Kung Pao Chicken

Serves: 6 people

Ingredients:
- 2 pounds (skinned, with bones removed, and diced up) chicken breast
- 4 tablespoons sherry
- 3/4 cup peanuts
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 3 tsp sugar
- 4 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 6 scallions, chopped/diced
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/2 onion, chopped

Directions:
1. In a medium-sized bowl, put together the sugar, vinegar, water, and half the sherry, corn starch, and soy sauce.
2. In a deep dish, mix together the remains of the sherry, corn starch, and soy sauce with the chicken breast.
3. Cook the peanuts in a pan with half the cooking oil for 5 minutes on medium power. Then remove them from the pan and put them aside. Then add the onion, red pepper flakes, and scallions in for another 3-5 minutes.
4. Cook the chicken and marinade in the pan with the veggies. Cook everything together for about 10 minutes. Then stir the peanuts back in, pour the vinegar mixture in over-top, and let everything simmer together for 1 minute.
5. Serve out the contents over rice. Ta-da!

How to make . . . Kimchi!

This is a how-to on kimchi. Enjoy!

How to make . . . Seasoned Rice!

This how-to is about seasoned rice, obviously. But rice is nice, no?

How to make . . . Seafood Chowder!

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Green Tea Cake

Serves: 3 - 6 people

Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 3/4 cup vanilla almond milk
- 3 eggs
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tablespoons green tea powder
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp salt

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients (except for the sugar); the baking powder, green tea powder, salt, and flour.
2. With an electric mixer, combine the coconut oil and sugar until it is smooth and creamy. Then add in the milk and eggs.
3. Heat the oven to 325 degrees. While you wait for it to heat up completely, slowly add the dry ingredients to the ingredients in the mixer. When everything is flowing smoothly and the lumps are gone, take a large bread or loaf pan out, spray it with cooking spray, and pour the cake mix inside it.
4. Stick the cake in the oven for 50 minutes. When it comes out, let it cool down for another 10 minutes, and then leave it out to serve. Viola! An easy yet scrumptious dessert.

Szechwan Shrimp

Serves: 4 - 5 people

Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pounds of peeled and deveined shrimp
- 1 1/2 tsp sugar
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon rice wine
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/3 tsp pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 3 green onions (sliced)
- 1 purple onion (the regular kind with purple skin; also sliced)
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 4 tsp gingerroot

Directions:
1. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the ketchup, corn starch, soy sauce, rice wine, pepper flakes, peanut oil, chili sauce, salt, and pepper. This will be your base.
2. Bring out a big pan and put it on the stove at about medium to high power. Let the stove warm up for about 5 minutes, then put on the sauce.
3. Let the sauce simmer for a minute, then put on the garlic and gingerroot. Wait another 30 seconds.
4. Mix around your sauce and put in the shrimp, green onion, and purple onion. Let it all cook together, being turned and mixed constantly, for another 2-3 minutes, or until the shrimp is just light pink or golden brown.
5. Take everything off the stove and let it sit together for another 3-5 minutes. Then break out some freshly-made rice and dig in!

How to make . . . What?

Here is a 'mystery' how-to on a special Asian dessert. Watch it to find out what it is!

How to make . . . Spring Rolls!

Wildly beloved by all countries, this Asian appetizer is a real 'treat' for everyone (not that it is sweet or dessert-like . . .). Look at this cool how-to!

How to make . . . Mochi!

This is a how-to on another dessert from Asia; Mochi. It is eaten mainly in Japan. Take a look!

Korean Kalbi

Serves: 4-5 people

Ingredients:
- 1 cup water
- 3 pounds of beef (around 3/4 inch thick across)
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 3 1/2 cups of chopped/diced regular and green onion
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons salt and ground pepper

Directions:
1. In an electric mixing bowl, whisk together the sugars, salt/pepper, onions, oil, and water. Whisk until it is dissolved.
2. On a giant platter, stick the meat on top and pour the sugar mixture over top it. Then stick the whole platter into a giant plastic bag and refrigerate it for 4 hours.
3. After the time is up, take out the beef and cut it apart evenly into 4 or 5 separate sections.
4. Heat the grill to high heat and throw away the bag. When it is hot enough, stick on the meat. Grill it for 10-13 minutes.
5. Finally, get out a clean plate and serve your Kalbi with chopped veggies and garnish. Enjoy!

How to make . . . Kulfi!

Kulfi is a traditional Indian dessert. It is a lot like our ice cream. Enjoy this interesting how-to!

A Trip to Asia . . .

This month I am going to be mainly focused on dishes from Asia. These dishes will include Green Tea Cake, Kung Pao Chicken, Szechwan Shrimp, Kalbi, and a bunch of random how-to's. Be on the lookout!