Cooking for One

— Gotta keep trying new stuff

 
 
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Steamed Snapper Fish*

Snapper Fish steamed with Cantonese Soy Sauce

Steak

Steak marinated with red wine and Japanese BBQ sauce

Pan Fried Cauliflower

Literally, fried Cauliflower


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Pan Fried Eggs with Tomatoes

Fresh Tomato fried with eggs


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Pan Fried Udon with Garlic Sauce

Store bought Udon and Garlic Sauce but home made deliciousness


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Stew Pork Belly with Potatoes

Chopped Pork Belly stewed with potatoes, a Dongbei classic


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Pan Fried Cabbage with Shrimps and Vermicelli

My favorite Northern Chinese cuisine with cut up cabbage pan fried with shrimps and vermicelli


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Nagasaki Chanpan (Champon)

Store bought ingredients for Nagasaki Champon with family style cooking


Pan Fried Broccoli with Shrimps

American-Chinese style dish with soy sauce Broccoli Shrimps


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Stewed Ribs with Potatoes

My favorite dish in the world


Pan Fried Curry Soba

Store bought ingredients with homemade perfection


Red Braised Sea Cucumber

Airlifted Sea Cucumber from China, an expensive dish


Tamago Yaki

Japanese style egg dish with American bought eggs and Amazon bought pan


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Pan Fried Cauliflower with Mushrooms

Dongbei Dish utilizing both cauliflower and me improvising with mushrooms


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Celery Jiaozi (Dumplings)

Love from Mom and Dad, just needed boiling


Pan Fried Cantonese Short Ribs

Literally, Cantonese style pan fried cow short ribs


Doenjang Jjigae (Korean Miso Soup)

I actually never knew what it’s called in English


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Scramble Stew

Classic Dongbei dish with egg plant, pepper, tomato, and pork belly


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Pineapple Fried Rice*

South-East Asian classic


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Pan-Fried Noodles

Classic American-Chinese Restaurant dish


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Teppan Steak*

Marinated steak with all sorts of vegetables


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Cao’s Signature Pan Fried Zucchini Noodles

Brian’s signature pan fried noodles involving soy paste and eggs


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Bibimbap*

Korean style rice bowl with actual Korean stone bowl


Soy-sauced Chicken Wings

Because chicken always tastes better with soy sauce


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Gyudon with Raw Egg (Beef Bowl)*

Homemade Gyudon that satisfied my childhood dreams


Dalu Noodles (Tomato with Soy Paste)

Northern Chinese noodle that has tomatoes and a whole lot of soy paste


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Curry with Garlic Marinated Drumsticks

Costco marinated drumsticks just happened to be the best meat selection


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Cao’s Braised Beef Noodles with Spinach

Dad’s recipe for braised beef with the best soup available


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Teriyaki Chicken Bowl*

Never thought I would make something like this


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Braised Pork Ribs

Don’t have a machete so it’s gonna stay that long


Pan Fried Cabbage with Tomatoes

My favorite vegetable dish that I recreated from my memory of elementary school


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Watermelon Fried Rice*

Recipe learned from a Japanese TV show that learned from a comic book


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Pan Fried Broccoli Beef Noodles

Inspired by Panda Express’s Broccoli Beef


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Shin-Ramen with Pan Fried Rice Cakes

Inspired by restaurant outside of my high school


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Beef Satay

Thai style Beef Satay but with Dongbei flavor


Eggplant “Fried-Sauce” Noodles

Normal “Fried-Sauce” Noodles but with eggplants


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Cao’s Gyoza with Eggs

Japanese style pan fried dumplings with Korean BBQ style eggs


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Dongbei Pan Fried Steak

The kind of beef that Han-Chinese eat


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Red Braised Drumsticks with Enoki

Soy sauced chicken legs


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Shrimp Fried Rice with Avocados

Normal Shrimp Fried Rice with Costco bought Avocados


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Eggplant Potato Pork Stew

Easiest Dongbei style stew


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“Three-Fresh” Jiaozi (Dumplings)

Love from Mom and Dad that involved three ingredients


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Red Braised Pork Ribs

Soy sauced Pork Ribs


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Cao’s Kimchi Fried Rice

Came to me while I was still being fat


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Cao’s Pan Fried Hot Mix

Soup dried up and gave me this delicious thing


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Wa-fu Marinated Steak

Steak marinated a whole day with Japanese BBQ sauce


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Pot Casserole*

Dongbei Pot Casserole with Chinese cabbage, tofu, pork ribs, cloud year and Vermicelli

Salmon Fried Rice

Self-tried Salmon Fried Rice that came out great


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Pork Ribs Soup*

Clear soup with original flavor

Red Braised Chicken Feet

Something that anyone but Asians can’t stand

Japanese Wa-fu Cold Soba

With lots of ingredients


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Pan Fried Asparagus, Eggs, and Shrimps

Tasted super good