Yun Hai Family Recipes

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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.

如何製作仙草

這是我們這款受歡迎草本茶的配方比例，可選擇直接當茶飲用，或做成仙草凍。

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.

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.

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.

Black Bean Tofu 蔭豉豆腐

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sticky Rice Stuffing

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

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.

Stir Fried Shrimp with Nyonya Sauce

Use spicy-sweet Nyonya Garlic Chili Sauce to make this simple head-on shrimp stir fry, perfect to pair with rice.

Hot Grass Jelly 燒仙草

Perfect for winter, this hot grass jelly embodies old-fashioned flavor 古早味 when served with fen yuan, red bean, job’s tears, and nuts.

Hot Ai Yu Jelly 燒愛玉

Although usually served cold, Ai Yu Jelly is also excellent warm, in a bath of oolong tea with brown sugar syrup and creamer.

Sesame and Peanut Tang Yuan 芝麻花生湯圓

These traditional sweet glutinous rice balls are stuffed with black sesame paste or toasted crushed peanuts.

Fried Yuba Pockets with Camellia Oil

In this recipe from TCM practitioner Zoey Xinyi Gong, camellia oil pairs with black wood ear and goji to lower high blood cholesterol.

Mesona Pimm's Cup

The refreshing Pimm's Cup gets a clever twist by incorporating Mesona, or Grass Jelly Herb, which has a rooibos-like flavor.

Black Sesame Russian

This recipe is a twist on the White Russian. made with Kahlua, vodka, cream, and rich black sesame paste.

White Sesame Mocktail

This drink contains a balance of sesame fragrance with lively citrus and a subtle kick from the peppercorns.

How To Make Grass Jelly

This is our ratio for this popular herbal tea, with the option to either drink it in its tea form or set it into a jelly.

How to Make Ai Yu Jelly

This is our perfect ratio for bouncy, jiggly Ai Yu Jelly, the golden child of Taiwanese summer desserts made from fig seeds.

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CONGEE THREE WAYS

CWS SEASON 2/EPISODE 4:

Hakka-Style Tang Yuan 客家鹹湯圓

如何製作仙草

Mapo Tofu 麻婆豆腐

Oolong Jelly Bowl, Three Ways

Tainan Style Zongzi 台南肉粽

Black Bean Tofu 蔭豉豆腐

Three Cup Lion's Mane 三杯猴頭菇

A Bon Appetit-Worthy New Year Spread

Su Chili Dumpling Sauce

Steamed Fish

Run Bing and Spring Roll

Soy Paste Burnt Basque Cheesecake

Sticky Rice Stuffing

Red Guava Frozen Yogurt

Stir Fried Shrimp with Nyonya Sauce

Hot Grass Jelly 燒仙草

Hot Ai Yu Jelly 燒愛玉

Sesame and Peanut Tang Yuan 芝麻花生湯圓

Fried Yuba Pockets with Camellia Oil

Mesona Pimm's Cup

Black Sesame Russian

White Sesame Mocktail

How To Make Grass Jelly

How to Make Ai Yu Jelly

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