Recipes

These Pineapple Chicken Bowls are bursting with flavor and so easy to throw together! Peppers, onions, pineapple, and chicken thighs get sautéed together in a sweet and tangy sauce that’ll have you licking the bowl! 

This amazing recipe was submitted by dad chef, Sean Tetlow! The Korean style beef is so flavorful and pairs wonderfully with sweet, soy glass noodles, charred bok choy, and a spicy peanut sauce that’ll knock your socks off!

Fellow dad Hop Le saw a recipe for Korean Chicken Wings in the Wall Street Journal a few years back and recreated the recipe for our Asian night themed dinner party. This was sooo tasty. He used the Air Fryer to cook them and these yummy wings came out perfect! You could also bake - no need to fry in oil!

This Teriyaki Salmon Stir Fry is so quick and easy to throw together! Heart healthy salmon and tons of veggies tossed in a sweet and savory sauce. This is the perfect recipe for busy weeknights! 

The delightful flavors of lemongrass and garlic really shine through in this simple grilled pork chop recipe. I recommend keeping the pork chops thin so that the marinade can really penetrate. Serve with a sunny-side-up egg for a true Vietnamese style dish. 

Vietnamese Crepe or "Bahn Xeo" is a savory dish with turmeric, cilantro, ground pork, and shrimp! Dad and Food Truck extraordinaire chef Kyle Kawakami showed me how to put this dish together to feed the family! Man this is tasty!!

When we were in Japan for our son's birthday, we enjoyed a lot of different types of Japanese rice bowls or "donburi" featuring fish, chicken or meat over steamed rice. This chicken teriyaki version is super easy to make in 30 minutes and has incredible flavor! You and your family will love it. Try throwing in some of your favorite veggies or using beef instead!

Tamarind might be one of the most important ingredients in Thai cooking; It’s widely available, super versatile, and adds a distinct sweet and sour component to dishes. These Shrimp with Tamarind Sauce are so simple to throw together and the flavor is out of this world! 

We ate these sweet and sticky rice dumplings in Tokyo as a street food snack and wanted to recreate it at home! In Japan it’s served with a sweet soy glaze, which is fantastic, but these would be great with chocolate or caramel sauce too! Think of it as a new twist on S’mores!! 

Making your own curry paste is extremely rewarding! The flavor is unlike anything you can buy in the store. And this recipe makes a big batch that you can keep in the fridge and use over and over again!

A fresh sea bass salad in a simple dressing with fresh herbs and roasted rice powder, which is a pantry staple in Northern Thailand and adds a delicious, nutty crunch.

This Thai Style Shabu Shabu consists of two delicious soups, Tom Kha and Tom Yum, and three unique sauces, allowing you to add varying levels of heat and sweet to the soups. If you’re not up for making two separate soups, you can just pick one! And the proteins can be mixed and matched; chicken, beef, shrimp, use whatever you have on hand!

Stewed banana in coconut cream with tapioca pearls and mung beans. This is a light and sweet, Cambodian dessert - give it a try!

This Mango Sticky Rice is a traditional South Asian dessert and is perfect for summertime, when mangoes are ripe and abundant. The combination of sweet mango and creamy coconut milk is so delicious!

Sweet, sour, spicy, this Hot & Sour Prawn Soup has it all! Perfectly cooked prawns in a creamy broth seasoned with traditional Thai flavors of lemongrass, galangal, and kaffir lime.

Khao soi curry is a traditional dish of Northern Thailand and is made with boiled egg noodles, fried egg noodles, and meat (or tofu for a vegetarian version) in a creamy, coconut-curry sauce.

This traditional Thai Cashew Chicken is delicious, healthy, and so simple to throw together! Tender chicken, veggies, and crunchy cashews in a sweet yet slightly spicy sauce. Takes about 20 minutes, start to finish, making it a perfect weeknight meal!

This chicken amok is a great recipe to learn about Cambodian cooking - it’s considered by many to be the national dish of Cambodia! Bursting with flavors of lemongrass, turmeric, and coconut, and not nearly as spicy as neighboring Thai and Vietnamese food. 

Flavors of lemongrass, kaffir lime, and chili come together to create a warm and comforting bowl of Hot and Sour Chicken Soup. A great recipe to explore Cambodian cooking - super simple and so tasty!  

Authentic Cambodian Curry! Rich and flavorful, full of chicken and veggies, and the best part of the recipe is that it uses homemade curry paste! Better than any store bought curry paste you’ll ever try. This recipe has quite a few steps but I promise you it's well worth the effort! 

These incredibly easy to prepare braised chicken legs are bursting with flavor thanks to the use of Vietnamese staples like lemongrass, curry powder, and fish sauce.