Oranges Turn Gold » 2009 » March » 01 http://www.calebwhang.com From The OC To The Golden Gate Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:07:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Weekend Cooking http://www.calebwhang.com/2009/03/01/weekend-cooking/ http://www.calebwhang.com/2009/03/01/weekend-cooking/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:58:44 +0000 Caleb http://blog.calebwhang.com/?p=168 Living with the parents definitely has it’s perks, namely, built in babysitting.  Another great perk is that my mom loves to cook us dinner.  Needless to say, she’s a great cook since it has been her profession for the last 30 years.

To give her a break, Susan and I cook dinner for the weekends - not a bad deal for us, a 5:2 ratio.  This Sunday, I cooked a few dishes I’ve been cooking and refined many times over since college (the mid 90’s).  Here we have a Chinese food trinity - starting on the left going clockwise: garlic chicken, hot braised string beans, and eggplant.  I’ll leave you with the ingredients:

Garlic Chicken:

  • chicken (duh)
  • garlic (double duh)
  • water chestnut
  • bamboo shoots
  • soy sauce
  • ginger
  • green onions
  • Tuong Ot Toi Viet Nam Chili Garlic Sauce (but of course)
  • sugar
  • salt/pepper

Hot Braised String Beans:

  • String beans (duh)
  • garlic
  • ginger
  • sesame seed oil
  • Tuong Ot Toi Viet Nam Chili Garlic Sauce
  • soy sauce

Saucy Egg Plant:

  • Eggplant (duh)
  • Mr. Yoshida’s Original Gourmet Sauce (I cheated)
  • garlic
  • ginger
  • salt/peper

BTW, no MSG added. ]]> http://www.calebwhang.com/2009/03/01/weekend-cooking/feed/