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nagaimo

Nagaimo-Vegetable Bake

Some Taiwanese recipes incorporate Western techniques or ingredients. This dish uses cheese and is baked, rather than stir fried, but also features the crunchy, somewhat sticky Nagaimo, known also as the Chinese yam. I created this for a potluck party …

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meatbsm1

Taiwanese-Style Chicken Meatballs

These Taiwanese-style meatballs call be added to a variety of recipes and used in many ways, such as in soups, in a hot pot meal, as part of

kimchifriedrice

Kimchi Fried Rice

Kimchi adds a kick of flavor and spiciness to this recipe for fried rice. Ingredients:

  • 3 cup, cooked white rice. I use a rice cooker to prepare

crispyporkchops

Taiwanese-Style Crispy Fried Chops

Long before Kentucky Fried Chicken took Southern food national in America, the Taiwanese served up crispy fried pork chops as the ultimate comfort food. This

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Langostino Dragon Fruit Salad

This quick-prep dish is an easy way to introduce both exotic seafood and Taiwanese fruit to the dinner table. It features the meat of the squat lobster or

hakka

Hakka-Style Bacon

The Hakka are an ethnic group from the southeastern Chinese provinces. Many people in Taiwan (including my brother-in-law) are members of this group and speak

taro

Taro Rice Cake

Taro is a primary crop in the Jiaxian Township of Kaohsiung, which is located at the southern end of Taiwan. In Jiaxian, you will find many taro root

seafood salad

Seafood-Udon Salad

This recipe brings together fresh seafood, a culinary fixture of Taiwan, and thick, juicy Japanese udon noodles. Ingredients:

  • 20 pieces medium-large shrimp, peeled, deveined
  • 2 pieces calamari steak, cut into strips
  • 1

cranberrydelight

Cranberry-Chicken Salad Delight

Cranberries go hand in hand with turkey at Thanksgiving, but my children really seem to love cranberries and enjoy dried cranberries as a snack throughout the year. I

stirfriendshrimpeggs

Stir-Fried Shrimp with Eggs

Seafood often takes the spotlight in Taiwanese cuisine, since the coast is never far from any spot on the island. Taiwanese stir fried dishes are light and mild

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