Easy and Fun Asian Fusion Cooking
Easy and Fun Asian Fusion Cooking
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Kimchi Fried Rice is one of my favorite comfort foods. The spice of kimchi, the fluffy fried rice, and a runny egg make a perfect combination of flavors and texture. The best part yet of this dish is that it only takes minutes to make in one pan. The kimchi fried rice is convenient and easy to make on a busy weeknight to give your stomach a warm hearty comfort.
This is recipe is also vegetarian!
The ingredients for kimchi fried rice are very simple, so you don’t need to worry about going out to a grocery store to buy a bunch of ingredients for it. The recipe is very flexible too so if you want to add some vegetables you have in your fridge like carrots, mushrooms, or green beans, it’s gonna work very well too!
Anyways, my go-to Kimchi Fried Rice recipe includes five key ingredients:
The most important part is overnight rice. To make a bowl of good fried rice that is what you will need-not freshly cooked rice but overnight rice. Why? Freshly cooked rice usually is moister and the moist makes it hard to create a slightly dry texture for fried rice. On the contrary, overnight rice is dryer because water evaporates in the fridge. That’s perfect for making kimchi fried rice or any kind of fried rice.
That’s also why Kimchi Fried rice is so convenient to make. You can reuse the leftover rice from one or two days before and turn it into something amazing!
For kimchi, I usually buy a jar of kimchi and keep it in the fridge. Kimchi is basically fermented cabbage and it contains natural probiotics which are excellent for your gut health.
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This is a step I want to stress. The leftover rice might stick together in one block when you take it out from the fridge. Obviously, we are not going to just throw a block of rice in the pan. So before cooking, just shake the container that stores your overnight rice to break it up. Or use a spoon to separate it.
Add one tablespoon of vegetable oil to the frying pan or wok, and fry a sunny-side-up egg over medium heat. Set the fried egg aside for later.
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Put the rice in the same pan and stir fry it for about a minute. Then add in the kimchi with some kimchi juice from the jar. Stir fry all ingredients for about 3 minutes and add soy sauce to taste. Don’t forget to keep stirring when you add soy sauce and make sure the rice is evenly coated with the soy sauce.
Add the sliced scallion to the pan, stir fry with rice for another minute then serve the Kimchi Fried Rice in a bowl. Put the fried egg on top of the rice and garnish with additional scallion, and your yummy Kimchi Fried Rice is ready!
If you are a perfectionist like me, I have one more secret touch for you! I also like to sprinkle my Furikake seasoning at the end to add some seaweed and a little crunch to my fried rice!
Just four steps you are ready to enjoy a filling and satisfying Kimchi Fried Rice! It’s really perfect for a quick lunch or dinner. I hope you will love this recipe!
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For breakfast, brunch, or afternoon dessert, french toast is a good choice. Hong Kong style french toast, especially, is my favorite. It is a deep-fried milky, buttery, and sweet sandwich stuffed with banana and peanut butter.
I love this type of french toast since I was a kid. It is such an indulging dish from Cha Chaan Tengs (Hong Kong-style cafes). I love pairing it with hong kong style milk tea or an iced lemon black tea.
Just like making regular french toasts, the main ingredient for Hong Kong Style Stuffed French Toast is bread. However, what’s special about HK french toasts is that the bread is usually very thick and soft. So far, I have tried using different types of bread, and the one that makes the best texture is brioche. Being light and puffy with a decent thickness and it is rich sweetness, brioche works great for tenderly delicious HK style french toasts.
Besides the bread, the ingredients for the stuffings are crucial to create a sweet and nutty flavor as well. For the stuffing, I usually prefer to use banana and peanut butter. It’s even better if the peanut butter is crunchy with some crushed peanuts. It will add some nice crunchiness to the french toasts.
Of course, we also need cooking oil for deep frying, egg, and milk for the egg mixture.
I have tried a few different methods to make Hong Kong French Toast and I found out that only deep-frying can make it crunchy on the outside and soft inside. I know, deep flying can sound a little intimidating, but I am going to share some tips and make it easier for you.
The first step is very easy. You just need to spread the peanut butter on the bread and put a few thin banana slices on the bread. Then, put two pieces of bread together and give it a gentle press to make sure they stick together just like a sandwich.
After making the sandwiches, we need to soak them in the egg mixture. We will need to beat three eggs and mix with two tablespoons of milk. Next, we will dip the peanut butter sandwich in the mixture. In this step, the important thing it’s to make sure the bread is nicely coated with the mixture, but not too soggy, otherwise, your french toast would fall apart very easily.
When deep-frying, there are a few things we should pay attention to:
Let’s get some of your favorite fruits perhaps strawberries or raspberries to make a delightful topping for your french toasts. I like to put the rest of the banana slices or strawberry and drizzle condensed milk on top. You could top it with any fruit, ice cream, and any syrup you like.
Now you know all the secrets about making a perfect Hong Kong Style French Toast! If you get bored of peanut butter and banana, you can surely make the french toast with other stuffing. My other favorite stuffing combo is Nutella and strawberry! Let me know how you like your Hong Kong French Toast!
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Are you a busy bee? Not enough time to cook breakfast in the morning? With the work-from-home routine, we need to cook so much more than we did before. That’s why I want to share this amazing breakfast egg wrap recipe with you to save you more time in cooking.
Instead of going to Dunkin and get your regular breakfast wrap, you could just follow this recipe and spend less than 10 minutes in the morning to make an awesome breakfast for two!
I got inspired by watching the Netflix cooking show called Nadiya’s Time to Eat. She has some incredibly simple and yummy recipes. I love her show if you would like to check it out. In one of the episodes, she introduces her Crispy Tortilla Egg Rolls with mushrooms, olives, and tomato paste. I was so intrigued to try the recipe out but as you may know, I kind of make everything Asian fusion. So I made up my own recipe for this Breakfast Egg Wraps based on Nadiya’s.
It doesn’t need many things to cook these saucy, crispy egg wraps. Some key ingredients I would like to point out though hoisin sauce, garlic pepper powder, and scallion. Hoisin sauce and scallions complement the egg wraps with some special Asian touch.
| cooking oil | 2 tbsp |
| chopped scallion | ½ tbsp |
| tortilla wraps | 2 |
| hoisin sauce | 2 tbsp |
| eggs | 4 |
| water | 1 tbsp |
| salt | ½ tsp |
| Garlic Pepper Powder | 2 tsp |
The recipe is for two servings and we will cook one egg wrap at a time. So you will use half of the ingredients for each wrap.
This is not going to take long: in a bowl, beat 4 eggs and mix them with 1 tbsp water, ½ tsp salt, and 2 tsp garlic pepper powder. Also, put the scallions in at the end. Using garlic pepper powder can save us so much time cutting fresh garlic, and it gives our eggs an instant flavor boost.
Next, take one tbsp hoisin sauce and spread it on the wrap. Hoisin sauce it’s going to make your breakfast wraps packed with sweet and savory flavor.
Eggs take only a few minutes to cook. That’s why I love this so much on a busy work from home day. In a frying pan, add some cooking oil and cook half of the beaten eggs over medium heat, for about 30 seconds. While the egg is still cooking and liquidy, stick the tortilla on top of it, the sauce side down. Use your finger to glue the tortilla to the egg.
After the egg is being cooked for another 30 seconds – 1 minute, flip it over and cook for another 30 seconds.
Take the tortilla and egg out of the pan and cool it down on a plate or cutting board. Then roll it tightly with the tortilla side out. Cut it in half, serve with your favorite breakfast beverage! Repeat step 3 for the second roll with the other half of the ingredients.
This recipe is so flexible and it gives you so much room for creativity. Just use your favorite breakfast combo: bacon, mushrooms, cheese, spinach… Bacon and spinach in the egg roll would be my jam! Just put bacon in the frying pan first, then pour the beaten eggs in and add spinach. Then glue the tortilla on top! Voila, that sounds amazing already! I might try that next time!
You could change up the sauce too! I used hoisin sauce to spread on the tortilla because it complements the eggs and garlic flavor so much. Hoisin sauce gives the egg wraps that amazing umami. I also recommend you adding some Sriracha sauce if you are a spicy food lover. Just mix some sriracha with the hoisin sauce and spread it on the tortilla. That sounds mouth-watering!
What other ingredients would you put in? Tell me in the comment!
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