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Especially when you can easily make ahead and assemble before everyone ‘scrambles’ out the door. Even better, make a big batch and store in the freezer! What’s in a Breakfast Burrito? Besides the standard breakfast ingredients like eggs, sausage (or ham), and cheese, remember that nearly anything can be added to a breakfast burrito! Jalapeños, mushrooms, even diced tomatoes are great mix-ins! Create your own breakfast masterpiece with last night’s leftovers and scrambled eggs, cheese & hash browns!...

If you’re not in the mood for a classic wonton noodle soup with shrimp and pork, check out our simple wonton soup recipe that is fantastic and just as the recipe says, very simple and sans noodle and shrimp. The Shanghai clan (Judy) also has their own version of Shanghai small wonton which is pretty authentic and delicious. You do need some special ingredients, but the method is very simple....

Posted Nov 28, 2022, Updated Oct 05, 2024 As soon as I mastered the art of making homemade caramels, I knew I had to create a recipe for the best caramel cookies. These chocolate chip caramel cookies are literal cookie perfection. Loaded with caramel and chocolate chips, they have crispy edges, chewy centers, and are sprinkled with flaky sea salt. They’re easy to make with simple ingredients, and the dough doesn’t need to be chilled....

This post contains a video that will autoplay or you can choose to watch the full video via Youtube right above the recipe card. Cheers! Why Make Chicken Char Siu? Roast Pork Char Siu goes way back for me, when I learned how to make it (and treats like Roast Pork with Garlic Bread) from my father, a chef cooking in upstate New York. But after working on the blog and fielding questions from so many folks around the world for all these years—whenever I’m digging into pork char siu, I often think about the people who are missing out on that great char siu flavor because they don’t eat pork....

It’s not just a good seasoning for chicken either. There are so many other ways to use this savory seasoning. Season homemade stuffing, stews or casseroles too! What to Season Chicken With This chicken seasoning recipe combines dried ingredients, each with its own unique flavor, to create the perfect seasoning! Delicious on cooked turkey or oven baked chicken breasts or used in so many other ways! Savory: basil, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme Fragrant: garlic powder, onion powder, dill weed Piquant: paprika, pepper, cayenne, dried mustard powder...

Chickpeas are combined with juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, and creamy avocados all tossed in an easy homemade lemon-kissed dressing. This easy salad recipe is the perfect side dish for almost any meal or a great lunch. Add some protein like grilled chicken breasts to make it a hearty dinner! Ingredients in Chickpea Salad Chickpeas: Also known as garbanzo beans, this recipe calls for canned chickpeas. Be sure to rinse them to remove excess salt....

(Now, in case you’re wondering––for you Cantonese folks out there or anyone who frequents Chinatowns that can tend to be Cantonese dominant, the Cantonese pronunciation is lo bak go. You’ll notice these differences in spelling and pronunciation if you’ve ever read our traditional Cantonese Lo Bak Go recipe. An Inspired Recipe! For the most part, I am a pretty traditional guy when it comes to cooking. But every once in a while, I get some inspiration to make something new and different to change up our favorite recipes....

One of Our Favorite Hunan Dishes Pickled Long Beans with Pork is a favorite stir-fried dish that our most beloved Hunan restaurant serves up. It has the perfect level of tongue burning chili flavor, crisped bits of ground pork, and strong, vinegary pickled long beans whose flavor is transformed into smokey pickled deliciousness by the effect of the wok’s searing heat. I’m drooling on my keyboard just thinking about it....

My mother, who is now 81, doesn’t have as much energy to cook these days, but she still makes salted pork bones. There’s not much to it! You simply take meaty pork neck bones, and salt them for 24 to 48 hours in the refrigerator. Why Make Salted Pork Bones? We’ve made many soups, stocks, and congee recipes with regular pork bones, so why bother salting them? Well, salting them actually adds a lot more flavor....

You’ll really be surprised at how tasty it is. The tangy tomatoes, mixed with rich scrambled eggs, a hint of sugar, and flavorful sesame oil and Shaoxing wine all come together to create a very satisfying (and vegetarian!) dish that tastes lovely on a bed of rice. It also happens to be one of my go-to’s when I don’t know what else to eat on a weeknight! This recipe was originally published in July 2013....

Chocolate and Orange is one of those crazy flavor combinations that you would never expect to pair well but somehow it’s AMAZING. It’s like it was just meant to be. Kind of like those Chocolate Oranges we get in our stockings at Christmas! The ones you smash and then eat… I love those! This dessert is one of my favorite no bake pie recipes! It starts out with a chocolate cookie crust filled with an amazing no bake orange filling and then it’s topped with a rich chocolate ganache!...

Posted Oct 08, 2021, Updated Oct 06, 2024 Brownies are my favorite dessert. Chocolate and peanut butter is my favorite flavor combination. So naturally I created this recipe for the best chocolate peanut butter brownies. So many peanut butter brownie recipes are just brownies with a swirl of peanut butter, but I created this recipe that actually has peanut butter in the batter. These peanut butter brownies are fudgy and chocolatey with a shiny crinkly top....

Scrambled eggs and spicy pork chorizo sausage are served with warm tortillas for a hot and hearty breakfast everyone will love. Ingredients for Chorizo and Eggs Chorizo: Be sure to squeeze the chorizo out of the casing and break it into small pieces as it cooks. I love to use my meat chopper to create perfectly crumbly ground meat. You can also use cured chorizo, chop it into small pieces, and heat it in the skillet in Step 1....

Posted Dec 16, 2018, Updated Sep 13, 2024 This cinnamon scones recipe is the absolute best scone I have ever eaten. Fresh from the oven, they will literally change your life. They are moist and buttery with cinnamon chips in every bite. And they’re easy to make with a handful of simple ingredients. Cinnamon Scones: Ingredients & Substitutions While there are a few possible substitutions in this recipe, these truly are the best scones ever, and I do not recommend making changes!...

This dish is the perfect balance of flavors and is great served over rice! Ingredients in Curry Shrimp While this recipe is easy to make it does have quite a few ingredients (more than I usually add to a recipe). In this case, it’s 100% worth the extra time, the flavor is amazing. I prep everything before I begin as this curry recipe comes together quickly. Shrimp I most often use a large (or extra) shrimp (31/35per lb)....

A chocolate coating with rich and creamy peanut butter filling, it’s hard to stop at just one! Homemade Peanut Butter Cups With just five ingredients, whip up these quick, no-bake treats. Make extras; they vanish fast! Smaller molds might mean fewer calories, too! Classic flavors! Reese’s was onto something when they paired up peanut butter and chocolate! Quick and easy copycat Reese’s peanut butter cups are a fun family activity to make with little chefs!...

I love appetizers and I can assure you if I’m invited to a party I’m going to show up hungry so I can nibble my way through the evening. When we go for dinner if Crab Rangoon is on the menu, I can pretty much guarantee it’s going to end up on my table too! Crispy and delicious on the outside with a creamy cheesy crab filling… what’s not to love?...

This simple treat takes just minutes to prepare and is deliciously decadent. Move over Chick-fil-a peppermint milkshake, there’s a new and improved version in town! Peppermint Milkshake Ingredients Much like making any milkshake, you’ll need just a few simple ingredients. We start with vanilla ice cream but you can use other Christmas inspired ice cream flavors like eggnog or even peppermint ice cream. A bit of milk (or even eggnog) thins the mixture to make it into a slurp-able treat....

A Hasselback Version of a Xi’An Potato Dish I was late to the hasselback potato party. I’d seen the idea on Pinterest somewhere a couple years ago, and kind of passed over it as one of those food trends that I probably wasn’t going to try anytime soon. Like cauliflower rice. Or smoothie bowls. (Not offend any cauliflower rice/smoothie bowl lovers who may be reading this!) But I was brainstorming recipe ideas last weekend, and my mind turned to a stir-fried potato dish that I had in Xi’An, China....

Tailgating season is one of our favorite times of the year. The weather has cooled down a little bit, and we get to enjoy party favorites – like sausage queso, sriracha shrimp, game day chili and of course Italian Beef! This post is sponsored by Mirum, all opinions expressed are my own. ‘Tis the season for tailgating, friends and family! A favorite time of year for me filled with appetizers and all of my favorite snacks!...