https://thewoksoflife.com/author/bleung/ a culinary genealogy Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:24:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/author/bleung/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-ribs-different-cuts-ultimate-guide/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-ribs-different-cuts-ultimate-guide/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=93207 If you’ve ever stood in front of the meat section at your local grocery store, staring at all the different cuts of pork ribs, from spare ribs to baby backs, St. Louis ribs, country-style ribs, and rib tips, and felt overwhelmed, you’re not alone! We get so many questions about this topic from readers who […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-ribs-different-cuts-ultimate-guide/feed/ 10 https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-fish-black-bean-sauce/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-fish-black-bean-sauce/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:58:13 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=92788 In this Steamed Fish with Black Bean Sauce recipe, delicate, flaky fish gets a boost from salty, umami-packed fermented black beans. We have instructions for using fillets or a whole fish! If you love our more well-known Cantonese Steamed Fish recipe with ginger and scallions, this recipe is another version to add to your dinnertime […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-fish-black-bean-sauce/feed/ 14 https://thewoksoflife.com/mint-lemonade-limonana/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/mint-lemonade-limonana/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:39:59 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=87095 This frozen mint lemonade is a refreshing summer beverage that I first had on vacation and later had to recreate at home! While I first had it in Central America, I later found out that it is a Middle Eastern drink called Limonana—essentially a mint lemonade that can be served over ice or blended with […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/mint-lemonade-limonana/feed/ 16 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-trout-recipe/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-trout-recipe/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=86871 Learn how to cook trout quickly and easily in a frying pan, with a delicious, rich sauce of garlic, butter, and soy sauce. All the flavors meld together in this exceptionally tasty trout recipe! Cooking Different Types of Trout Figuring out how to cook trout properly really depends on what type and size you’re working […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-trout-recipe/feed/ 12 https://thewoksoflife.com/seared-ahi-tuna/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/seared-ahi-tuna/#comments Wed, 28 May 2025 14:26:06 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=86621 Seared Ahi Tuna with fresh lime, mandarin orange juice, ginger, garlic, soy, and sesame is perfect for summer meals. This impressive restaurant-style dish is easy—and fast—to pull off at home! Perfect, Restaurant-style Seared Ahi Tuna You’ve probably had seared ahi tuna at your favorite restaurant, but recently we discovered it’s easier than you think to […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/seared-ahi-tuna/feed/ 12 https://thewoksoflife.com/wontons-with-peanut-sauce/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/wontons-with-peanut-sauce/#comments Tue, 13 May 2025 07:36:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=86404 Dress up frozen wontons with this recipe for wontons with peanut sauce! This savory dish makes for an excellent appetizer or meal all on its own, and it’s such a delicious way to enjoy wontons.  I daresay it rivals one of my favorite dishes, chili oil wontons, a recipe from our cookbook (we also have […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/wontons-with-peanut-sauce/feed/ 21 https://thewoksoflife.com/egg-foo-young/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/egg-foo-young/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:14:31 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85248 This is our full guide to making egg foo young—with whatever protein you like. I cooked many orders of egg foo young in my parents’ Chinese restaurant, so if you’ve been chasing that nostalgic taste, but can’t find a restaurant version or egg foo young recipe that tastes like you remember, you’ve landed in the […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/egg-foo-young/feed/ 52 https://thewoksoflife.com/fried-dace-stir-fried-greens/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/fried-dace-stir-fried-greens/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:06:09 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85065 This fried dace recipe with stir-fried leafy vegetables makes use of a beloved Cantonese ingredient  that used to be known only to Chinese families, but recently went mainstream! (The New York Times/WireCutter included it on its list of The Best Tinned Fish.)  If you grew up with cans of Pearl River Bridge or Eagle Coin […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/fried-dace-stir-fried-greens/feed/ 15 https://thewoksoflife.com/what-is-fried-dace/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/what-is-fried-dace/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:51:17 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85054 If you grew up in a Cantonese household, fried dace with salted black beans may have been a pantry staple. For us, it was always ready when we needed a quick, flavorful dish to complete our family dinner.  This humble canned fish has traveled from working-class tables in Guangzhou to being featured in the New […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/what-is-fried-dace/feed/ 11 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-fried-rice-formula/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-fried-rice-formula/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:49:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=84949 Today we’re going to teach you how to make fried rice just like Chinese restaurants, with an easy fried rice formula! You can make restaurant-style fried rice out of almost anything if you use the right ratios of rice, protein, vegetables, and seasonings.  We’ve posted over 30 fried rice recipes across The Woks of Life, […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-fried-rice-formula/feed/ 48