Posts Tagged ‘Vietnamese cuisine’

Chinese Long Beans with Oyster Sauce, Banana Flower Salad, and Beef Vegetable Dumplings

Posted: September 10, 2013 in Food
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I have been so excited by experimenting with Asian cooking lately. It is quite fun! There is so much variety. Tonight, I cooked some Chinese Long Beans and made a Banana Flower Salad. The dumplings were pre-made and steamed by me.

I cooked some Chinese Broccoli last week with a sauce blend of oyster, hoisin, and soy sauce. This worked so well, that I decided to use it for the Chinese Long Beans.

For the Banana Flower Salad, I used the following recipe minus the chicken.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/inside-dish/banana-blossom-salad-recipe/index.html

A Banana Flower is the flower from the banana tree. I was amazed at how many baby bananas are inside a flower. There must have been 80 to 100 of them. I tried the banana flower raw before preparation, and my tongue and mouthed sucked tight like a deflated balloon. The banana flower must have the vinaigrette!!! The vinegar and sugar work magic.

Bon Appetite!

 

Vietnamese Vermicelli Noodle Bowl with Gingered Pork

Posted: August 25, 2013 in Food
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Today I dabbled with some Vietnamese cuisine. I love it for its simplicity, color, and flavors. Here is where I found the basic recipe.  http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vermicelli-noodle-bowl/

However, I decided to opt out on the shrimp and cook gingered pork instead. You can pretty much add any meat or tofu you like for this dish.

To ginger your pork add about a teaspoon of chopped fresh ginger, two cloves of fresh garlic, one bunch of chopped green onions, and about 4 tablespoons olive oil to a skillet for about two minutes to saute. Add about one pound chopped pork loin, 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, stir around periodically until cooked.

Give it a spin in the kitchen. You will not regret it.