Easy Asian Recipes
If you love mapo tofu and creamy udon, this Viral Creamy Mapo Tofu Udon might be your sign. It combines the bold flavours of mapo tofu with a creamy silken tofu sauce and chewy udon noodles. Ready in under 30 minutes, it’s comforting, slurpable and so addictive.
This dish is inspired by Witch With a Wok (Lee Moon-jung)’s Secret Steamed Golden Eggs from the Netflix show Culinary Class Wars Season 2. It features silky, jiggly steamed eggs as the base, topped with runny poached eggs, finished with fragrant scallion oil and soy sauce.
For my recent supper club in London with 40 guests, I made Chinese almond cookies (杏仁餅) as a little take-home gift, and everyone loved them! Crumbly on the outside, melt-in-your-mouth in every bite, and with the perfect amount of nutty sweetness.
The Viral Soup Dumpling Lasagna has been all over my feed lately, so I had to give it a try! It’s an easy, layered version of Chinese soup dumplings (xiao long bao) that skips the dumpling folding but keeps all the juicy flavours.
This easy tomato mushroom tofu soup is rich, full of umami and surprisingly filling. It’s ready in just 30 minutes and it’s basically a warm hug in a bowl.
I can’t say no to a comforting, warm bowl of rice, chicken and mushrooms, all infused with sesame oil. This Taiwanese sesame oil chicken and mushroom rice has become my go-to for busy days or cold nights. It’s one-pot, packed with flavour and super easy to make in a rice cooker.
Hey, it's Karen! I was born and raised in Hong Kong, now living in London. This blog is where I share easy and approachable East Asian recipes I love, especially the ones that bring back childhood memories. Thanks for dropping by! 大家食飯~