The traditional way of cooking dried pasta is to cook the noodle first. Strain it, then sauce it. Now this method isn’t necessarily faster, but is more convenient. In an instant pot put in: One part noodles One part marinara sauce One part water Basically what you want to do is when you put all…
Instant Pot Split Pea Soup
Peas come in many forms but one of my favorites are using the dried green split peas for soup. There are two types I like to make a vegan version and a chicken stock based one. Chicken Based Stock: 1 part split peas 8 parts chicken stock 1 bay leaf Bit of salt Tad of…
Cooking and Preparing Snow Peas
When cooking snow peas you want to discard parts of the plant which aren’t tender. To do this, snap the stem underneath the last set of leaves. If it is a clean break you can keep the leaf set intact. If not discard that portion. Cook as usual like any Chinese vegetables with garlic.
Gang Kua Take 1
In the spirit of my mom, whenever I eat out I try to replicate the dish at home. I’ve been pretty obsessed with this restaurant called Unchai. They have this new Gang Kua curry and posted some ingredients on Instagram. I tried this dish and it was delicious. Now in trying to replicate it I…