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Congee days and ramen nights

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Asian cold noodle salad

Symbolic food on Lunar New Year

Pork dumpling soup

Chinese dishes from my childhood

Chinese-style fried rice

How to cook Chinese-style fried rice

Shrimp, mushroom and sausage fried rice

Are all Asian fried rice dishes derived from Chinese fried rice?

Sweet and savory spring rolls with different kinds of wrapper

How to wrap, store and reheat spring rolls

Connie Veneracion, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Home cook and writer by passion, photographer by necessity, and good food, coffee and wine lover forever. I create, test and publish recipes for family meals, and write cooking tips and food stories. More about me and my umami blogs.

Lemongrass pandan chicken with rice, dipping sauce and cucumber slices

Lemongrass pandan chicken and rice

Cook time: 1 hour hour

Servings: 3 people

Chicken banh mi

Air fried lemongrass chicken banh mi

Cook time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 sandwiches

Self-frosting Nutella cupcakes

Self-frosting Nutella cupcakes

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 9 cupcakes

Moo shu chicken rice bowl

Moo shu chicken

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Chicken apple stew

Chicken apple stew

Cook time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Pork ribs and rice noodle soup

Pork ribs and rice noodle soup

Cook time: 2 hours hours

Servings: 4 people

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