish in a Korean cookbook and immediately felt a urge to make it at home. I combined two recipes together to bring out the best spicy Korean radish dish for myself. I liked this as it was spicy and went well with rice or jajangmyeon.Ingredients:Method:1. Put julienned radishes into a big bowl. Add in 1 tsp. of salt, mix… |
2 votes
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Pear PreservesI sampled a pear preserves at my friend's house and really liked it. Since Bartlett pear is in season now, I would love to make it myself. I did a search on the web and found some recipes at cooks.com. It gave me a general idea of how it was made. What I liked best about this preserves is no pectin required. For my recipe, I used… |
2 votes
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Easy Stir-Fried CarrotsCarrot is better if stir-fried it with a little oil. It is also better if you don't peel it with a peeler but scrape it with the back of your knife and then rinse it. Just like gobo/burdock root (outer layer is packed with nutrient too). Since I started to plan meatless meals for my family twice a week, I need to come out with more… |
2 votes
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