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Gluten-Free Penglai Rice Pancakes 米鬆餅(桃園3號蓬萊米)

Gluten-Free Penglai Rice Pancakes 米鬆餅(桃園3號蓬萊米)

Learn to make bouncy, rice-fragrant, and gluten-free pancakes using the penglai short-grain rice grown in Taoyuan, Taiwan by rice farmer Chen Shih-Hsien.

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Stir-Fried Silver Needle Noodles 炒米篩目(台農秈14在來米)

Stir-Fried Silver Needle Noodles 炒米篩目(台農秈14在來米)

Stir-fried with shiitake mushrooms and finished with chives, silver needle rice noodles made from zailai long-grain rice become a complete dish that delights all senses.

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Silver Needle Rice Noodles 在來米篩目

Silver Needle Rice Noodles 在來米篩目

The classic rice used to make this dish is zailai long-grain rice, which is dry and robust while still maintaining a delicate aroma.

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Squid Salad with Five-Flavor Sauce 五味中卷

Squid Salad with Five-Flavor Sauce 五味中卷

In this recipe by Chelsea Tsai, learn to make squid salad, a popular dish often included on Taiwanese seafood platters.

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Taro Balls 芋圓

Taro Balls 芋圓

In this recipe by Chelsea Tsai, chewy taro balls make a versatile dessert that can be enjoyed with shaved ice or as an ingredient for sweet soups.

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Purple Glutinous Rice Fan Tuan 臺式紫糯米飯糰

Purple Glutinous Rice Fan Tuan 臺式紫糯米飯糰

Learn to make fan tuan, a common Taiwanese breakfast item, using purple glutinous rice grown in Yilan by rice farmer Lai Chin-Sung.
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Oyster Omelets 蚵仔煎

Oyster Omelets 蚵仔煎

From TASTE TAIWAN by Chelsea Tsai, this oyster omelet is paired with a special sauce that exemplifies Taiwan's culinary landscape and its fusion of flavors.

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Winter Melon Chicken Soup

Winter Melon Chicken Soup

This is a simple winter melon soup garnished with blanched Yu Choy and drizzled with soy sauce and black sesame oil.
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Black Sesame Soy Paste Pound Cake

Black Sesame Soy Paste Pound Cake

In this recipe by soy sauce brewer Ozzy Hsieh, black sesame and roasted cashews create a deep, nutty aroma that will fill your house.
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Irwin Mango Pound Cake

Irwin Mango Pound Cake

In this recipe, our fresh-tasting, sweet, and pulpy mango jam gets swirled into a lemony vanilla pound cake.
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Ai Yu Jelly Champagne Punch

Ai Yu Jelly Champagne Punch

This cocktail, incorporating champagne and soju, is a grown-up take on the classic lemon-and-sugar Ai Yu Jelly drink.
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Sour Plum Margarita

Sour Plum Margarita

Replace the traditional margarita salt rim with tart and licorice-scented plum powder to make it Taiwan.
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Lu Rou Fan

Lu Rou Fan

Lu Rou Fan 滷肉飯, or braised pork over rice, is almost as much of a staple in Taiwanese cuisine as rice itself.
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Braised Cabbage with Shiitake Mushroom

Braised Cabbage with Shiitake Mushroom

One of the simplest Taiwanese dishes, this braised cabbage is infused with umami from dried shiitake and shrimp.
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Hot and Sour Dumpling Soup 酸湯水餃

Hot and Sour Dumpling Soup 酸湯水餃

Turn a handful of frozen dumplings into a spicy, sour, and aesthetically striking dish.
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Three-Cup Chicken 三杯雞

Three-Cup Chicken 三杯雞

This is a classic Taiwanese stir fry, often paired with light beer. It's sweet, salty, fragrant, and garlicky, with a hint of freshness from basil.
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Red Oil Wontons 紅油抄手

Red Oil Wontons 紅油抄手

Slippery, soft, and savory pork wontons make for a beautiful contrast to a spicy, sour, and tangy sauce.
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Preserved Daikon Omelet 菜脯蛋

Preserved Daikon Omelet 菜脯蛋

This fluffy shallow-fried omelet is dotted with preserved daikon radish, which provide piquant crunch in every bite.
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Crystal Meatball (Bawan) 肉圓

Crystal Meatball (Bawan) 肉圓

This is a type of dumpling made with a glutinous, starchy wrapper and covered in pungent garlic and a sweet sauce.
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Taiwanese Cold Noodles 台式涼麵

Taiwanese Cold Noodles 台式涼麵

These cold noodles with sesame-peanut sauce are best enjoyed in the early mornings after a long night of KTV.
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mee sua

Mee Sua 麵線羹

A starch-thickened soup, mee sua is made with red vermicelli and gets its signature flavor from a splash of Taiwanese black vinegar.

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Sichuan Spicy Cold Noodles 四川涼麵

Sichuan Spicy Cold Noodles 四川涼麵

Perfect for summer, this is a spicy, sweet, and tangy cold noodle dish from Yi Reservation, featuring our Su Chili Crisp.

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Hakka-Style Tang Yuan 客家鹹湯圓

Hakka-Style Tang Yuan 客家鹹湯圓

Served in a rich broth with the aroma of fried shallots, dried shrimp,  Chinese celery, Chinese chives, and white pepper.
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Mapo Tofu 麻婆豆腐

Mapo Tofu 麻婆豆腐

Mapo Tofu is a classic Sichuan dish; in our take, doubanjiang, fermented black beans, and chili oil come together for a spicy, earthy dish.
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Oolong Jelly Bowl, Three Ways

Oolong Jelly Bowl, Three Ways

Recipes for assembling three different bowls from a simple set of four ingredients: grass jelly, ai yu jelly, mulberry jam, and oolong tea.

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Tainan Style Zongzi 台南肉粽

Tainan Style Zongzi 台南肉粽

Sticky Rice Dumpling, or Zong 粽, is glutinous rice is packed tightly into a tetrahedral funnel made of bamboo leaves and tied off with twine. 
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Black Bean Tofu 蔭豉豆腐

Black Bean Tofu 蔭豉豆腐

Pairing yìnchi (fermented black soybeans) with tart and sweet of pickled cordia seeds makes this tofu dish the perfect complement to rice. 

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Three Cup Lion's Mane Mushrooms Recipe

Three Cup Lion's Mane 三杯猴頭菇

Sānbēi (three cups) refers to toasted sesame oil, soy sauce, and rice wine. Lion’s mane mushrooms soak up this sauce beautifully.

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A Bon Appetit-Worthy New Year Spread

A Bon Appetit-Worthy New Year Spread

Here are the nine Lunar New Year dishes that Yun Hai founder Lisa Cheng Smith shared with Bon Appetit, featuring flavors from her childhood.
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Su Chili Dumpling Sauce

Su Chili Dumpling Sauce

A basic dumpling sauce using umami soy sauce, tangy Taiwanese black vinegar, aromatic Su Chili Crisp, and nutty white sesame oil.

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Steamed Fish

Steamed Fish

There’s no better answer to a hangry weeknight than a simple homestyle steamed fish, made in a Tatung steamer with minimal ingredients.
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Run Bing and Spring Roll

Run Bing and Spring Roll

Run Bing (潤餅), or Taiwanese Spring Roll, is a customary dish. Families gather and wrap fresh, lightly cooked ingredients in spring roll skins.

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Soy Paste Burnt Basque Cheesecake

Soy Paste Burnt Basque Cheesecake

A tart and caramel-y dessert from Ozzy Hsieh of Yu Ding Xing. We love it for showing how versatile soy paste, a type of rice-thickened soy sauce, is. 
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Steamed Egg

Steamed Egg

This easy, perfectly silken steamed egg is cooked in a Tatung Steamer then dressed with soy sauce and chili crisp.
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Sticky Rice Stuffing

Sticky Rice Stuffing

This is a tradition in many Taiwanese-American families, adapted for the American autumnal season.
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Red Guava Frozen Yogurt

Red Guava Frozen Yogurt

Turn the classic guava-plum powder pairing into a cold dessert by incorporating our red guava jam into a frozen yogurt.
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