Chili Dressing

cooking time: less than 10 minutes This is a typical finishing touch for a lot of dishes that I grew up eating. Making this ahead of time is very convenient. Ingredients: thinly sliced scallion salt finely chopped chili peppers chopped cilantro sesame oil Directions: place scallion in a bowl, mix with some salt mix in chili peppersContinue reading “Chili Dressing”

Chilled Bean Sprouts

cooking time: less than 15 minutes Cold side dishes are great for multiple meals. Ingredients: soy bean sprouts – blanched and cooled salt thinly sliced chili peppers angle sliced scallions minced garlic sesame oil Directions: place bean sprouts in a mixing bowl add all other ingredients, adjust amount of seasoning to taste Notes: soy bean sproutsContinue reading “Chilled Bean Sprouts”

Cucumber Salad

cooking time: less than 10 minutes should be prepared 1 day ahead This is a great side dish with other Asian dishes. Easy to make. Ingredients: Persian cucumbers sugar – approx. 1/6 of cucumber salt – some for seasoning rice vinegar – same amount as sugar thinly sliced ginger – some  Directions: smash cucumbers, cutContinue reading “Cucumber Salad”

Chili Oil / Sauce

cooking time: less than 10 minutes The chili peppers I bought came in a bigger package than I can use fast enough. I came up with this way to use up the peppers. Ingredients: chopped chili peppers minced garlic thinly sliced scallion oil salt Directions: heat up oil in a small pan on low heatContinue reading “Chili Oil / Sauce”