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Asian food incorporates a few significant territorial cooking styles: Central Asian, East Asian, North Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and West Asian. A food is a trademark style of cooking practices and conventions, for the most part connected with a particular culture. Asia, being the biggest and most crowded mainland, is home to numerous societies, a large number of which have their own trademark cooking.
Cooking Frozen Salted Mackerel
Its name denotes simplicity, but also belies its complexity. A common side dish in Japan, where it's called "sabo shio," and a popular street food in Korea, where it goes by "godeungeo gui," the dish consists of salted, skin-on mackerel…
How to Marinate Daikon for a Vietnamese Sandwich
Just about every type of Asian cuisine uses marinated daikon radishes. Tart and tangy marinated daikon is often served before a meal to initiate the salivary response -- or whet the appetite, in colloquial terms.
It may also be added as…
Lumpia Vs. Egg Rolls
While both lumpia and egg rolls consist of a savory filling enclosed in a doughy wrapper and fried until golden, fans of Chinese and Filipino cooking can easily tell them apart.
With a lighter wrapping than traditional egg rolls, lumpia…
What Is the Difference Between Manapua & Steamed Pork Buns?
In China they're called char siu bao, or roast pork bun. On the U.S. mainland they're steamed pork buns, and in Hawaii, the word is manapua, meaning pork cake or pastry.
Buns are popular snack foods in Chinese teahouses and dim sum…
What Kind of Pork to Use for Filipino Barbecue
Filipino pork barbecue is cooked on skewers at high heat to produce a crispy, sweet dish that goes well with lumpia, fresh vegetables and noodles. Unlike American grilling recipes that use tender cuts like chop or tenderloin, Filipino-style…
What Is Korean Barbeque Marinated In?
Korean barbecue, or gogi gui, includes a wide range of different dishes and is traditionally cooked over a charcoal grill. Some Korean barbecue dishes are marinated, while others are not.
Although marinade ingredients vary greatly from…
How to Cook Pancit Lomi
Pancit lomi is a Filipino noodle soup that has as many variations as there are cooks preparing it. The main ingredients which make this rich and savory soup different from other chicken soups are the thick, sticky noodles, thin slices of…
How to Cook Dumplings Without the Wrappers Getting Too Stiff
Asian dumplings define one-bite decadence, and have the thing all comfort foods have in common: simplicity. Although their fillings vary, their wrappers usually consist of only flour and water -- the perfect container for whatever flavors…
Mirin Substitutes
A form of sake with high levels of residual sugar, mirin imparts a signature touch to many Japanese dishes. It lends sauces a nicely balanced combination of sweetness, acidity and alcohol, just as dessert wines and fortified wines do in…
What Is a Lychee Fruit?
If you’ve had the good fortune to travel in Southeast Asia, you’ve discovered the ubiquitous and subtle fresh lychee right in its native habitat, available for sale in loose, clear plastic bags at roadside markets. Its knobby, red skin can…