homemade cooking
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Cooking (Messy) Dumplings at Home

Oh my word. You were not prepared to see the photo above. Don’t those dumplings look horrific? Okay, I’ll stop. But seriously, the whole dumpling-making process was coming along nicely until I had trouble removing them from the pan. I apologize for not having a photo of them looking nice, but mistakes happen, right? And…
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My Experience Cooking Soy Sauce Chicken

As bad as it sounds, I have not seasoned and cooked fresh chicken very much in my life. 99% of the time, I cook frozen, pre-cooked chicken like tenders or something like that. Trying to recreate Soy Sauce Chicken from one of my favorite influencers (I LOVE TiffyCooks, go follow her!) was the first time…
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Cooking Wonton Soup and Honey Sesame Chicken at Home

As I write this article, I’m thinking about how good the wontons were. Yes, girl! The texture of the pork, the crunch of the wonton, and the overall product is OH SO GOOD! Dip it in sweet and sour sauce, and you have THE WHOLE PACKAGE! Alright, I’ll stop. I’m supposed to be going over…
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Cooking Sweet and Sour Chicken at Home

Sweet and Sour Chicken was the first Chinese dish my mother tried cooking at home during quarantine. I have already written a couple of articles about cooking at home. However, Sweet and Sour Chicken is a dish I didn’t get to write about until now. I’ll tell you that it was so delicious, most recently…
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Cooking Kung Pao Chicken at Home

For the past few days, I was looking forward to Kung Pao Chicken. I’ve never had it before in my life, but trying a mild version of it was something I would do. Panda Express serves Kung Pao Chicken, but I never tried it due to the spiciness warning. I don’t do good with spicy…
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Cooking General Tso’s Chicken at Home

Before restrictions started taking effect, we used to go to a Chinese buffet sometimes and more occasionally get Chinese takeout. We still can’t go to a Chinese buffet (not that it’s safe right now anyway), but Chinese takeout restaurants have opened back up. While my mom was happy when she first heard about one reopening,…