149. Chicken Long Rice p.247

The recipe
The Book is at it again. I’m beginning to understand that when the blurb before the recipe mentions comfort food, I’m in for a boring dinner. This time it’s comfort food, Hawaiian style.
I’ve just started to get to know Hawaiian food through a few of the recipes in The Book. I don’t have a [...]

8 March 2008 | Pasta, Noodles, and Dumplings, The Book | 8 Comments
Tags: bean thread noodles, bouillon cube, cellophane noodles, chicken, chicken thighs, ginger, Hawaii, luau, mushrooms, noodles, onion, scallions, shiitake

70. Chow Fun with Chinese Barbecued Pork and Snow Peas p.249

The recipe.
This is the stir fry I mentioned a while back. It called for leftover Char Siu as an ingredient. The stir fry alone is competent, but not exceptional. The char siu is what makes the dish. The stir fry is very restrained in it’s selection of vegetables, just snow peats, scallions, and bean sprouts. [...]

2 August 2007 | Pasta, Noodles, and Dumplings, The Book | 5 Comments
Tags: bean sprouts, char siu, chicken stock, China, garlic, ginger, leftover, noodles, oyster sauce, pork, rice noodles, sake, scallions, sesame oil. corn starch, snow peats, soy, stir fry, sugar

59. Fresh Fettuccine p.210

Sorry, no recipe
I made this fettuccine using the Basic Pasta Dough recipe. It’s kind of a silly recipe as it could be replaced with the words “follow the instructions that came with your pasta machine”. Basically it involves dividing the dough into 8, and working each piece through the widest setting of the rollers a [...]

23 July 2007 | Pasta, Noodles, and Dumplings, The Book | Comments Off
Tags: fettuccine, fresh pasta, homemade pasta, noodles, pasta